source: multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml@ 10030e39

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libdv-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/libdv/libdv-&libdv-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libdv-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libdv-md5sum        "f895162161cfa4bb4a94c070a7caa6c7">
  <!ENTITY libdv-size          "574 KB">
  <!ENTITY libdv-buildsize     "6.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY libdv-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Libdv-&libdv-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libdv">
    <primary sortas="a-Libdv">Libdv</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The Quasar DV Codec (<application>libdv</application>) is a software
    CODEC for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital
    camcorders.  It can be used to copy videos from camcorders using a
    firewire (IEEE 1394) connection.</para>

    &lfs74_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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 MD5 sum: &libdv-md5sum;</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>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="popt"/>,
    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
    <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
    <!-- <xref linkend="GTK"/>, -->and
    <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --disable-xv \
            --disable-static &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 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d      /usr/share/doc/libdv-&libdv-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 README* /usr/share/doc/libdv-&libdv-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <para><parameter>--disable-xv</parameter>: This parameter is required if
    an <application>X Window System</application> is not installed.  It also
    prevents <command>configure</command> testing for
    <filename class="libraryfile">libXv</filename> which is only used for an
    obsolete program <command>playdv</command> that will not be built with
    current <application>linux</application> headers and would also need other
    obsolete dependencies.</para> <!-- gtk+-1.2, glib+-1.2 -->

    <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the static
    libraries being installed.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>dubdv, dvconnect, and encodedv<!--, and playdv--></seg>
        <seg>libdv.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/libdv and /usr/share/doc/libdv-&libdv-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="dubdv">
        <term><command>dubdv</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>inserts audio into a digital video stream.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libdv dubdv">
            <primary sortas="b-dubdv">dubdv</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="dvconnect">
        <term><command>dvconnect</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a small utility to send or capture raw data from and to the
          camcorder.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libdv dvconnect">
            <primary sortas="b-dvconnect">dvconnect</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="encodedv">
        <term><command>encodedv</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>encodes a series of images to a digital video stream.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libdv encodedv">
            <primary sortas="b-encodedv">encodedv</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

  <!--<varlistentry id="playdv">
        <term><command>playdv</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>displays digital video streams on the screen.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libdv playdv">
            <primary sortas="b-playdv">playdv</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>-->

      <varlistentry id="libdv-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libdv.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides functions for programs interacting with the
          Quasar DV CODEC.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libdv libdv-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libdv">libdv.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>