a52dec

library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD

aalib

A ASCII-Graphics Library

adplug

A free, cross-platform, hardware independent AdLib sound player library

aften

An A/52 (AC-3) audio encoder

aldumb

Allegro support for DUMB (an IT, XM, S3M, and MOD player library)

allegro

cross-platform multimedia library

alsa-lib

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Library

alsa-oss

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture OSS compatibility layer.

alure

The OpenAL Utility Toolkit

amd64codecs

64-bit binary codecs for video and audio playback support

atlas-c++

Atlas protocol, used in role playing games at worldforge.

aubio

Library for audio labelling

audiofile

An elegant API for accessing audio files

babl

A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library

bio2jack

A library for porting blocked I/O OSS/ALSA audio applications to JACK

blib

blib is a library full of useful things to hack the Blinkenlights

cal3d

Cal3D is a skeletal based character animation library

ccaudio2

C++ class framework for manipulating audio data

celt

CELT is a very low delay audio codec designed for high-quality communications.

chromaprint

A client-side library that implements a custom algorithm for extracting fingerprints

clutter

Clutter is a library for creating graphical user interfaces

clutter-gst

GStreamer Integration library for Clutter

clutter-gtk

Clutter-GTK - GTK+ Integration library for Clutter

cogl

A library for using 3D graphics hardware to draw pretty pictures

coin

A high-level 3D graphics toolkit, fully compatible with SGI Open Inventor 2.1.

compface

Utilities and library to convert to/from X-Face format

csfml

C library for the Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML)

ctl

AMPAS' Color Transformation Language

devil

DevIL image library

dssi

Plugin API for software instruments with user interfaces

dumb

IT/XM/S3M/MOD player library with click removal and IT filters

edje

graphical layout and animation library

emfengine

Native vector graphics file format on Windows

esdl

Erlang bindings for the SDL library

evas

hardware-accelerated retained canvas API

exempi

Exempi is a port of the Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX

exiftool

Read and write meta information in image, audio and video files

faac

Free MPEG-4 audio codecs by AudioCoding.com

faad2

AAC audio decoding library

ffmpegsource

An FFmpeg based source library for easy frame accurate access

fidlib

Run-time filter design and execution library

flac

free lossless audio encoder and decoder

flickcurl

C library for the Flickr API

fluidsynth-dssi

DSSI Soft Synth Interface

fmod

music and sound effects library, and a sound processing system

fnlib

Font Library for enlightenment

fontconfig

A library for configuring and customizing font access

freealut

The OpenAL Utility Toolkit

freeglut

A completely OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library

freeimage

Image library supporting many formats

freetype

Freetype font rendering engine

freeverb3

High Quality Reverb and Impulse Response Convolution library including XMMS/Audacious Effect plugins

ftgl

library to use arbitrary fonts in OpenGL applications

FusionSound

Audio sub system for multiple applications

game-music-emu

Video game music file emulators

gavl

library for handling uncompressed audio and video data

gd

A graphics library for fast image creation

gegl

A graph based image processing framework

gexiv2

gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library.

giblib

Giblib, graphics library

giflib

Library to handle, display and manipulate GIF images

glew

The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library

glfw

The Portable OpenGL FrameWork

glm

OpenGL Mathematics

glpng

An OpenGL png image library

gluon

Gluon is a Free and Open Source framework for creating and distributing games.

glyr

A music related metadata searchengine, both with commandline interface and C API

gmtk

GTK+ widget and function libraries for gnome-mplayer

gmyth

GObject based library to access mythtv backends

gnonlin

Gnonlin is a set of GStreamer elements to ease the creation of non-linear multimedia editors.

