glfs/multimedia/videoutils/transcode.xml
Bruce Dubbs 3b10fa875d Remove obsolete gtk+1, glib1, xmms, gsview.
Return glib2 to latest stable: glib-2.30.1.


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY transcode-download-http "http://transcode.kabewm.com/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY transcode-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY transcode-md5sum "4f6eb832123ea28c54f0d4952733bcb6">
<!ENTITY transcode-size "1.9 MB">
<!ENTITY transcode-buildsize "61 MB">
<!ENTITY transcode-time "1.4 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="transcode" xreflabel="Transcode-&transcode-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="transcode.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Transcode-&transcode-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="transcode">
<primary sortas="a-Transcode">Transcode</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Transcode</title>
<para><application>Transcode</application> is a fast, versatile and
command-line based audio/video everything to everything converter. For a
rundown of the features and capabilities, along with usage examples, visit
the Transcode Wiki at <ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/"/>.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transcode-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transcode-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &transcode-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &transcode-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &transcode-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &transcode-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-libmpeg3_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transcode Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required"><xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> and
<xref linkend="libmpeg2"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended"><xref linkend="lame"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Listed in the Order That the
<command>configure</command> Script Looks for Them)</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
<xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
<!-- Adding this comment in case this package gets any momentum and
actually uses the updated DivX. Here is the new URL to the new codec:
http://labs.divx.com/DivXLinuxCodec -->
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11050">DivX4Linux</ulink>,
<xref linkend="xvid"/>,
<ulink url="http://loci.cs.utk.edu/">LoRS/IBP</ulink>,
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<xref linkend="avifile"/>,
<xref linkend="libogg"/>,
<xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
<xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
<xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/">PVM3</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libdv"/>,
<xref linkend="libquicktime"/>,
<xref linkend="LZO"/> (requires
<ulink url="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/LZO-v1/lzo-1.08.tar.gz">Version 1</ulink>),
<xref linkend="liba52"/>,
<xref linkend="libmpeg3"/>,
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/">MJPEG Tools</ulink>,
<xref linkend="sdl"/>,
<!-- <xref linkend="GTK"/>, -->
<xref linkend="libfame"/>,
<xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, and
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transcode"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Transcode</title>
<para>Install <application>Transcode</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../transcode-&transcode-version;-libmpeg3_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's|doc/transcode|&amp;-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)|' \
$(find . -name Makefile.in -exec grep -l 'docsdir =' {} \;) &amp;&amp;
autoconf &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para><option>--enable-netstream</option>: This parameter enables network
streaming support.</para>
<para>Support for most of the dependency packages requires using
options passed to the <command>configure</command> script. View the
<filename>INSTALL</filename> file and the output from
<command>./configure --help</command> for complete information about
enabling dependency packages.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>avicodec, avidump, avifix, aviindex, avimerge, avisplit, avisync, tccat,
tcdecode, tcdemux, tcextract, tcframe, tcmodinfo, tcmp3cut, tcprobe,
tcrequant, tcscan, tcxmlcheck, tcxpm2rgb, and transcode</seg>
<seg>a52_decore.so, af6_decore.so, export*.so, filter*.so, and import*.so
output/filter/input modules</seg>
<seg>/usr/lib/transcode and /usr/share/doc/transcode-&transcode-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="avicodec">
<term><command>avicodec</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>indicates or changes the FOURCC CODEC flag in an AVI file.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avicodec">
<primary sortas="b-avicodec">avicodec</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avidump">
<term><command>avidump</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>dumps audio or video stream of a given AVI file to stdout
(for AVI conversion or extraction of audio streams).</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avidump">
<primary sortas="b-avidump">avidump</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avifix">
<term><command>avifix</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>fixes the header of an AVI file.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avifix">
<primary sortas="b-avifix">avifix</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="aviindex">
<term><command>aviindex</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>writes a text file describing the index of an AVI file.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode aviindex">
<primary sortas="b-aviindex">aviindex</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avimerge">
<term><command>avimerge</command></term>
<listitem>
<para> merges AVI files of the same format. Do not try to merge AVI
files of different formats, it will most likely result in errors (and format
means same bitrates, too!).</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avimerge">
<primary sortas="b-avimerge">avimerge</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avisplit">
<term><command>avisplit</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>splits AVI files into multiple files.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avisplit">
<primary sortas="b-avisplit">avisplit</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="avisync">
<term><command>avisync</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>can shift audio in AVI files for better
synchronizing of the audio and video data signal.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode avisync">
<primary sortas="b-avisync">avisync</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tccat">
<term><command>tccat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>concatenates input files using the input plugins of
<application>Transcode</application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tccat">
<primary sortas="b-tccat">tccat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcdecode">
<term><command>tcdecode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to decode input files to raw video and
PCM audio streams.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcdecode">
<primary sortas="b-tcdecode">tcdecode</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcdemux">
<term><command>tcdemux</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>demultiplexes (separates) audio/video input that contains
multiple streams, e.g., VOB files.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcdemux">
<primary sortas="b-tcdemux">tcdemux</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcextract">
<term><command>tcextract</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>grabs single streams from a file containing multiple streams.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcextract">
<primary sortas="b-tcextract">tcextract</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcframe">
<term><command>tcframe</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>processes single video frames for different color encodings
(RGB &gt;-&lt; YUV or similar).</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcframe">
<primary sortas="b-tcframe">tcframe</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcmodinfo">
<term><command>tcmodinfo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>loads a supplied <application>Transcode</application> filter
module and prints its parameters.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcmodinfo">
<primary sortas="b-tcmodinfo">tcmodinfo</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcmp3cut">
<term><command>tcmp3cut</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a tool which can cut MP3 streams at
milliseconds positions.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcmp3cut">
<primary sortas="b-tcmp3cut">tcmp3cut</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcprobe">
<term><command>tcprobe</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>prints information about the input file format.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcprobe">
<primary sortas="b-tcprobe">tcprobe</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcrequant">
<term><command>tcrequant</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a tool which can requantize an MPEG-2
elementary stream.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcrequant">
<primary sortas="b-tcrequant">tcrequant</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcscan">
<term><command>tcscan</command></term>
<listitem>
<para> performs several measurements on the given input data.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcscan">
<primary sortas="b-tcscan">tcscan</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tcxmlcheck">
<term><command>tcxmlcheck</command></term>
<listitem>
<para> checks information in a SMIL input file.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode tcxmlcheck">
<primary sortas="b-tcxmlcheck">tcxmlcheck</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="transcode-prog">
<term><command>transcode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is the encoder's user interface that handles the plugins and
other programs, being the glue between the modules. There are several well
documented usage examples on both the homepage and the documentation included
in the package.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode transcode-prog">
<primary sortas="b-transcode">transcode</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="a52_decore">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>a52_decore.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>is used to interface with the <filename class='libraryfile'>liba52</filename>
library for decoding AC-3 streams.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode a52_decore">
<primary sortas="c-a52_decore">a52_decore.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="af6_decore">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>af6_decore.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a support module used to decode
<filename class='libraryfile'>libaviplay</filename> library supported codecs
and file formats</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode af6_decore">
<primary sortas="c-af6_decore">af6_decore.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="export-filter">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>export/filter/import_*.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>&mdash; depending on the external libraries that are used,
there are a great number of plugins to convert audio and video input to raw
format, process raw video and audio and convert raw audio and video to other
formats to be written into a file type of choice. Read the documentation for
complete information.</para>
<indexterm zone="transcode export-filter">
<primary sortas="c-export-filter">export/filter/import_*.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>