Libavcodec

libavcodec includes video decoders and/or encoders for the following formats, this list is not exhaustive: ==Implemented audio codecs==

libavcodec includes decoders and encoders for the following formats: == Legal aspects ==

Libavcodec contains more than 100 codecs, most of which do not just store uncompressed data. Most codecs that compress information could be claimed by patent holders. Such claims may be enforceable in countries like the United States which have implemented software patents, but are considered unenforceable or void in countries that have not implemented software patents. Furthermore, many of these codecs are only released under terms that forbid reverse engineering, even for purposes of interoperability. These terms of use are forbidden in certain countries. For example, some European Union nations have not implemented software patents and have laws expressly allowing reverse engineering for purposes of interoperability. ==Libraries that depend on libavcodec==

• libavformat (part of FFmpeg) • libgegl (optional part of GEGL) • libgimp (part of GIMP) • libmpcodecs (part of MPlayer) • libmpdemux (part of MPlayer) ==Applications using libavcodec==

Video players • FFplay • MPlayer • mpv • MPC-HC and MPC-BE • VLC • xine Audio players • Audacious (Uses in audacious-plugins's ffaudio) • Rockbox (Includes only FLAC code) • XMMS2 Multimedia players • Gnash • Moonlight • swfdec Video editors • Avidemux • Cinelerra • Kdenlive • Kino Audio editors • Audacity (since 1.3.6) • SoX (optional) Video converters • FFmpeg • HandBrake • MEncoder • SUPER Video libraries • GPAC • Media Lovin' Toolkit Optical disc authoring • K3b Graphics libraries • GEGL • ImageMagick 3D graphics editors • Blender VoIP • Ekiga • QuteCom • Linphone Multimedia streaming server • FFserver • VLC media player Multimedia frameworks • ffdshow (wraps libavcodec as a DirectShow filter and adds postprocessing to improve image quality; once installed, it is automatically used by all Windows DirectShow video players, such as Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Winamp etc. It also wraps libavcodec as a Video for Windows filter; the framework used by most video editing software.) • LAV Filters • GStreamer via the GStreamer FFmpeg plugin • Perian • Bellagio OpenMAX Integration Layer – open-source OpenMAX IL API implementation Computer vision libraries • OpenCV Browser • Google Chrome • Mozilla Firefox Media center • MythTV • Plex • Kodi (formerly XBMC) Screen capture • xvidcap Device utilities • BitPim – utilities for CDMA phones CCTV • ZoneMinder – video camera security suite • Motion – video camera security/monitoring program Games • Performous – music game including singing, band and dance. • StepMania • Ultrastar • osu! Others • CorePlayer • FreeJ • Ingex Studio – used by BBC • PulseAudio – includes only resamplers code • Steam digital distribution service ==References==