libjpeg Graphics The JPEG library provides a rich API for manipulating JPEG-format
images, including reading, writing, converting, compressing, and
decompressing images.
libmad Audio libmad provides a high-quality MPEG audio decoder API. libmad
provides full 24-bit PCM output, so applications using this API can
produce high-quality audio.
libmng Graphics libmng implements the Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG)
API. MNG provides multi-image animation capabilities similar to
animated GIFs, but free of patent encumbrances.
libogg Audio Libogg is a library for reading and writing ogg format bitstreams.
libogg is needed to use the Ogg Vorbis audio format.
libpng Graphics The Portable Network Graphics (PNG) standard is an extensible file
format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of images.
PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF. (As of this writing,
the GIF compression patent should have expired.)
libtermcap Hardware libtermcap implements the GNU termcap library API, a library of C
functions that enable programs to send control strings to terminals in
a way that is independent of the terminal type.
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API Category Description
libtiff 2-D Graphics The TIFF library provides an API for working with images stored in
the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a widely used format for storing
high-quality, high-resolution images.
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