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 extract-artwork
 ===============
 
-Extract artwork from media files
+**Extract artwork from media files**
+
+Takes a number of media files and extracts artwork images.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+To compile and run `extract-artwork` you need:
+
+* [libav](https://libav.org/) or [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/)
+* [markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) (HTML documentation)
+
+Some systems may require additional development packages for the libraries.
+
+Build and install
+-----------------
+
+Building and installing is very easy. Just run:
+
+> make
+
+followed by:
+
+> make install
+
+This will place an executable at `/usr/bin/extract-artwork`,
+documentation can be found in `/usr/share/doc/extract-artwork/`.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Just run `extract-artwork` and add argument with media file names.
+
+### Upstream
+
+URL: [GitHub.com](https://github.com/eworm-de/extract-artwork)  
+Mirror: [eworm.de](http://git.eworm.de/cgit.cgi/extract-artwork/)