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{{Infobox software
| name = OpenMAX
| developer = [[Khronos Group]]
| website = {{URL |www.khronos.org/openmax/}}
| logo = [[File:OpenMAX logo.svg|220px|OpenMAX logo]]
}}

'''OpenMAX''' (Open Media Acceleration), often shortened as "'''OMX'''", is a non-proprietary and royalty-free cross-platform set of [[C (programming language)|C-language]] programming interfaces. It provides abstractions for routines that are especially useful for processing of audio, video, and still images.<ref>http://www.cnx-software.com/2011/11/11/openmax-open-media-acceleration/ OpenMAX (Open Media Acceleration)</ref><ref>https://events.linuxfoundation.org/images/stories/pdf/lceu2012_debski.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032317/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/images/stories/pdf/lceu2012_debski.pdf |date=2014-01-06 }} Video4Linux2 - Path to a Standardized Video Codec API</ref> It is intended for low power and embedded system devices (including [[smartphone]]s, [[game console]]s, [[digital media player]]s, and [[set-top box]]es) that need to efficiently process large amounts of multimedia data in predictable ways, such as video codecs, graphics libraries, and other functions for video, image, audio, voice and speech.<ref>http://jan.newmarch.name/LinuxSound/Sampled/OpenMAX/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312092757/https://jan.newmarch.name/LinuxSound/Sampled/OpenMAX/ |date=2016-03-12 }} Contents of full book "Linux Sound" - Chapter 13: OpenMAX/OpenSL</ref>

OpenMAX provides three layers of interfaces: application layer (AL), integration layer (IL) and development layer (DL). OpenMAX  is managed by the [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]] technology [[consortium]] [[Khronos Group]].<ref>http://www.khronos.org/openmax/ OpenMAX - The Standard for Media Library Portability (by Khronos Group)</ref>