grilo

A framework for easy media discovery and browsing

gst-plugins-bad

Less plugins for GStreamer

gst-plugins-base

Basepack of plugins for gstreamer

gst-plugins-good

Basepack of plugins for gstreamer

gst-plugins-ugly

Basepack of plugins for gstreamer

gst-rtsp-server

A GStreamer based RTSP server

gstreamer

Streaming media framework

guilib

a simple widget set for SDL

gupnp-dlna

Library that provides DLNA-related functionality for MediaServers

hamlib

Ham radio backend rig control libraries

harfbuzz

An OpenType text shaping engine

herqq

A software library for building UPnP devices

icc-profiles-basiccolor-printing2009

ICC profiles for printing/offset

icc-profiles-openicc

ICC color profiles by OpenICC

icclib

Library for reading and writing ICC color profile files

id3lib

Id3 library for C/C++

ilmbase

OpenEXR ILM Base libraries

imlib

Image loading and rendering library

imlib2

Version 2 of an advanced replacement library for libraries like libXpm

iulib

easy-to-use image and video I/O functions

jasper

software-based implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard

jbig2dec

A decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format

jbigkit

data compression algorithm for bi-level high-resolution images

jpeg

library to load, handle and manipulate images in the JPEG format (transition package)

ladspa-cmt

CMT (computer music toolkit) Lasdpa library plugins

ladspa-sdk

The Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API

lasi

C++ library for postscript stream output

lastfmlib

C++ library to scrobble tracks on Last.fm

lcms

A lightweight, speed optimized color management engine

lensfun

lensfun: A library for rectifying and simulating photographic lens distortions

leptonica

C library for image processing and analysis

lib3ds

library for managing 3D-Studio Release 3 and 4 .3DS files

libaacplus

HE-AAC+ v2 library, based on the reference implementation

libaacs

Open implementation of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) specification

libafterimage

Afterstep's standalone generic image manipulation library

libao

the audio output library

libart_lgpl

a LGPL version of libart

libass

Library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering

libbluray

Blu-ray playback libraries

libbs2b

Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP library

libbsb

A portable C library for reading and writing BSB format image files

libcaca

A library that creates colored ASCII-art graphics

libcanberra

Portable Sound Event Library

libcdaudio

Library of cd audio related routines

libcddb

A library for accessing a CDDB server

libcdr

Library parsing the Corel cdr documents

libchamplain

Clutter based world map renderer

libclalsadrv

ALSA driver C++ access library

libclastfm

An unofficial C-API to the last.fm web service

libclthreads

An audio library by Fons Adriaensen <fons.adriaensen@skynet.be>

libclxclient

An audio library by Fons Adriaensen <fons.adriaensen@skynet.be>

libcue

CUE Sheet Parser Library

libcuefile

Cue File library from Musepack

libdc1394

Library to interface with IEEE 1394 cameras following the IIDC specification

libdca

library for decoding DTS Coherent Acoustics streams used in DVD

libdiscid

Client library to create MusicBrainz enabled tagging applications

libdlna

A reference open-source implementation of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards.

libdmtx

Barcode data matrix reading and writing library

libdv

Software codec for dv-format video (camcorders etc)

libdvb

libdvb package with added CAM library and libdvbmpegtools as well as dvb-mpegtools

libdvbpsi

library for MPEG TS/DVB PSI tables decoding and generation

libdvdcss

A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption

libdvdnav

Library for DVD navigation tools

libdvdplay

A simple library designed for DVD-menu navigation

libdvdread

Library for DVD navigation tools

libechonest

A library for communicating with The Echo Nest

libemf

Library implementation of ECMA-234 API for the generation of enhanced metafiles.

libexif

Library for parsing, editing, and saving EXIF data

libexif-gtk

GTK+ frontend to the libexif library (parsing, editing, and saving EXIF data)

libextractor

A library used to extract metadata from files of arbitrary type

libfame

MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 video encoding library

libfishsound

Simple programming interface for decoding and encoding audio data using vorbis or speex

libflash

A library for flash animations

libfpx

A library for manipulating FlashPIX images

libggi

Fast and safe graphics and drivers for about any graphics card to the Linux kernel (sometimes)

libggigcp

Library for General Graphics Interface

libggimisc

Library for General Graphics Interface

libggiwmh

Library for General Graphics Interface

libgig

a C++ library for loading Gigasampler files and DLS (Downloadable Sounds) Level 1/2 files.

