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  "markdown": "This section covers the software you actually run: encoders, the frameworks that drive them,\nfiltering, muxing and inspection tools, and players.\n\n## Where to start\n\n- [FFmpeg](/tools/utilities/ffmpeg/) decodes, filters, encodes and muxes almost anything, and most\n  other tools rely on it.\n- [Av1an](/tools/utilities/av1an/) runs encoders in parallel on scene-based chunks; it is the usual\n  way to use slow, high-quality AV1 settings on a many-core CPU.\n- [MKVToolNix](/tools/utilities/mkvtoolnix/) assembles the finished Matroska file from video,\n  audio, subtitles and fonts. [MP4Box](/tools/utilities/mp4box/) does the same job for MP4 and\n  streaming packages.\n- [VapourSynth](/tools/filtering/vapoursynth/) is the filtering framework behind denoising,\n  debanding and other source cleanup.\n- [Video players](/tools/video-players/) covers checking your encodes, frame by frame if needed.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **Software encoders**: the encoders themselves, such as [SVT-AV1](/tools/software-encoders/svt-av1/),\n  [aomenc](/tools/software-encoders/aomenc/), [x264](/tools/software-encoders/x264/) and\n  [x265](/tools/software-encoders/x265/), plus community forks.\n- **Hardware encoders**: GPU and SoC encoders such as [NVENC](/tools/hardware-encoders/nvenc/),\n  [Quick Sync](/tools/hardware-encoders/qsv/) and [VideoToolbox](/tools/hardware-encoders/videotoolbox/).\n- **Filtering**: VapourSynth and the common filtering tasks.\n- **Utilities**: muxers, analysers, metric tools and encoding front ends.\n\nEach encoder page ends with a full option table for the release it covers; see\n[Reading option tables](/reference/encoder-parameters/) for how to read them.\n"
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