source: multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml@ 01062dd

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<sect1 id="ffmpeg" xreflabel="FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="ffmpeg.html"?>
<title>FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;</title>

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

<para><application>FFmpeg</application> is a solution to record, convert and stream audio and
video. Due to heavy development, not all of these functions will work.</para>

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

<sect3><title><application>FFmpeg</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libvorbis"/>, <xref linkend="lame"/>,
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), <xref linkend="SDL"/> and <xref linkend="freetype2"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<note><para>The package maintainers recommend compiling without any
optimizations.</para></note>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><option>--enable-shared</option>: This switch is needed to
build <filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and <filename
class="libraryfile">libavformat</filename> shared libraries.</para>

<para><option>--enable-mp3lame</option>: Link against
<filename class="libraryfile">libmp3lame</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--enable-vorbis</option>: Link against
<filename class="libraryfile">libvorbis</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--disable-ffplay</option>: Only installs the server part.
<command>ffplay</command> requires X for building.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>FFmpeg</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>

<para><filename>~/.ffmpeg/ffserver-config</filename></para>

<para>You'll find a sample ffserver configuration file at
<ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/sample.html"/></para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>FFmpeg</application> package contains <command>ffmpeg
</command>, <command>ffserver</command>, <command>ffplay</command>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and 
<filename class="libraryfile">libavformat</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>ffmpeg</title>
<para><command>ffmpeg</command> is a command-line tool to convert video files, 
network streams and input from a TV card to several video formats.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ffserver</title>
<para><command>ffserver</command> is a streaming server for everything
that <command>ffmpeg</command> could use as input (files, streams, TV card 
input, webcam, etc.).</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ffplay</title>
<para><command>ffplay</command> is a very simple and portable media 
player using the <filename>ffmpeg</filename> libraries and the <acronym>SDL
</acronym> library.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libavcodec/libavformat</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and <filename
class="libraryfile">libavformats</filename> are libraries for encoding/decoding
video streams and putting them into files or network packets. Since
they're well documented, you can easily include them in your software,
like some other packages already do.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>