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+# Template file for 'nv-codec-headers'
+pkgname=nv-codec-headers
+version=8.2.15.6
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="nv-codec-headers-n${version}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs"
+maintainer="Johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git"
+distfiles="https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/archive/n${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=10ec7fc39ccffc08561e751a626ca2b90dfdf1a25f9dc868831fab3462629569
+
+post_install() {
+	sed -n '4,25p' include/ffnvcodec/nvEncodeAPI.h > LICENSE
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}