[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/ffmpeg: rewrite the introductory paragraph

[Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>]

This is not the place to boast about high-quality polyphase filters -
the most important feature of the program is its universality.
---
Just dropped the bit about the libraries.
Better suggestions welcome, but I think this is already an improvement.
---
 doc/ffmpeg.texi | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index 68124aaf05..c0b962690d 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ffmpeg [@var{global_options}] @{[@var{input_file_options}] -i @file{input_url}@}
 @chapter Description
 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
 
-@command{ffmpeg} is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from
-a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample
-rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.
+@command{ffmpeg} is a universal media converter. It can read a wide variety of
+inputs - including live grabbing/recording devices - filter, and transcode them
+into a plethora of output formats.
 
 @command{ffmpeg} reads from an arbitrary number of input "files" (which can be regular
 files, pipes, network streams, grabbing devices, etc.), specified by the
-- 
2.39.1

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