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+Python support for `.ftl` files. At the moment, only reading RGB channels
+(left/right) supported.
+
+Required **Python** modules:
+
+ * msgpack 
+ * numpy
+ * skimage **or** OpenCV 
+
+Required libraries
+
+ * libde265 (available on most Linux distributions)
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