glfs/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY avifile-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/avifile/avifile-0.7-&avifile-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY avifile-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY avifile-size "3.4 MB">
<!ENTITY avifile-buildsize "48.2 MB">
<!ENTITY avifile-time "2.73 SBU">
<!ENTITY codec-download "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/avifile/binaries-011002.tgz">
<!ENTITY codec-size "4.4 MB">
<!ENTITY codec-installsize "13 MB">
]>
<sect1 id="avifile" xreflabel="Avifile-&avifile-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="avifile.html"?>
<title><application>Avifile</application>-&avifile-version;</title>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Avifile</application></title>
<para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains an
<acronym>AVI</acronym> video file player, tools and support libraries. This is
useful for viewing and editing <acronym>AVI</acronym> files.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required <acronym>CODEC</acronym>:
<ulink url="&codec-download;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size:
&codec-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&codec-installsize;</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>Avifile</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="qt"/> and <xref linkend="sdl"/></para>
</sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libogg"/>,
<xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
<xref linkend="liba52"/>,
<xref linkend="lame-package"/>,
<xref linkend="libmad"/>,
<xref linkend="xvid"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownloads/">FAAD2</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX4Linux</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Avifile</application></title>
<para>Install <application>Avifile</application> by running the
following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>install -d /usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 &amp;&amp;
tar zxf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib/avifile-0.7 &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-win32-path=/usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s,include/avifile,&amp;-0.7," avifile.pc &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s,include/avifile,&amp;-0.7," avifile.pc</command>:
The <application>pkgconfig</application> file is installed with an incorrect
include directory definition. This command fixes the file.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains
<command>aviplay</command>, <command>avibench</command>,
<command>avifile-config</command>, <command>mmxnow-config</command>,
<command>avirecompress</command>, <command>avicap</command>,
<command>avirec</command>, <command>kv4lsetup</command>,
<command>avicat</command>, <command>avitype</command> and
<command>avimake</command>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>aviplay</title>
<para><command>aviplay</command> manages the input formats, the
<acronym>CODEC</acronym>s and the output formats to display
<acronym>AVI</acronym> video files on your screen.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avibench</title>
<para><command>avibench</command> performs a measurement of the
<application><acronym>AVI</acronym> file support</application>
library's performance for a file.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avifile-config</title>
<para><command>avifile-config</command> is run by
<command>configure</command> for programs wishing to link to the
<application>Avifile</application> library.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>mmxnow-config</title>
<para><command>mmxnow-config</command> is run by
<command>configure</command> for programs wishing to link to the
mmxnow library.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avirecompress</title>
<para><command>avirecompress</command> is a widget that takes an input file of
one <acronym>CODEC</acronym> type and converts it into a video file of
another <acronym>CODEC</acronym>.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avicap</title>
<para><command>avicap</command> is a widget that displays acquired video from a
Video For Windows (<acronym>VFW</acronym>) compatible device, like a webcam or
a TV-tuner.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avirec</title>
<para><command>avirec</command> is a command-line video recording
tool.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>kv4lsetup</title>
<para><command>kv4lsetup</command> is a small tool which tells
<application>video4linux</application> about the current video
mode.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avicat</title>
<para><command>avicat</command> takes a set of <acronym>AVI</acronym> files and
combines them into a single file.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avitype</title>
<para><command>avitype</command> will read and display <acronym>AVI</acronym>
file header information.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>avimake</title>
<para><command>avimake</command> takes a set of <acronym>JPG</acronym> images
and creates a movie.</para></sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>