%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Avifile-&avifile-version; Introduction to <application>Avifile</application> The Avifile package contains an AVI video file player, tools and support libraries. This is useful for viewing and editing AVI files. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &avifile-size; Estimated Disk space required: &avifile-buildsize; Estimated build time: &avifile-time; Additional downloads CODECs Required CODECs: Download size: &codec-size; Estimated Disk space required: &codec-buildsize; Estimated build time: &codec-time; Patches Required Patch (if compiled using GCC-3.4.x): Required Patch (if FFmpeg is installed): Required Patch: <application>Avifile</application> dependencies Required and Optional , , , , , , , , (plugin currently broken), FAAD and Dmalloc Installation of <application>Avifile</application> Install Avifile by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../avifile-&avifile-version;-gcc34-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../avifile-&avifile-version;-gcc34_ffmpeg-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../avifile-&avifile-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch && install -d /usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 && tar xzvf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib/avifile-0.7 && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make maintainer-clean && ./autogen.sh && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --with-win32-path=/usr/lib/avifile-0.7/win32 && make && make install Command explanations ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make maintainer-clean && ./autogen.sh: The author of this package used the old autoconf which leads to problems like configure not being able to detect some libraries and compilation errors. This is fixed by rebuilding the configuration scripts. Contents The Avifile package contains aviplay, avibench, avifile-config, mmxnow-config, avirecompress, avicap, avirec, kv4lsetup, avicat, avitype and avimake. Description aviplay aviplay manages the input formats, the CODECs and the output formats to display AVI video files on your screen. avibench avibench performs a measurement of the AVI file support library's performance for a file. avifile-config avifile-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the Avifile library. mmxnow-config mmxnow-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the mmxnow library. avirecompress avirecompress is a widget that takes an input file of one CODEC type and converts it into a video file of another CODEC. avicap avicap is a widget that displays acquired video from a Video For Windows (VFW) compatible device, like a webcam or a TV-tuner. avirec avirec is a command-line video recording tool. kv4lsetup kv4lsetup is a small tool which tells video4linux about the current video mode. avicat avicat takes a set of AVI files and combines them into a single file. avitype avitype will read and display AVI file header information. avimake avimake takes a set of JPG images and creates a movie.