libmpeg2 is a library which can decode MPEG1 and MPEG2 video streams.
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 The main features in libmpeg2 are:
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  * Conformance - libmpeg2 is able to decode all mpeg streams that conform to
    certain restrictions. For streams that follow these restrictions, libmpeg2
    is probably 100% conformant to the mpeg standards - and there's a pretty
    extensive test suite to check this.
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  * Speed - there has been huge efforts there, and libmpeg2 is probably the
    fastest library around for what it does.
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  * Portability - most of the code is written in C, and when platform-specific
    optimizations are used, there always is a generic C routine to fall back
    on. This should be portable to all architectures - at least it is known
    people run this code on x86, ppc, sparc, arm and sh4.
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  * Reuseability - libmpeg2 is not intended to include any project-specific
    code, but it should still include enough features to be used by very
    diverse projects.
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 This package contains the libmpeg2 shared libraries.