1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-md5sum "ea5587e3c66d50b1503b82ac4179c303">
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10 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-size "1.6 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-buildsize "50 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY ffmpeg-time "0.9 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="ffmpeg" xreflabel="FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="ffmpeg.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-FFmpeg">FFmpeg</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to FFmpeg</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para><application>FFmpeg</application> is a solution to record, convert and
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33 | stream audio and video. It is a very fast video and audio converter and it can
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34 | also acquire from a live audio/video source. Designed to be intuitive, the
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35 | command-line interface (<command>ffmpeg</command>) tries to figure out all the
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36 | parameters, when possible. <application>FFmpeg</application> can also convert
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37 | from any sample rate to any other, and resize video on the fly with a high
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38 | quality polyphase filter. <application>FFmpeg</application> can use a
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39 | video4linux compatible video source and any Open Sound System audio
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40 | source.</para>
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ffmpeg-download-http;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ffmpeg-download-ftp;"/></para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &ffmpeg-md5sum;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download size: &ffmpeg-size;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &ffmpeg-buildsize;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Estimated build time: &ffmpeg-time;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | </itemizedlist>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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65 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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68 | url="&patch-root;/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;-gcc4-1.patch"/></para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FFmpeg Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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75 | <para><xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="lame"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="imlib2"/>,
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78 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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79 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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80 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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81 | <xref linkend="mplayer"/> (for the shared post-processing library),
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82 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAC</ulink>,
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83 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAD2</ulink> and
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84 | <xref linkend="tex"/> (to build HTML documentation)</para>
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85 |
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86 | </sect2>
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87 |
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88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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89 | <title>Installation of FFmpeg</title>
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90 |
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91 | <para>Install <application>FFmpeg</application> by running the following
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92 | commands:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <note>
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95 | <para>Review the <filename>doc/optimization.txt</filename> file in the
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96 | source tree for information about optimizing the build.</para>
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97 | </note>
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98 |
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99 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;-gcc4-1.patch &&
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100 | sed -i -e "s/static uint64/const uint64/" \
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101 | libavcodec/liba52/resample_mmx.c &&
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102 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared \
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103 | --enable-pthreads --disable-ffplay &&
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104 | make</userinput></screen>
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105 |
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106 | <para>If you have <application>TeX</application> installed, the man pages
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107 | and documentation were built during the <command>make</command> process.
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108 | Skip to the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user installation
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109 | steps. If you do not have <application>TeX</application> installed, use the
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110 | following command to build the man pages:</para>
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111 |
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112 | <screen><userinput>make -C doc {ffmpeg,ffserver,ffplay}.1</userinput></screen>
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113 |
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114 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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117 |
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118 | <para>If you have <application>TeX</application> installed (which caused
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119 | the HTML documentation to be built earlier), install the documentation by
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120 | issuing the following commands as the <systemitem
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121 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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122 |
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123 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version; &&
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124 | install -v -m644 doc/*.html /usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;</userinput></screen>
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125 |
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126 | </sect2>
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127 |
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128 | <sect2 role="commands">
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129 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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130 |
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131 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s/static uint64/const uint64/"
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132 | libavcodec/liba52/resample_mmx.c</command>: This command fixes an issue
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133 | on machines with MMX capability and use <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x
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134 | to compile in A52 support using the <option>--enable-a52</option> parameter
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135 | passed to the <command>configure</command> script.</para>
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136 |
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137 | <para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch is needed to
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138 | build the <filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and
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139 | <filename class="libraryfile">libavformat</filename> shared
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140 | libraries.</para>
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141 |
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142 | <para><parameter>--enable-pthreads</parameter>: This switch enables the
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143 | build to link against the Posix threads library.</para>
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144 |
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145 | <para><parameter>--disable-ffplay</parameter>: Only installs the server part.
