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Last change on this file since 8430372 was 8430372, checked in by Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>, 20 months ago

Do not apply the ffmpeg patch to libquicktime

We have completely removed ffmpeg support

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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 libquicktime-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/libquicktime/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;.tar.gz">
8 <!ENTITY libquicktime-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY libquicktime-md5sum "81cfcebad9b7ee7e7cfbefc861d6d61b">
10 <!ENTITY libquicktime-size "1.0 MB">
11 <!ENTITY libquicktime-buildsize "20 MB">
12 <!ENTITY libquicktime-time "0.7 SBU (includes building all codec modules)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="libquicktime" xreflabel="libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="libquicktime.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <date>$Date$</date>
20 </sect1info>
21
22 <title>libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;</title>
23
24 <indexterm zone="libquicktime">
25 <primary sortas="a-libquicktime">libquicktime</primary>
26 </indexterm>
27
28 <sect2 role="package">
29 <title>Introduction to libquicktime</title>
30
31 <para>
32 The <application>libquicktime</application> package contains the
33 <filename class="libraryfile">libquicktime</filename> library, various
34 plugins and codecs, along with graphical and command line utilities used
35 for encoding and decoding QuickTime files. This is useful for reading and
36 writing files in the QuickTime format. The goal of the project is to
37 enhance, while providing compatibility with the
38 <application>Quicktime 4 Linux</application> library.
39 </para>
40
41 &lfs111_checked;
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>
47 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libquicktime-download-http;"/>
48 </para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>
52 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libquicktime-download-ftp;"/>
53 </para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>
57 Download MD5 sum: &libquicktime-md5sum;
58 </para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Download size: &libquicktime-size;
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Estimated disk space required: &libquicktime-buildsize;
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 Estimated build time: &libquicktime-time;
73 </para>
74 </listitem>
75 </itemizedlist>
76
77<!--
78 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
79 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
80 <listitem>
81 <para>
82 Required patch:
83 <ulink url="&patch-root;/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;-ffmpeg4-1.patch"/>
84 </para>
85 </listitem>
86 </itemizedlist>
87-->
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libquicktime Dependencies</bridgehead>
90
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
92 <para role="optional">
93 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
94 <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
95 <xref linkend="faac"/>,
96 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
97 <!--<xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,-->
98 <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
99 <xref linkend="lame"/>,
100 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
101 <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
102 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
103 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
104 <xref linkend="x264"/>,
105 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>, and
106 <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/schroedinger">Schroedinger</ulink>
107 </para>
108
109 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
110 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libquicktime"/>
111 </para>
112 </sect2>
113
114 <sect2 role="installation">
115 <title>Installation of libquicktime</title>
116
117 <para>
118 Install <application>libquicktime</application> by running the
119 following commands:
120 </para>
121 <!--
122<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;-ffmpeg4-1.patch &amp;&amp;
123 -->
124<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
125 --enable-gpl \
126 --without-doxygen \
127 --without-ffmpeg \
128 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;
129make</userinput></screen>
130
131 <para>
132 This package does not come with a test suite.
133 </para>
134
135 <para>
136 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
137 </para>
138
139<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
140
141install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version; &amp;&amp;
142install -v -m644 README doc/{*.txt,*.html,mainpage.incl} \
143 /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;</userinput></screen>
144
145 </sect2>
146
147 <sect2 role="commands">
148 <title>Command Explanations</title>
149
150 <para>
151 <parameter>--enable-gpl</parameter>: Changes the licence to GPL. This
152 enables some extra plugins, such as FAAC, FAAD2, and x264.
153 </para>
154
155 <para>
156 <parameter>--without-doxygen</parameter>: This is necessary if you do not
157 have <application>Doxygen</application>, omit this if it is installed and
158 you wish the API documentation installed.
159 </para>
160
161 <para>
162 <parameter>--without-ffmpeg</parameter>: This switch disables ffmpeg
163 support because it is incompatible with ffmpeg-5.
164 </para>
165
166 <para>
167 <option>--with-libdv</option>: Build with libdv support.
