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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 transcode-download-http "http://www.jakemsr.com/transcode/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY transcode-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/transcode-&transcode-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY transcode-md5sum "6fd4bc7651ebccdcd384474eb557d160">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY transcode-size "2.3 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY transcode-buildsize "57.2 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY transcode-time "1.5 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="transcode" xreflabel="Transcode-&transcode-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="transcode.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>Transcode-&transcode-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="transcode">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Transcode">Transcode</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 Transcode</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>Transcode</application> is a fast, versatile and
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| 33 | command-line based audio/video everything to everything converter. For a
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| 34 | rundown of the features and capabilities, along with usage examples, visit
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| 35 | the Transcode Wiki at <ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/"/>.</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transcode-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transcode-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &transcode-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &transcode-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &transcode-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &transcode-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transcode Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 62 | <para><xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> and
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| 63 | <ulink url="http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/">libmpeg2</ulink></para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <para><xref linkend="lame"/></para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Listed in the Order That the
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| 69 | <command>configure</command> Script Looks for Them)</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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| 71 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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| 72 | <xref linkend="xvid"/>,
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| 73 | <ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX4Linux</ulink>,
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| 74 | <ulink url="http://loci.cs.utk.edu/">LoRS/IBP</ulink>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="mplayer"/> (for libpostproc),
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| 76 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="avifile"/>,
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| 78 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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| 80 | <ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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| 82 | <ulink url="http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/">PVM3</ulink>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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| 84 | <ulink url="http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/">libquicktime</ulink>,
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| 85 | <xref linkend="LZO"/>,
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| 86 | <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="libmpeg3"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 89 | <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/">MJPEG Tools</ulink>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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| 93 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, and
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| 94 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/> or
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| 95 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg">MMX Jpeg</ulink></para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | </sect2>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 100 | <title>Installation of Transcode</title>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Install <application>Transcode</application> by running the following
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| 103 | commands:</para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 106 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 117 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para><option>--enable-netstream</option>: This parameter enables network
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| 120 | streaming support.</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para>Building support for most of the dependency packages requires using
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| 123 | options passed to the <command>configure</command> script. View the
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| 124 | <filename>INSTALL</filename> file and the output from
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| 125 | <command>./configure --help</command> for complete information about
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| 126 | enabling dependency packages.</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | </sect2>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 131 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <segmentedlist>
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| 134 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 135 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 136 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <seglistitem>
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| 139 | <seg>avicodec, avidump, avifix, aviindex, avimerge, avisplit, avisync, tccat,
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| 140 | tcdecode, tcdemux, tcextract, tcframe, tcmodinfo, tcmp3cut, tcprobe,
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| 141 | tcrequant, tcscan, tcxmlcheck, tcxpm2rgb, and transcode</seg>
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| 142 | <seg>a52_decore.so, af6_decore.so, export*.so, filter*.so, and import*.so
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| 143 | output/filter/input modules</seg>
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| 144 | <seg>/usr/lib/transcode and /usr/share/doc/transcode</seg>
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| 145 | </seglistitem>
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| 146 | </segmentedlist>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <variablelist>
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| 149 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 150 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 151 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="avicodec">
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| 154 | <term><command>avicodec</command></term>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>indicates or changes the FOURCC CODEC flag in an AVI file.</para>
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| 157 | <indexterm zone="transcode avicodec">
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| 158 | <primary sortas="b-avicodec">avicodec</primary>
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| 159 | </indexterm>
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| 160 | </listitem>
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| 161 | </varlistentry>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <varlistentry id="avidump">
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| 164 | <term><command>avidump</command></term>
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| 165 | <listitem>
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| 166 | <para>dumps audio or video stream of a given AVI file to stdout
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| 167 | (for AVI conversion or extraction of audio streams).</para>
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| 168 | <indexterm zone="transcode avidump">
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| 169 | <primary sortas="b-avidump">avidump</primary>
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| 170 | </indexterm>
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| 171 | </listitem>
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| 172 | </varlistentry>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <varlistentry id="avifix">
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| 175 | <term><command>avifix</command></term>
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| 176 | <listitem>
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| 177 | <para>fixes the header of an AVI file.</para>
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="transcode avifix">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-avifix">avifix</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <varlistentry id="aviindex">
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| 185 | <term><command>aviindex</command></term>
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| 186 | <listitem>
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| 187 | <para>writes a text file describing the index of an AVI file.</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="transcode aviindex">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-aviindex">aviindex</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <varlistentry id="avimerge">
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| 195 | <term><command>avimerge</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para> merges AVI files of the same format. Do not try to merge AVI
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| 198 | files of different formats, it will most likely result in errors (and format
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| 199 | means same bitrates, too!).</para>
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="transcode avimerge">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-avimerge">avimerge</primary>
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| 202 | </indexterm>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | </varlistentry>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <varlistentry id="avisplit">