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146 | <command>ffplay</command> requires <application>X</application> for
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147 | building. Remove this option if <application>X</application> is
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148 | installed.</para>
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149 |
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150 | <para><option>--enable-<replaceable>[codec]</replaceable></option>: Review
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151 | the available options and codecs using the
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152 | <command>./configure --help</command> command.</para>
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153 |
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154 | </sect2>
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155 |
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156 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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157 | <title>Configuring FFmpeg</title>
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158 |
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159 | <sect3 id="ffmpeg-config">
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160 | <title>Config Files</title>
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161 |
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162 | <para><filename>/etc/ffserver.conf</filename> and
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163 | <filename>~/.ffmpeg/ffserver-config</filename></para>
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164 |
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165 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg ffmpeg-config">
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166 | <primary sortas="e-AA.ffmpeg-ffserver-config">~/.ffmpeg/ffserver-config</primary>
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167 | </indexterm>
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168 |
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169 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg ffmpeg-config">
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170 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ffserver.conf">/etc/ffserver.conf</primary>
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171 | </indexterm>
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172 |
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173 | <para>You'll find a sample ffserver configuration file at
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174 | <ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/sample.html"/> (also
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175 | <filename>doc/ffserver.conf</filename> in the source tree).</para>
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176 |
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177 | </sect3>
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178 |
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179 | </sect2>
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180 |
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181 | <sect2 role="content">
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182 | <title>Contents</title>
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183 |
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184 | <segmentedlist>
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185 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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186 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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187 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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188 |
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189 | <seglistitem>
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190 | <seg>ffmpeg, ffserver, and optionally, ffplay</seg>
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191 | <seg>libavcodec.so, libavformat.so, and video hook modules</seg>
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192 | <seg>/usr/include/ffmpeg, /usr/lib/vhook, and
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193 | /usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;</seg>
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194 | </seglistitem>
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195 | </segmentedlist>
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196 |
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197 | <variablelist>
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198 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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199 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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200 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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201 |
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202 | <varlistentry id="ffmpeg-prog">
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203 | <term><command>ffmpeg</command></term>
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204 | <listitem>
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205 | <para>is a command-line tool to convert video files, network streams
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206 | and input from a TV card to several video formats.</para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg ffmpeg-prog">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-ffmpeg">ffmpeg</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | <varlistentry id="ffplay">
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214 | <term><command>ffplay</command></term>
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215 | <listitem>
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216 | <para>is a very simple and portable media player using the
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217 | <filename>ffmpeg</filename> libraries and the SDL library.</para>
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218 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg ffplay">
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219 | <primary sortas="b-ffplay">ffplay</primary>
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220 | </indexterm>
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221 | </listitem>
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222 | </varlistentry>
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223 |
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224 | <varlistentry id="ffserver">
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225 | <term><command>ffserver</command></term>
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226 | <listitem>
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227 | <para>is a streaming server for everything that <command>ffmpeg</command>
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228 | could use as input (files, streams, TV card input, webcam, etc.).</para>
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229 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg ffserver">
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230 | <primary sortas="b-ffserver">ffserver</primary>
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231 | </indexterm>
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232 | </listitem>
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233 | </varlistentry>
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234 |
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235 | <varlistentry id="libavcodec">
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236 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavcodec.so</filename></term>
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>is a library containing the <application>FFmpeg</application>
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239 | codecs (both encoding and decoding).</para>
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240 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg libavcodec">
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241 | <primary sortas="c-libavcodec">libavcodec.so</primary>
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242 | </indexterm>
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243 | </listitem>
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244 | </varlistentry>
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245 |
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246 | <varlistentry id="libavformat">
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247 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavformat.so</filename></term>
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248 | <listitem>
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249 | <para>is a library containing the file formats handling (mux and demux code
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250 | for several formats) used by <command>ffplay</command> as well as
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251 | allowing the generation of audio or video streams.</para>
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252 | <indexterm zone="ffmpeg libavformat">
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253 | <primary sortas="c-libavformat">libavformat.so</primary>
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254 | </indexterm>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | </variablelist>
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259 |
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260 | </sect2>
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261 |
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262 | </sect1>
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263 |
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