source: multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml@ 77a06259

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  <!ENTITY avifile-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY avifile-size          "3.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY avifile-buildsize     "48.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY avifile-time          "2.73 SBU">
  <!ENTITY codec-download        "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/avifile/binaries-011002.tgz">
  <!ENTITY codec-size            "4.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY codec-installsize     "13 MB">
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<sect1 id="avifile" xreflabel="Avifile-&avifile-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="avifile.html"?>
<title><application>Avifile</application>-&avifile-version;</title>

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

<para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains an
<acronym>AVI</acronym> video file player, tools and support libraries. This is 
useful for viewing and editing <acronym>AVI</acronym> files.</para>

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

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required <acronym>CODEC</acronym>: 
<ulink url="&codec-download;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: 
&codec-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&codec-installsize;</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Avifile</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="qt"/> and <xref linkend="sdl"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, 
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, 
<xref linkend="libogg"/>, 
<xref linkend="libvorbis"/>, 
<xref linkend="liba52"/>, 
<xref linkend="lame"/>, 
<xref linkend="libmad"/>, 
<xref linkend="xvid"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownloads/">FAAD2</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX4Linux</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>install -d /usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 &amp;&amp;
tar xzvf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib/avifile-0.7 &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --with-win32-path=/usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s,include/avifile,&amp;-0.7," avifile.pc &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>sed -i -e "s,include/avifile,&amp;-0.7," avifile.pc</command>: 
The <application>pkgconfig</application> file is installed with an incorrect 
include directory definition. This command fixes the file.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Avifile</application> package contains 
<command>aviplay</command>, <command>avibench</command>, 
<command>avifile-config</command>, <command>mmxnow-config</command>, 
<command>avirecompress</command>, <command>avicap</command>, 
<command>avirec</command>, <command>kv4lsetup</command>, 
<command>avicat</command>, <command>avitype</command> and 
<command>avimake</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>aviplay</title>
<para><command>aviplay</command> manages the input formats, the
<acronym>CODEC</acronym>s and the output formats to display 
<acronym>AVI</acronym> video files on your screen.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avibench</title>
<para><command>avibench</command> performs a measurement of the 
<application><acronym>AVI</acronym> file support</application> 
library's performance for a file.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avifile-config</title>
<para><command>avifile-config</command> is run by 
<command>configure</command> for programs wishing to link to the  
<application>Avifile</application> library.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>mmxnow-config</title>
<para><command>mmxnow-config</command> is run by 
<command>configure</command> for programs wishing to link to the 
mmxnow library.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avirecompress</title>
<para><command>avirecompress</command> is a widget that takes an input file of 
one <acronym>CODEC</acronym> type and converts it into a video file of
another <acronym>CODEC</acronym>.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avicap</title>
<para><command>avicap</command> is a widget that displays acquired video from a 
Video For Windows (<acronym>VFW</acronym>) compatible device, like a webcam or 
a TV-tuner.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avirec</title>
<para><command>avirec</command> is a command-line video recording 
tool.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>kv4lsetup</title>
<para><command>kv4lsetup</command> is a small tool which tells 
<application>video4linux</application> about the current video 
mode.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avicat</title>
<para><command>avicat</command> takes a set of <acronym>AVI</acronym> files and 
combines them into a single file.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avitype</title>
<para><command>avitype</command> will read and display <acronym>AVI</acronym> 
file header information.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>avimake</title>
<para><command>avimake</command> takes a set of <acronym>JPG</acronym> images 
and creates a movie.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>