Multimedia framework

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A multimedia framework is a software structure (usually a set of software libraries) that handles media on a computer and through a network. A good multimedia framework offers an intuitive API and a modular architecture to easily add support for new codecs or container formats. It is meant to be used by applications such as media players and audio or video editors. They are available for different operating systems:

Linux or platform independent(portable):

GStreamer
FFmpeg
xine
MAS [link]
NMM [link]
MLT [link]

Microsoft Windows:

DirectShow
DirectX Media Objects (DMOs)
Video for Windows (VfW) (also sometimes referred to as Video Compression Manager (VCM)
Audio Compression Manager (ACM)

Apple Mac OS:

QuickTime

Symbian:

MMF [link]

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