libgii

Fast and safe graphics and drivers for about any graphics card to the Linux kernel (sometimes)

libgnome-media-profiles

GNOME Media Profiles library

libgphoto2

Library that implements support for numerous digital cameras

libgpod

Shared library to access the contents of an iPod

libharu

C/C++ library for PDF generation

libicns

A library for manipulating MacOS X .icns icon format

libid3tag

The MAD id3tag library

libiec61883

library for capturing video (dv or mpeg2) over the IEEE 1394 bus

libifp

A general-purpose library for iRiver's iFP portable audio players

libipod

lightweight and fast library written in C for managing Apple iPods

libiptcdata

library for manipulating the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) metadata

libirman

library for Irman control of Unix software

libj2k

Lib for Yahoo webcam support in gaim-vv

libjackasyn

An application/library for connecting OSS apps to Jackit.

libjpeg-turbo

MMX, SSE, and SSE2 SIMD accelerated JPEG library

libjsw

provide a uniform API and user configuration for joysticks and game controllers

libkarma

Support library for using Rio devices with mtp

libkate

Codec for karaoke and text encapsulation for Ogg

libkface

Qt/C++ wrapper around LibFace to perform face recognition and detection

libkgeomap

Wrapper library for world map components as marble, openstreetmap and googlemap

liblastfm

Collection of libraries to integrate Last.fm services

liblingoteach

A library to support lingoteach-ui and for generic lesson development.

liblo

Lightweight OSC (Open Sound Control) implementation

liblqr

An easy to use C/C++ seam carving library

liblrdf

A library for the manipulation of RDF file in LADSPA plugins

liblscp

a C++ library for the Linux Sampler control protocol.

libmad

"M"peg "A"udio "D"ecoder library

libmatroska

Extensible multimedia container format based on EBML

libmediainfo

MediaInfo libraries

libmediawiki

KDE C++ interface for MediaWiki based web service as wikipedia.org

libmetalink

Library for handling Metalink files

libmikmod

A library to play a wide range of module formats

libmimic

Video encoding/decoding library for the codec used by msn

libmms

Common library for accessing Microsoft Media Server (MMS) media streaming protocol

libmng

Multiple Image Networkgraphics lib (animated png's)

libmnote

libmnote is a library for parsing, editing, and saving MakerNote-EXIF-tags.

libmodplug

Library for playing MOD-like music files

libmp3splt

a library for mp3splt to split mp3 and ogg files without decoding.

libmp4v2

Functions for accessing ISO-IEC:14496-1:2001 MPEG-4 standard

libmpd

A library handling connections to a MPD server

libmpdclient

A library for interfacing Music Player Daemon (media-sound/mpd)

libmpeg2

library for decoding mpeg-2 and mpeg-1 video

libmpeg3

An mpeg library for linux

libmtp

An implementation of Microsoft's Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).

libnjb

a C library and API for communicating with the Creative Nomad JukeBox digital audio player.

libnut

Library and tools to create NUT multimedia files

libofa

Open Fingerprint Architecture

libogg

the Ogg media file format library

liboggz

Oggz provides a simple programming interface for reading and writing Ogg files and streams

libopendaap

libopendaap is a library which enables applications to discover and connect to iTunes(R) music shares

libopenraw

A decoding library for RAW image formats

libpano13

Helmut Dersch's panorama toolbox library

libpgf

Library to load, handle and manipulate images in the PGF format

libpng

Portable Network Graphics library

libpostproc

Video post processing library

libpqstego

Library for Perturbed Quantization Steganography

libprojectm

A graphical music visualization plugin similar to milkdrop

libprojectm-qt

A graphical music visualization plugin similar to milkdrop

libptp2

Library and client for communicating with PTP enabled devices (e.g. digital photo cameras).

