Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Quick Start 2.1 Video and Audio grabbing 2.2 Video and Audio file format conversion 3. Invocation 3.1 Syntax 3.2 Main options 3.3 Video Options 3.4 Audio Options 3.5 Advanced options 3.6 Protocols 4. Tips 5. Supported File Formats and Codecs 5.1 File Formats 5.2 Image Formats 5.3 Video Codecs 5.4 Audio Codecs 6. Platform Specific information 6.1 Linux 6.2 BSD 6.3 Windows 6.4 MacOS X 6.5 BeOS 7. Developers Guide 7.1 API 7.2 Integrating libavcodec or libavformat in your program 7.3 Coding Rules 7.4 Submitting patches 7.5 Regression tests