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2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY transcode-download-http "http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~pehrens/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.gz">
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7 | <!ENTITY transcode-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY transcode-md5sum "9bfef83b7e0fe2c27d25d871fef75a92">
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9 | <!ENTITY transcode-size "2.6 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY transcode-buildsize "60 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY transcode-time "1.69 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="transcode" xreflabel="Transcode-&transcode-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="transcode.html"?>
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20 | <title><application>Transcode</application>-&transcode-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>Transcode</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para><application>Transcode</application> is a fast, versatile and
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26 | command-line based audio/video everything to everything
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27 | converter. For a rundown of the features and capabilities, along with
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28 | usage examples, visit the Transcode Wiki at
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29 | <ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/"/>.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&transcode-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&transcode-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &transcode-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download size: &transcode-size;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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40 | &transcode-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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42 | &transcode-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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43 | </sect3>
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44 |
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45 | <!--
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46 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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47 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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48 | <listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
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49 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-fix_largefile_split-1.patch"/></para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem><para>Required Patch (if
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52 | <application>libdv</application> is installed): <ulink
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53 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-fix_dv-1.patch"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem><para>Required Patch (if compiled with
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56 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x): <ulink
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57 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-gcc34-1.patch"/></para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | </itemizedlist>
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60 | </sect3>
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61 | -->
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62 |
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63 | <sect3><title><application>Transcode</application> dependencies</title>
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64 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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65 | <para><xref linkend="ffmpeg"/></para>
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66 | </sect4>
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67 |
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68 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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69 | <para><xref linkend="NASM"/> and <xref linkend="lame"/></para>
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70 | </sect4>
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71 |
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72 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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73 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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74 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/> or
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80 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg">MMX Jpeg</ulink>,
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81 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="avifile"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="libmpeg3"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="xvid"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="LZO"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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91 | <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/">MJPEG Tools</ulink>,
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92 | <ulink url="http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/">libquicktime</ulink>,
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93 | <ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
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94 | <ulink url="http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/">LVE</ulink>,
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95 | <ulink url="http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/">PVM3</ulink> and
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96 | <ulink url="http://loci.cs.utk.edu/">LoRS/IBP</ulink></para>
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97 |
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98 | <para>Though <application>Transcode</application> has no compile-time
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99 | requirement for <xref linkend="mplayer"/>'s shared post-processing library,
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100 | <application>Transcode</application> can use it at run-time.</para>
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101 | </sect4>
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102 | </sect3>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2>
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107 | <title>Installation of <application>Transcode</application></title>
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108 |
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109 | <para>Install <application>Transcode</application> by running the following
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110 | commands:</para>
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111 |
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112 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-x &&
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113 | make &&
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114 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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115 |
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2>
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119 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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120 |
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121 | <para><option>--without-x</option>: Omit this parameter if you have an
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122 | <application>X</application> Window System installed and you want to compile
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123 | X11 dependent filter plugins.</para>
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124 |
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125 | <para><option>--enable-netstream</option>: This parameter enables network
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126 | streaming support.</para>
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127 |
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128 | <para>Building support for most of the dependency packages requires using
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129 | options passed to the <command>configure</command> script. View the
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130 | <filename>INSTALL</filename> file and the output from
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131 | <command>./configure --help</command> for complete information about
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132 | enabling dependency packages.</para>
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133 |
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134 | </sect2>
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135 |
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136 | <sect2>
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137 | <title>Contents</title>
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138 |
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139 | <para>The <application>Transcode</application> package contains
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140 | <command>transcode</command>,
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141 | <command>tccat</command>,
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142 | <command>tcdecode</command>,
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143 | <command>tcdemux</command>,
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144 | <command>tcextract</command>,
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145 | <command>tcframe</command>,
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146 | <command>tcmodinfo</command>,
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147 | <command>tcmp3cut</command>,
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148 | <command>tcmplex</command>,
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149 | <command>tcprobe</command>,
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150 | <command>tcrequant</command>,
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151 | <command>tcscan</command>,
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152 | <command>tcxmlcheck</command>,
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153 | <command>tcxpm2rgb</command>,
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154 | <command>avicodec</command>,
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155 | <command>avidump</command>,
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156 | <command>avifix</command>,
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157 | <command>aviindex</command>,
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158 | <command>avimerge</command>,
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159 | <command>avisplit</command>,
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160 | <command>avisync</command>
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161 | and input/filter/output modules.</para>
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162 |
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163 | </sect2>
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164 |
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165 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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166 |
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167 | <sect3><title>transcode</title>
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168 | <para><command>transcode</command> is the encoder's user interface that handles
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169 | the plugins and other programs, being the glue between the modules.
