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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 01:06:30AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> 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").

I think of small standalone programs when I hear utilities and you can
just use "functions" instead of "routines" below.

> > >> +<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.

It seems you missed Video4Linux.

Diego