source: general/graphlib/libavif.xml@ 820262d8

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  <!ENTITY libavif-download-http "https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif/archive/v&libavif-version;/libavif-&libavif-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libavif-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libavif-md5sum        "dde524dfc0e0e37a468277b128662990">
  <!ENTITY libavif-size          "5.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY libavif-buildsize     "10 MB">
  <!ENTITY libavif-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libavif" xreflabel="libavif-&libavif-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libavif.html"?>

  <title>libavif-&libavif-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libavif">
    <primary sortas="a-libavif">libavif</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libavif</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libavif</application> package contains a library used
      for encoding and decoding AVIF files.
    </para>

    &lfs113_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libavif-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libavif-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libavif-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libavif-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libavif-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libavif-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libavif Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libaom"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="https://github.com/google/googletest">gtest</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d">libdav1d</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv/">libyuv</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://github.com/xiph/rav1e">rav1e</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1">svt-av1</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libavif"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libavif</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libavif</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      -DAVIF_CODEC_AOM=ON         \
      -DAVIF_BUILD_GDK_PIXBUF=ON  \
      -G Ninja .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does come with a test suite, but it requires
      <ulink url="https://github.com/google/googletest">gtest</ulink>, which
      is not part of BLFS.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The AV1 format needs to be added to the loaders cache. As the
      &root; user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DAVIF_CODEC_AOM=ON</parameter>: This switch enables using
      the AOM codec. This package is useless without at least one codec
      built in.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DAVIF_BUILD_GDK_PIXBUF=ON</parameter>: This switch builds
      the AVIF loader for applications which use gdk-pixbuf. Remove it if you
      have not installed <xref role="nodep" linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>.
    </para>
    
    <para>
      <option>-DAVIF_CODEC_DAV1D=ON</option>: Use this switch if you have
      installed <ulink url="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d">libdav1d</ulink>
      and wish to use it as a codec.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-DAVIF_CODEC_RAV1E=ON</option>: Use this switch if you have
      installed <ulink url="https://github.com/xiph/rav1e">rav1e</ulink> and
      wish to use it as a codec.
    </para>
    
    <para>
      <option>-DAVIF_CODEC_SVT=ON</option>: Use this switch if you have
      installed <ulink url="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1">svt-av1</ulink>
      and wish to use it as a codec.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libavif.so and
          libpixbbufloader-avif.so (in /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders)
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/avif
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libavif-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libavif.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide a portable C implementation of the
            AV1 Image Format
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libavif-lib libavif">
            <primary sortas="c-libavif">libavif.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry id="libpixbufloader-avif">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpixbufloader-avif.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            allows applications which use gdk-pixbuf to read AVIF images
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libavif libpixbufloader-avif">
            <primary sortas="c-libpixbufloader-avif">libpixbufloader-avif.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>