source: multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml@ 48b7295

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  <!ENTITY libdv-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libdv/libdv-&libdv-version;.tar.gz">
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  <!ENTITY libdv-size          "465 KB">
  <!ENTITY libdv-buildsize     "8.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY libdv-time          "0.21 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libdv" xreflabel="libdv-&libdv-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="libdv.html"?>
<title>libdv-&libdv-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>libdv</application></title>

<para><application>libdv</application> (Quasar DV) is a software
<acronym>CODEC</acronym> for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital camcorders.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libdv-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libdv-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &libdv-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &libdv-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &libdv-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libdv</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="popt"/>, <xref linkend="SDL"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/> and X (<xref
linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>).
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>libdv</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>The configure check for <application>GTK+</application> is
broken. If <application>GTK+</application> is not installed, also pass
<option>--without-gtk</option> to the configure script.</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The libdv package contains <command>dvconnect</command>,
<command>encodedv</command>, <command>playdv</command> and <filename
class="libraryfile">libdv</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>dvconnect</title>
<para><command>dvconnect</command> is a small utility to send or capture
raw data from and to the camcorder.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>encodedv</title> 
<para><command>encodedv</command> encodes a series of images to a digital
video stream.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>playdv</title>
<para><command>playdv</command> displays digital video streams on
the screen.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libdv</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libdv</filename>
provides functions for the programs manipulating with the Quasar DV
<acronym>CODEC</acronym>.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>