libquicktime

An enchanced version of the quicktime4linux library

libquvi

Library for parsing video download links

libquvi-scripts

Embedded lua scripts for libquvi

libraw

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

libreplaygain

Replay Gain library from Musepack

libsamplerate

Secret Rabbit Code (aka libsamplerate) is a Sample Rate Converter for audio

libsdl

Simple Direct Media Layer

libsfml

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML)

libshout

library for connecting and sending data to icecast servers

libsidplay

C64 SID player library

libsidplayfp

A library for the sidplay2 fork with resid-fp

libsmf

Standard MIDI File format library

libsndfile

A C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound

libsoundtouch

Audio processing library for changing tempo, pitch and playback rates.

libsvg

A parser for SVG content in files or buffers

libtheora

The Theora Video Compression Codec

libtiger

A rendering library for Kate streams using Pango and Cairo

libtimidity

MIDI to WAVE converter library

libtxc_dxtn

Helper library for S3TC texture (de)compression

libuninameslist

Library of unicode annotation data

libv4l

Separate libraries ebuild from upstream v4l-utils package

libvisio

Library parsing the visio documents

libvisual

Libvisual is an abstraction library that comes between applications and audio visualisation plugins.

libvorbis

The Ogg Vorbis sound file format library

libvpx

WebM VP8 Codec SDK

libwebp

A lossy image compression format

libwmf

library for converting WMF files

libXcm

reference implementation of the net-color spec

libxspf

Playlist handling library

libxtract

A simple, portable, lightweight library of audio feature extraction functions

libzen

Shared library for libmediainfo and mediainfo

lilv

Library to make the use of LV2 plugins as simple as possible for applications

lv2

LV2 is a simple but extensible successor of LADSPA

lv2-ui

Generic UI interface for LV2 plugins

lv2core

LV2 is a simple but extensible successor of LADSPA

mash

A library for rendering 3D models with Clutter

mediastreamer

Mediastreaming library for telephony application

memphis

A map-rendering application and a library for OpenStreetMap

mesa

OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux

ming

An Open Source library for Flash movie generation.

mlt

An open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting

musicbrainz

Client library to access metadata of mp3/vorbis/CD media

mutagen

Mutagen is an audio metadata tag reader and writer implemented in pure Python.

nas

Network Audio System

netpbm

A set of utilities for converting to/from the netpbm (and related) formats

openal

A software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API

opencollada

Stream based read/write library for COLLADA files

opencore-amr

Implementation of Adaptive Multi Rate Narrowband and Wideband speech codec

opencv

A collection of algorithms and sample code for various computer vision problems

openexr

ILM's OpenEXR high dynamic-range image file format libraries

openexr_ctl

OpenEXR CTL libraries

opengl-apple

Links to Apple's OpenGL X11 implementation

opengtl

Collection of libraries for graphics transformation algorithms

openimageio

A library for reading and writing images

openinventor

SGI OpenInventor Toolkit and Utilities

openjpeg

An open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C

opus

The Opus codec is designed for interactive speech and audio transmission over the Internet.

oyranos

colour management system allowing to share various settings across applications and services

phat

PHAT is a collection of GTK+ widgets geared toward pro-audio apps.

phonon

KDE multimedia API

phonon-gstreamer

Phonon GStreamer backend

phonon-qt7

Phonon QuickTime7 backend

phonon-vlc

Phonon VLC backend

plib

multimedia library used by many games

plotutils

a powerful C/C++ function library for exporting 2-D vector graphics

pnglite

Small and simple library for loading and writing PNG images

portaudio

A free, cross-platform, open-source, audio I/O library

portmidi

A library for real time MIDI input and output

prison

QRCode and data matrix barcode library

pymemphis

Python bindings for the libmemphis library

qhull

Geometry library

qimageblitz

A graphical effect and filter library for KDE4

quarter

A glue between Nokia Qt4 and Coin3D

quesoglc

A free implementation of the OpenGL Character Renderer (GLC)

quvi

A command line tool for parsing video download links

raptor

The RDF Parser Toolkit

raul

C++ utility library primarily aimed at audio/musical applications.

