FAQ entry about ffmpeg vs openimageio

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well as <code>notcurses-demo</code> (and maybe a few other binaries).
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<summary>Do I want ffmpeg or OpenImageIO?</summary>
While OpenImageIO is a superb library for dealing with single-frame images,
its video support is less than perfect (blame me; I've been promising Larry
I'd rewrite it for several months), and in any case implemented
atop...ffmpeg. ffmpeg is the preferred multimedia backend.
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<summary>Does it work with hardware terminals?</summary>
With the correct <code>TERM</code> value, many hardware terminals are