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Cleanup XI. Multimedia

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY avifile-main-version "0.7">
8 <!ENTITY avifile-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/avifile/avifile-&avifile-main-version;-&avifile-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY avifile-download-ftp " ">
10 <!ENTITY avifile-md5sum "7da94802f120d1b69e04a13170dcd21d">
11 <!ENTITY avifile-size "3.2 MB">
12 <!ENTITY avifile-buildsize "57.5 MB">
13 <!ENTITY avifile-time "2.5 SBU">
14
15 <!ENTITY codec-download "&sourceforge-repo;/avifile/binaries-011002.tgz">
16 <!ENTITY codec-md5sum "4db4edeeceefb9353b15b047207fa6d3">
17 <!ENTITY codec-size "4.3 MB">
18 <!ENTITY codec-installsize "13 MB">
19]>
20
21<sect1 id="avifile" xreflabel="Avifile-&avifile-version;">
22 <?dbhtml filename="avifile.html"?>
23
24 <sect1info>
25 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
26 <date>$Date$</date>
27 </sect1info>
28
29 <title>Avifile-&avifile-version;</title>
30
31 <indexterm zone="avifile">
32 <primary sortas="a-Avifile">Avifile</primary>
33 </indexterm>
34
35 <sect2 role="package">
36 <title>Introduction to Avifile</title>
37
38 <para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains an AVI video
39 file player, tools and support libraries. This is useful for viewing and
40 editing AVI files.</para>
41
42 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
43 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
44 <listitem>
45 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&avifile-download-http;"/></para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&avifile-download-ftp;"/></para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>Download MD5 sum: &avifile-md5sum;</para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>Download size: &avifile-size;</para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Estimated disk space required: &avifile-buildsize;</para>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>Estimated build time: &avifile-time;</para>
61 </listitem>
62 </itemizedlist>
63
64 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
65 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
66 <title>Patches</title>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>Required patch: <ulink
69 url="&patch-root;/avifile-&avifile-main-version;-&avifile-version;-gcc41-1.patch"/></para>
70 </listitem>
71 </itemizedlist>
72
73 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
74 <title>Codecs</title>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>Required CODEC: <ulink url="&codec-download;"/></para>
77 </listitem>
78 <listitem>
79 <para>Download MD5 sum: &codec-md5sum;</para>
80 </listitem>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>Download size: &codec-size;</para>
83 </listitem>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>Estimated disk space required: &codec-installsize;</para>
86 </listitem>
87 </itemizedlist>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Avifile Dependencies</bridgehead>
90
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
92 <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="qt"/> and -->
93 <xref linkend="sdl"/></para>
94
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
96 <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
97 <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
98 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
99 <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
100 <xref linkend="lame"/>,
101 <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
102 <xref linkend="xvid"/>,
103 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
104 <!-- Adding this comment in case this package gets any momentum and
105 actually get an updated DivX. Here is the new URL to the new codec:
106 http://labs.divx.com/DivXLinuxCodec -->
107 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11050">
108 DivX4Linux</ulink>, and
109 <ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
110
111 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
112 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/avifile"/></para>
113
114 </sect2>
115
116 <sect2 role="installation">
117 <title>Installation of Avifile</title>
118
119 <para>Install the required CODECs as the <systemitem
120 class="username">root</systemitem> user using
121 the following commands:</para>
122
123<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;/win32 &amp;&amp;
124tar -xvf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;</userinput></screen>
125
126 <para>Install <application>Avifile</application> by running the
127 following commands:</para>
128
129<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../avifile-&avifile-main-version;-&avifile-version;-gcc41-1.patch &amp;&amp;
130./configure --prefix=/usr \
131 --with-win32-path=/usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;/win32 &amp;&amp;
132make</userinput></screen>
133
134 <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
135
136 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
137