realcodecs

Real Player audio and video binary codecs

resid

C++ library to emulate the C64 SID chip

rply

A library to read and write PLY files

rubberband

An audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting library and utility program

sampleicc

C++ library for reading, writing, manipulating, and applying ICC profiles

schroedinger

C-based libraries for the Dirac video codec

sdif

The Sound Description Interchange Format Library is a library that deals with audio and wave processing.

sdl-flic

FLIC animation file loading library

sdl-gfx

Graphics drawing primitives library for SDL

sdl-image

image file loading library

sdl-mixer

Simple Direct Media Layer Mixer Library

sdl-net

Simple Direct Media Layer Network Support Library

sdl-pango

connect the text rendering engine of GNOME to SDL

sdl-sound

A library that handles the decoding of sound file formats

sdl-terminal

library that provides a pseudo-ansi color terminal that can be used with any SDL application

sdl-ttf

library that allows you to use TrueType fonts in SDL applications

sdlmm

A C++ Wrapper for the Simple DirectMedia Layer

sg

Socket Graphics tool for displaying polygons

sge

Graphics extensions library for SDL

shivavg

open-source implementation of the Khronos' OpenVG specification

silgraphite

Rendering engine for complex non-Roman writing systems

simage

Image and video texturing library

sk1libs

sk1 vector graphics lib

skstream

FreeSockets - Portable C++ classes for IP (sockets) applications

slv2

A library to make the use of LV2 plugins as simple as possible for applications

smpeg

SDL MPEG Player Library

SoQt

The glue between Coin3D and Qt

spandsp

SpanDSP is a library of DSP functions for telephony.

speex

Audio compression format designed for speech.

sratom

Library for serialising LV2 atoms to/from RDF, particularly the Turtle syntax

stimg

Simple and tiny image loading library

stk

Synthesis ToolKit in C++

stops

Organ stops for aeolus by Fons Adriaensen <fons.adriaensen@skynet.be>

sublib

SubLib is a library that eases the development of subtitling applications. It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats and allows for subtitle editing, conversion and synchronization.

suil

Lightweight C library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs

svgalib

A library for running svga graphics on the console

swfdec

Macromedia Flash decoding library

t1lib

A Type 1 Font Rasterizer Library for UNIX/X11

taglib

A library for reading and editing audio meta data

taglib-extras

Unofficial taglib plugins maintained by the Amarok team

tiff

Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

tremor

A fixed-point version of the Ogg Vorbis decoder (also known as libvorbisidec)

tse3

TSE3 Sequencer library

urt

the Utah Raster Toolkit is a library for dealing with raster images

vamp-plugin-sdk

Audio processing plugin system for plugins that extract descriptive information from audio data

varconf

A configuration system designed for the STAGE server.

vflib

Japanese Vector Font library

vigra

C++ computer vision library with emphasize on customizable algorithms and data structures

