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 # LPMS - Livepeer Media Server
 
-LPMS is a media server that can run independently, or on top of the [Livepeer](https://livepeer.org)
+LPMS is media server that can run independently, or on top of the [Livepeer](https://livepeer.org)
 network.  It allows you to manipulate / broadcast a live video stream.  Currently, LPMS supports RTMP
 as input format and RTMP/HLS as output formats.