[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add description for the other FFmpeg libs in the about page

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Wednesday 2009-03-11 10:02:35 +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd encoded:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:23:05PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> >> 
> >> Ahh OK, fixed.
> >> 
> >> --- src/about	(revision 320)
> >> +++ src/about	(working copy)
> >> @@ -15,10 +15,25 @@
> >>  
> >> +<li><tt>libavutil</tt> is a library containing utilities for
> >
> > I prefer "routines" over "utilities".

I prefer "utilities" over "routines", both because I like to suggest
in the description what the "util" part of "libavutil" comes from, and
also as a stylistic artifice for avoiding to repeat two times the word
"routines" (I use it in the expression "mathematics routines").

> >> +<li><tt>libavdevice</tt> is a library containing input and output
> >> +devices for grabbing from and rendering to many common multimedia
> >> +input/output software frameworks, including video4linux, vfw, and
> >> +alsa.</li>
> >
> > Find out the correct spellings for v4l, vfw, alsa.  I'm not sure offhand,
> > but these look misspelled.
> 
> Miscapitalised at least...

Fixed checking the corresponding web site.
 
> >> +<li><tt>libswscale</tt> is a library performing highly optimized image
> >
> > highly-optimized
>
> Wrong.  "Highly optimised" is correct.

"Optimised" is the British variant, check for example:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optimise

while FFmpeg documentation tryies hard to prefer the North-American
form, so for consistency I'd go for the latter.

I also cutted away the lavfi description, as suggested by Diego, but
I'm not sure it's a good idea, afterall it is there in SVN although
only partially integrated so the user may say "WTF is this?".

Regards.
-- 
FFmpeg = Foolish and Fundamental Marvellous Practical Eccentric Game
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