138<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
139
140 </sect2>
141
142 <sect2 role="content">
143 <title>Contents</title>
144
145 <segmentedlist>
146 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
147 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
148 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
149
150 <seglistitem>
151 <seg>avibench, avicap, avicat, avifile-config, avimake, aviplay, avirec,
152 avirecompress, avitype and kv41setup</seg>
153 <seg>libaviplay.so, libaviplayavcodec.so, libaviplayavformat.so,
154 libaviplayavutil.so, libaviplaydha.so, libaviplayvidix, libqavm.so and
155 numerous CODEC plugins and video extensions.</seg>
156 <seg>/usr/include/avifile-&avifile-main-version;,
157 /usr/lib/avifile-&avifile-main-version;, and
158 /usr/share/avifile-&avifile-main-version;</seg>
159 </seglistitem>
160 </segmentedlist>
161
162 <variablelist>
163 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
164 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
165 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
166
167 <varlistentry id="avibench">
168 <term><command>avibench</command></term>
169 <listitem>
170 <para>performs a measurement of the AVI file
171 support library's performance for a file.</para>
172 <indexterm zone="avifile avibench">
173 <primary sortas="b-avibench">avibench</primary>
174 </indexterm>
175 </listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry id="avicap">
179 <term><command>avicap</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>is a widget that displays acquired video from a Video For
182 Windows (VFW) compatible device, like a webcam or a TV-tuner.</para>
183 <indexterm zone="avifile avicap">
184 <primary sortas="b-avicap">avicap</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="avicat">
190 <term><command>avicat</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>takes a set of AVI files and combines them into a single
193 file.</para>
194 <indexterm zone="avifile avicat">
195 <primary sortas="b-avicat">avicat</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199
200 <varlistentry id="avifile-config">
201 <term><command>avifile-config</command></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>is a script used to get information about the installed version
204 of <application>Avifile</application>.</para>
205 <indexterm zone="avifile avifile-config">
206 <primary sortas="b-avifile-config">avifile-config</primary>
207 </indexterm>
208 </listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210
211 <varlistentry id="avimake">
212 <term><command>avimake</command></term>
213 <listitem>
214 <para>takes a set of JPG images and creates a movie.</para>
215 <indexterm zone="avifile avimake">
216 <primary sortas="b-avimake">avimake</primary>
217 </indexterm>
218 </listitem>
219 </varlistentry>
220
221 <varlistentry id="aviplay">
222 <term><command>aviplay</command></term>
223 <listitem>
224 <para> manages the input formats, the CODECs and the output formats
225 to display AVI video files on your screen.</para>
226 <indexterm zone="avifile aviplay">
227 <primary sortas="b-aviplay">aviplay</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="avirec">
233 <term><command>avirec</command></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>is a command-line video recording tool.</para>
236 <indexterm zone="avifile avirec">
237 <primary sortas="b-avirec">avirec</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry id="avirecompress">
243 <term><command>avirecompress</command></term>
244 <listitem>
245 <para>is a widget that takes an input file of one CODEC type
246 and converts it into a video file of another CODEC.</para>
247 <indexterm zone="avifile avirecompress">
248 <primary sortas="b-avirecompress">avirecompress</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 <varlistentry id="avitype">
254 <term><command>avitype</command></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>will read and display AVI file header information.</para>
257 <indexterm zone="avifile avitype">
258 <primary sortas="b-avitype">avitype</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="kv41setup">
264 <term><command>kv41setup</command></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>is a small tool which tells
267 <application>video4linux</application> about the current video
268 mode.</para>
269 <indexterm zone="avifile kv41setup">
270 <primary sortas="b-kv41setup">kv41setup</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry id="libaviplay">
276 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libaviplay*.so</filename></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>libraries contain the functions required by the various
279 <application>Avifile</application> programs for encoding, decoding
280 and to interface with the various plugins and video extensions.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="avifile libaviplay">
282 <primary sortas="c-libaviplay">libaviplay*.so</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 </variablelist>
288
289 </sect2>
290
291</sect1>
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