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@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to @file{./configure}.
AMR comes in two different flavors, wideband and narrowband. FFmpeg can make
use of the AMR wideband (floating-point mode) and the AMR narrowband
-(floating-point mode) reference decoders and encoders.
+(floating-point mode) reference decoders and encoders (libamr) as well as
+the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB decoding/encoding and AMR-WB decoding.
+
+@subsection OpenCORE
+
+Go to @url{http://gitorious.org/opencore-amr/} and follow the instructions for
+installing the libraries. Then pass @code{--enable-libopencore-amrnb} and/or
+@code{--enable-libopencore-amrwb} to configure to enable the libraries.
+
+Note that OpenCORE is under the Apache License 2.0 (see
+@url{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0} for details), which is
+incompatible with the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to
+upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
+GPL components, GPL version 3) to use it.
+
+@subsection libamr
Go to @url{http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr} and follow the instructions for
installing the libraries. Then pass @code{--enable-libamr-nb} and/or
@@ -519,9 +534,10 @@ following image formats are supported:
@tab Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer.
@item ADPCM Yamaha @tab X @tab X
@item AMR-NB @tab E @tab E
- @tab supported through external library libamrnb
+ @tab supported through external libraries libamrnb and libopencore-amrnb
@item AMR-WB @tab E @tab E
- @tab supported through external library libamrwb
+ @tab decoding supported through external libraries libamrwb and libopencore-amrwb,
+ encoding supported through external library libamrwb
@item Apple lossless audio @tab X @tab X
@tab QuickTime fourcc 'alac'
@item Atrac 3 @tab @tab X