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diff --git a/ffmpeg/doc/libavutil.texi b/ffmpeg/doc/libavutil.texi index 50b0d0e..5ec7e84 100644 --- a/ffmpeg/doc/libavutil.texi +++ b/ffmpeg/doc/libavutil.texi @@ -16,7 +16,25 @@ The libavutil library is a utility library to aid portable multimedia programming. It contains safe portable string functions, random number generators, data structures, additional mathematics functions, cryptography and multimedia related functionality (like -enumerations for pixel and sample formats). +enumerations for pixel and sample formats). It is not a library for +code needed by both libavcodec and libavformat. + +The goals for this library is to be: + +@table @strong +@item Modular +It should have few interdependencies and the possibility of disabling individual +parts during @command{./configure}. + +@item Small +Both sources and objects should be small. + +@item Efficient +It should have low CPU and memory usage. + +@item Useful +It should avoid useless features that almost no one needs. +@end table @c man end DESCRIPTION |