vips

VIPS Image Processing Library

vo-aacenc

VisualOn AAC encoder library

vo-amrwbenc

VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library

volpack

Volume rendering library

webrtc-audio-processing

AudioProcessing library from the webrtc.org code base

win32codecs

Windows 32-bit binary codecs for video and audio playback support

wxsvg

C++ library to create, manipulate and render SVG files

x264

A free library for encoding X264/AVC streams

xine-lib

Core libraries for Xine movie player

xvid

XviD, a high performance/quality MPEG-4 video de-/encoding solution

zita-convolver

C++ library implementing a real-time convolution matrix

zvbi

VBI Decoding Library for Zapping

a52dec

libcdr

libvisual

aalib

libchamplain

libvorbis

adplug

libclalsadrv

libvpx

aften

libclastfm

libwebp

aldumb

libclthreads

libwmf

allegro

libclxclient

libXcm

alsa-lib

libcue

libxspf

alsa-oss

libcuefile

libxtract

alure

libdc1394

libzen

amd64codecs

libdca

lilv

atlas-c++

libdiscid

lv2

aubio

libdlna

lv2-ui

audiofile

libdmtx

lv2core

babl

libdv

mash

bio2jack

libdvb

mediastreamer

blib

libdvbpsi

memphis

cal3d

libdvdcss

mesa

ccaudio2

libdvdnav

ming

celt

libdvdplay

mlt

chromaprint

libdvdread

musicbrainz

clutter

libechonest

mutagen

clutter-gst

libemf

nas

clutter-gtk

libexif

netpbm

cogl

libexif-gtk

openal

coin

libextractor

opencollada

compface

libfame

opencore-amr

csfml

libfishsound

opencv

ctl

libflash

openexr

devil

libfpx

openexr_ctl

dssi

libggi

opengl-apple

dumb

libggigcp

opengtl

edje

libggimisc

openimageio

emfengine

libggiwmh

openinventor

esdl

libgig

openjpeg

evas

libgii

opus

exempi

libgnome-media-profiles

oyranos

exiftool

libgphoto2

phat

faac

libgpod

phonon

faad2

libharu

phonon-gstreamer

ffmpegsource

libicns

phonon-qt7

fidlib

libid3tag

phonon-vlc

flac

libiec61883

plib

flickcurl

libifp

plotutils

fluidsynth-dssi

libipod

pnglite

fmod

libiptcdata

portaudio

fnlib

libirman

portmidi

fontconfig

libj2k

prison

freealut

libjackasyn

pymemphis

freeglut

libjpeg-turbo

qhull

freeimage

libjsw

qimageblitz

freetype

libkarma

quarter

freeverb3

libkate

quesoglc

ftgl

libkface

quvi

FusionSound

libkgeomap

raptor

game-music-emu

liblastfm

raul

gavl

liblingoteach

realcodecs

gd

liblo

resid

gegl

liblqr

rply

gexiv2

liblrdf

rubberband

giblib

liblscp

sampleicc

giflib

libmad

schroedinger

glew

libmatroska

sdif

glfw

libmediainfo

sdl-flic

glm

libmediawiki

sdl-gfx

glpng

libmetalink

sdl-image

gluon

libmikmod

sdl-mixer

glyr

libmimic

sdl-net

gmtk

libmms

sdl-pango

gmyth

libmng

sdl-sound

gnonlin

libmnote

sdl-terminal

grilo

libmodplug

sdl-ttf

gst-plugins-bad

libmp3splt

sdlmm

gst-plugins-base

libmp4v2

sg

gst-plugins-good

libmpd

sge

gst-plugins-ugly

libmpdclient

shivavg

gst-rtsp-server

libmpeg2

silgraphite

gstreamer

libmpeg3

simage

guilib

libmtp

sk1libs

gupnp-dlna

libnjb

skstream

hamlib

libnut

slv2

harfbuzz

libofa

smpeg

herqq

libogg

SoQt

icc-profiles-basiccolor-printing2009

liboggz

spandsp

icc-profiles-openicc

libopendaap

speex

icclib

libopenraw

sratom

id3lib

libpano13

stimg

ilmbase

libpgf

stk

imlib

libpng

stops

imlib2

libpostproc

sublib

iulib

libpqstego

suil

jasper

libprojectm

svgalib

jbig2dec

libprojectm-qt

swfdec

jbigkit

libptp2

t1lib

jpeg

libquicktime

taglib

ladspa-cmt

libquvi

taglib-extras

ladspa-sdk

libquvi-scripts

tiff

lasi

libraw

tremor

lastfmlib

libreplaygain

tse3

lcms

libsamplerate

urt

lensfun

libsdl

vamp-plugin-sdk

leptonica

libsfml

varconf

lib3ds

libshout

vflib

libaacplus

libsidplay

vigra

libaacs

libsidplayfp

vips

libafterimage

libsmf

vo-aacenc

libao

libsndfile

vo-amrwbenc

libart_lgpl

libsoundtouch

volpack

libass

libsvg

webrtc-audio-processing

libbluray

libtheora

win32codecs

libbs2b

libtiger

wxsvg

libbsb

libtimidity

x264

libcaca

libtxc_dxtn

xine-lib

libcanberra

libuninameslist

xvid

libcdaudio

libv4l

zita-convolver

libcddb

libvisio

zvbi