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20.01. Programming/FFMPEG/00. Introduction.md

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+- [FFmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/)
+- Open source
+- For handling multimedia files and streams
+- GPL/LGPS license
+- Inspired by MPEG(Moving Picture Experts Group), FF means "Fast Foward"
+- Libraries
+    - libavcodec: Contain all the encoders and decoders
+    - libavformat: Muxers and demuxers
+    - libavfilter: Filters that you can use on your video and audio according to your requirements
+    - libavdevice: Input and output devices
+    - libavutil
+    - libswscale
+    - libswresample
+- Tools
+    - ffmpeg: Main transcoding engine
+    - ffplay: Minimum tool to play a video or audio
+    - ffprobe: For inspecting medias and extract valuable information