source: multimedia/libdriv/openquicktime.xml@ 6b4290f

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<sect1 id="openquicktime" xreflabel="OpenQuicktime-&openquicktime-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<?dbhtml filename="openquicktime.html"?>
<title>OpenQuicktime-&openquicktime-version;</title>

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

<para><application>OpenQuicktime</application> is a small library that handles 
the Quicktime file format on most varieties of Unix. Audio and video decoding 
and encoding is provided using a plug-in mechanism.</para>

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

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch (if compiled using 
<application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x): <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/openquicktime-&openquicktime-version;-gcc34-1.patch"></ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optional <acronym>CODEC</acronym>: <ulink
url="http://www.openquicktime.org/codecs.php"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>OpenQuicktime</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="GLib"/></para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../openquicktime-&openquicktime-version;-gcc34-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>This package provides the 
<filename class="libraryfile">libopenquicktime</filename> library and utilities 
that allow you to manipulate Quicktime files.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libopenquicktime</title>
<para>This is the core library.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>dechunk</title>
<para><command>dechunk</command> extracts <acronym>RGB</acronym> frames 
from a movie and writes them as <acronym>PPM</acronym> images.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>make_streamable</title>
<para>This program makes the Quicktime file streamable. 
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>qtdump</title>
<para><command>qtdump</command> dumps all tables in a movie.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>qtinfo</title>
<para><command>qtinfo</command> reads all the information about the file.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>recover</title>
<para>This program recovers <acronym>JPEG</acronym> and
<acronym>PCM</acronym> audio from a corrupted movie.
</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>