AVbin
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AVbin
http://code.google.com/p/avbin/
AVbin is a thin wrapper around FFmpeg, providing binary compatibility for applications and languages that need it. FFmpeg is a collection of audio and video codecs widely used in projects such as mplayer, xine, gstreamer and VLC. It is under continuous development; so much so that its developers rarely provide a release, and SVN snapshots of the library must be statically linked to avoid version incompatibilities. AVbin allows programs that require dynamic linkage to use FFmpeg. It does this by providing:
- an accurate version number within the shared library, allowing applications to select the appropriate data structures and functions to use at runtime, and
- a simplified interface with an unchanging ABI to the most common decoding functionality within FFmpeg.
- AVbin is distributed as a single dynamic library (.so on GNU/Linux, .dylib on Mac OS X, and .dll on Windows) that depends on no other files or installations. This eliminates the many complexities of building FFmpeg on platforms other than GNU/Linux; however you can still build it from source if you prefer.
Documentation
http://code.google.com/p/avbin/w/list
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv3 | Kelly Hopkins | 13 May 2009 | |
| LGPLv3orlater | Kelly Hopkins | 13 May 2009 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Alex Holkner | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Download | http://code.google.com/p/avbin/downloads/list |
| General | Forum | http://groups.google.com/group/avbin-users |
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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 13 May 2009.
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