glfs/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml
Randy McMurchy 6ca751b5be Added a GCC-4 patch to the Avifile instructions
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY avifile-main-version "0.7">
<!ENTITY avifile-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/avifile/avifile-&avifile-main-version;-&avifile-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY avifile-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY avifile-md5sum "821adfba2606773764aa29fcf14eb51f">
<!ENTITY avifile-size "2.9 MB">
<!ENTITY avifile-buildsize "50.4 MB">
<!ENTITY avifile-time "2.4 SBU">
<!ENTITY codec-download "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/avifile/binaries-011002.tgz">
<!ENTITY codec-md5sum "4db4edeeceefb9353b15b047207fa6d3">
<!ENTITY codec-size "4.3 MB">
<!ENTITY codec-installsize "13 MB">
]>
<sect1 id="avifile" xreflabel="Avifile-&avifile-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="avifile.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Avifile-&avifile-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="avifile">
<primary sortas="a-Avifile">Avifile</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Avifile</title>
<para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains an AVI
video file player, tools and support libraries. This is useful for viewing and
editing AVI files.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&avifile-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&avifile-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &avifile-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &avifile-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &avifile-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &avifile-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<title>Patches</title>
<listitem>
<para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/avifile-0.7-&avifile-version;-gcc4-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<title>Codecs</title>
<listitem>
<para>Required CODEC: <ulink url="&codec-download;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &codec-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &codec-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &codec-installsize;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Avifile Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para><xref linkend="qt"/> and <xref linkend="sdl"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libogg"/>,
<xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
<xref linkend="liba52"/>,
<xref linkend="lame"/>,
<xref linkend="libmad"/>,
<xref linkend="xvid"/>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAD2</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX4Linux</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Avifile</title>
<para>Install the required CODEC as the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> user using
the following commands:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;/win32 &amp;&amp;
tar -zxf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>Install <application>Avifile</application> by running the
following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../avifile-0.7-&avifile-version;-gcc4-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-win32-path=/usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;/win32 &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>avibench, avicap, avicat, avifile-config, avimake, aviplay, avirec,
avirecompress, avitype, kv41setup, and mmxnow-config</seg>
<seg>libaviplay.so, libaviplayavcodec.so, libaviplayavformat.so,
libaviplaydha.so, libaviplayvidix, and numerous CODEC
plugins and video extensions.</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/avifile-&avifile-main-version;,
/usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;, and
/usr/share/avifile-&avifile-main-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="avibench">
<term><command>avibench</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>performs a measurement of the AVI file
support library's performance for a file.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avibench">
<primary sortas="b-avibench">avibench</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avicap">
<term><command>avicap</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a widget that displays acquired video from a Video For Windows
(VFW) compatible device, like a webcam or a TV-tuner.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avicap">
<primary sortas="b-avicap">avicap</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avicat">
<term><command>avicat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>takes a set of AVI files and combines them into a single file.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avicat">
<primary sortas="b-avicat">avicat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avifile-config">
<term><command>avifile-config</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is run by <command>configure</command> for programs wishing
to link to the <application>Avifile</application> libraries.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avifile-config">
<primary sortas="b-avifile-config">avifile-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avimake">
<term><command>avimake</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>takes a set of JPG images and creates a movie.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avimake">
<primary sortas="b-avimake">avimake</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="aviplay">
<term><command>aviplay</command></term>
<listitem>
<para> manages the input formats, the CODECs and the output formats
to display AVI video files on your screen.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile aviplay">
<primary sortas="b-aviplay">aviplay</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avirec">
<term><command>avirec</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a command-line video recording tool.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avirec">
<primary sortas="b-avirec">avirec</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avirecompress">
<term><command>avirecompress</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a widget that takes an input file of one CODEC type
and converts it into a video file of another CODEC.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avirecompress">
<primary sortas="b-avirecompress">avirecompress</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avitype">
<term><command>avitype</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>will read and display AVI file header information.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile avitype">
<primary sortas="b-avitype">avitype</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="kv41setup">
<term><command>kv41setup</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a small tool which tells <application>video4linux</application>
about the current video mode.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile kv41setup">
<primary sortas="b-kv41setup">kv41setup</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mmxnow-config">
<term><command>mmxnow-config</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is run by <command>configure</command> for programs wishing
to link to the mmxnow library.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile mmxnow-config">
<primary sortas="b-mmxnow-config">mmxnow-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libaviplay">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libaviplay*.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>libraries contain the functions required by the various
<application>Avifile</application> programs for encoding, decoding and to
interface with the various plugins and video extensions.</para>
<indexterm zone="avifile libaviplay">
<primary sortas="c-libaviplay">libaviplay*.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>