168 Not enabled by default.
169 </para>
170
171
172 </sect2>
173
174 <sect2 role="content">
175 <title>Contents</title>
176
177 <segmentedlist>
178 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
179 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
180 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
181
182 <seglistitem>
183 <seg>
184 libquicktime_config, lqtplay, lqtremux, lqt_transcode,
185 qt2text, qtdechunk, qtdump, qtinfo, qtrechunk, qtstreamize, and
186 qtyuv4toyuv
187 </seg>
188 <seg>
189 libquicktime.so and several plugin codec libraries
190 </seg>
191 <seg>
192 /usr/include/lqt,
193 /usr/lib/libquicktime, and
194 /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-&libquicktime-version;
195 </seg>
196 </seglistitem>
197 </segmentedlist>
198
199 <variablelist>
200 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
201 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
202 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
203
204 <varlistentry id="libquicktime_config">
205 <term><command>libquicktime_config</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>
208 is a graphical front end to examine and configure the available
209 <application>libquicktime</application> audio and video codecs
210 </para>
211 <indexterm zone="libquicktime libquicktime_config">
212 <primary sortas="b-libquicktime_config">libquicktime_config</primary>
213 </indexterm>
214 </listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry id="lqtplay">
218 <term><command>lqtplay</command></term>
219 <listitem>
220 <para>
221 is a simple QuickTime movie player for X Window System
222 </para>
223 <indexterm zone="libquicktime lqtplay">
224 <primary sortas="b-lqtplay">lqtplay</primary>
225 </indexterm>
226 </listitem>
227 </varlistentry>
228
229<!--
230 <varlistentry id="lqtremux">
231 <term><command>lqtremux</command></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>
234
235 </para>
236 <indexterm zone="libquicktime lqtremux">
237 <primary sortas="b-lqtremux">lqtremux</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241-->
242
243 <varlistentry id="lqt_transcode">
244 <term><command>lqt_transcode</command></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>
247 is a command-line program used to encode video and/or audio
248 files from one format to another
249 </para>
250 <indexterm zone="libquicktime lqt_transcode">
251 <primary sortas="b-lqt_transcode">lqt_transcode</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="qt2text">
257 <term><command>qt2text</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>
260 is used to dump all text strings from a quicktime file
261 </para>
262 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qt2text">
263 <primary sortas="b-qt2text">qt2text</primary>
264 </indexterm>
265 </listitem>
266 </varlistentry>
267
268 <varlistentry id="qtdechunk">
269 <term><command>qtdechunk</command></term>
270 <listitem>
271 <para>
272 can take movies containing rgb frames and write them out as
273 ppm images
274 </para>
275 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtdechunk">
276 <primary sortas="b-qtdechunk">qtdechunk</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 <varlistentry id="qtdump">
282 <term><command>qtdump</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>
285 displays the parsed contents of the provided file
286 </para>
287 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtdump">
288 <primary sortas="b-qtdump">qtdump</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="qtinfo">
294 <term><command>qtinfo</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>
297 prints various pieces of metadata parsed by the libquicktime
298 library for the provided file
299 </para>
300 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtinfo">
301 <primary sortas="b-qtinfo">qtinfo</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="qtrechunk">
307 <term><command>qtrechunk</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>
310 concatenates input frames into a QuickTime movie
311 </para>
312 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtrechunk">
313 <primary sortas="b-qtrechunk">qtrechunk</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="qtstreamize">
319 <term><command>qtstreamize</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>
322 is used to make a file streamable by placing the moov header at the
323 beginning of the file
324 </para>
325 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtstreamize">
326 <primary sortas="b-qtstreamize">qtstreamize</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry id="qtyuv4toyuv">
332 <term><command>qtyuv4toyuv</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>
335 is used to write a YUV4 encoded movie as a planar YUV 4:2:0
336 file
337 </para>
338 <indexterm zone="libquicktime qtyuv4toyuv">
339 <primary sortas="b-qtyuv4toyuv">qtyuv4toyuv</primary>
340 </indexterm>
341 </listitem>
342 </varlistentry>
343
344 <varlistentry id="libquicktime-lib">
345 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libquicktime.so</filename></term>
346 <listitem>
347 <para>
348 is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files. It provides
349 convenient access to QuickTime files with a variety of supported
350 codecs. The library contains new functions integrated with all the
351 original QuickTime 4 Linux library functions used to encode and
352 decode QuickTime files
353 </para>
354 <indexterm zone="libquicktime libquicktime-lib">
355 <primary sortas="c-libquicktime">libquicktime.so</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 </variablelist>
361
362 </sect2>
363
364</sect1>
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