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170 | There are several well documented usage examples on both the homepage
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171 | and the documentation included in the package.</para></sect3>
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172 |
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173 | <sect3><title>tccat</title>
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174 | <para><command>tccat</command> concatenates input files using the input plugins
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175 | of <application>Transcode</application>.</para></sect3>
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176 |
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177 | <sect3><title>tcdecode</title>
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178 | <para><command>tcdecode</command> is used to decode input files to
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179 | raw video and <acronym>PCM</acronym> audio stream.</para></sect3>
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180 |
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181 | <sect3><title>tcdemux</title>
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182 | <para><command>tcdemux</command> demultiplexes (separates) audio/video input
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183 | that contains multiple streams, e.g., <acronym>VOB</acronym> files.</para>
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184 | </sect3>
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185 |
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186 | <sect3><title>tcextract</title>
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187 | <para><command>tcextract</command> grabs single streams from a file containing
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188 | multiple streams.</para></sect3>
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189 |
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190 | <sect3><title>tcframe</title>
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191 | <para><command>tcframe</command> processes single video frames for different
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192 | color encodings (<acronym>RGB</acronym> >-< <acronym>YUV</acronym> or
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193 | similar).</para></sect3>
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194 |
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195 | <sect3><title>tcmodinfo</title>
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196 | <para><command>tcmodinfo</command> loads a supplied
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197 | <application>Transcode</application> filter module and prints its
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198 | parameters.</para></sect3>
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199 |
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200 | <sect3><title>tcmp3cut</title>
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201 | <para><command>tcmp3cut</command> is a tool which can cut
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202 | <acronym>MP3</acronym> streams at milliseconds positions.</para></sect3>
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203 |
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204 | <sect3><title>tcprobe</title>
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205 | <para><command>tcprobe</command> prints information about the input file
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206 | format.</para></sect3>
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207 |
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208 | <sect3><title>tcrequant</title>
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209 | <para><command>tcrequant</command> is a tool which can requantize an
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210 | <acronym>MPEG</acronym>-2 elementary stream.</para></sect3>
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211 |
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212 | <sect3><title>tcscan</title>
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213 | <para><command>tcscan</command> performs several measurements on the given
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214 | input data.</para></sect3>
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215 |
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216 | <sect3><title>tcxmlcheck</title>
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217 | <para><command>tcxmlcheck</command> checks information in a
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218 | <acronym>SMIL</acronym> input file.</para></sect3>
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219 |
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220 | <sect3><title>avicodec</title>
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221 | <para><command>avicodec</command> indicates or changes
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222 | <acronym>FOURCC</acronym> <acronym>CODEC</acronym> flag in an
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223 | <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para></sect3>
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224 |
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225 | <sect3><title>avidump</title>
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226 | <para><command>avidump</command> dumps audio or video stream of a given
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227 | <acronym>AVI</acronym> file to stdout (for <acronym>AVI</acronym>
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228 | conversion or extraction of audio streams).</para></sect3>
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229 |
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230 | <sect3><title>avifix</title>
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231 | <para><command>avifix</command> fixes the header of an
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232 | <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para></sect3>
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233 |
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234 | <sect3><title>aviindex</title>
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235 | <para><command>aviindex</command> writes a text file describing the
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236 | index of an <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para></sect3>
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237 |
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238 | <sect3><title>avimerge</title>
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239 | <para><command>avimerge</command> merges <acronym>AVI</acronym> files of the
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240 | same format. Do not try to merge <acronym>AVI</acronym> files of different
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241 | formats, it will most likely result in errors (and format means same bitrates,
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242 | too!).</para></sect3>
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243 |
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244 | <sect3><title>avisplit</title>
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245 | <para><command>avisplit</command> splits <acronym>AVI</acronym> files
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246 | into multiple files.</para></sect3>
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247 |
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248 | <sect3><title>avisync</title>
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249 | <para><command>avisync</command> can shift audio in
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250 | <acronym>AVI</acronym> files for better synchronizing of audio and video
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251 | data signal.</para></sect3>
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252 |
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253 | <sect3><title>input/filter/output modules</title>
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254 | <para>Depending on the external libraries that are used, there are a
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255 | great number of plugins to convert audio and video input to raw format,
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256 | process raw video and audio and convert raw audio and video to other
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257 | formats to be written into a file type of choice. Read the
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258 | documentation.</para></sect3>
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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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