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| 207 | <term><command>avisplit</command></term>
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>splits AVI files into multiple files.</para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="transcode avisplit">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-avisplit">avisplit</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="avisync">
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| 217 | <term><command>avisync</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>can shift audio in AVI files for better
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| 220 | synchronizing of the audio and video data signal.</para>
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="transcode avisync">
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| 222 | <primary sortas="b-avisync">avisync</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <varlistentry id="tccat">
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| 228 | <term><command>tccat</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>concatenates input files using the input plugins of
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| 231 | <application>Transcode</application>.</para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="transcode tccat">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-tccat">tccat</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <varlistentry id="tcdecode">
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| 239 | <term><command>tcdecode</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>is used to decode input files to raw video and
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| 242 | PCM audio streams.</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcdecode">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-tcdecode">tcdecode</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="tcdemux">
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| 250 | <term><command>tcdemux</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>demultiplexes (separates) audio/video input that contains
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| 253 | multiple streams, e.g., VOB files.</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcdemux">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-tcdemux">tcdemux</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <varlistentry id="tcextract">
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| 261 | <term><command>tcextract</command></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>grabs single streams from a file containing multiple streams.</para>
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcextract">
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| 265 | <primary sortas="b-tcextract">tcextract</primary>
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| 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <varlistentry id="tcframe">
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| 271 | <term><command>tcframe</command></term>
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| 272 | <listitem>
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| 273 | <para>processes single video frames for different color encodings
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| 274 | (RGB >-< YUV or similar).</para>
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| 275 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcframe">
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| 276 | <primary sortas="b-tcframe">tcframe</primary>
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| 277 | </indexterm>
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| 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <varlistentry id="tcmodinfo">
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| 282 | <term><command>tcmodinfo</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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| 284 | <para>loads a supplied <application>Transcode</application> filter
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| 285 | module and prints its parameters.</para>
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| 286 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcmodinfo">
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| 287 | <primary sortas="b-tcmodinfo">tcmodinfo</primary>
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| 288 | </indexterm>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="tcmp3cut">
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| 293 | <term><command>tcmp3cut</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>is a tool which can cut MP3 streams at
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| 296 | milliseconds positions.</para>
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| 297 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcmp3cut">
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| 298 | <primary sortas="b-tcmp3cut">tcmp3cut</primary>
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| 299 | </indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <varlistentry id="tcprobe">
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| 304 | <term><command>tcprobe</command></term>
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| 305 | <listitem>
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| 306 | <para>prints information about the input file format.</para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcprobe">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="b-tcprobe">tcprobe</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="tcrequant">
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| 314 | <term><command>tcrequant</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>is a tool which can requantize an MPEG-2
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| 317 | elementary stream.</para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcrequant">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-tcrequant">tcrequant</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <varlistentry id="tcscan">
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| 325 | <term><command>tcscan</command></term>
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| 326 | <listitem>
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| 327 | <para> performs several measurements on the given input data.</para>
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| 328 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcscan">
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| 329 | <primary sortas="b-tcscan">tcscan</primary>
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| 330 | </indexterm>
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| 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <varlistentry id="tcxmlcheck">
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| 335 | <term><command>tcxmlcheck</command></term>
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para> checks information in a SMIL input file.</para>
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| 338 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcxmlcheck">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="b-tcxmlcheck">tcxmlcheck</primary>
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| 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <varlistentry id="transcode-prog">
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| 345 | <term><command>transcode</command></term>
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>is the encoder's user interface that handles the plugins and
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| 348 | other programs, being the glue between the modules. There are several well
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| 349 | documented usage examples on both the homepage and the documentation included
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| 350 | in the package.</para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="transcode transcode-prog">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-transcode">transcode</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | <varlistentry id="a52_decore">
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| 358 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>a52_decore.so</filename></term>
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| 359 | <listitem>
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| 360 | <para>is used to interface with the <filename class='libraryfile'>liba52</filename>
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| 361 | library for decoding AC-3 streams.</para>
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| 362 | <indexterm zone="transcode a52_decore">
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| 363 | <primary sortas="c-a52_decore">a52_decore.so</primary>
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| 364 | </indexterm>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 | </varlistentry>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <varlistentry id="af6_decore">
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| 369 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>af6_decore.so</filename></term>
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| 370 | <listitem>
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| 371 | <para>is a support module used to decode
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| 372 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libaviplay</filename> library supported codecs
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| 373 | and file formats</para>
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| 374 | <indexterm zone="transcode af6_decore">
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| 375 | <primary sortas="c-af6_decore">af6_decore.so</primary>
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| 376 | </indexterm>
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| 377 | </listitem>
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| 378 | </varlistentry>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <varlistentry id="export-filter">
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| 381 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>export/filter/import_*.so</filename></term>
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| 382 | <listitem>
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| 383 | <para>— depending on the external libraries that are used,
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| 384 | there are a great number of plugins to convert audio and video input to raw
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| 385 | format, process raw video and audio and convert raw audio and video to other
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| 386 | formats to be written into a file type of choice. Read the documentation for
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| 387 | complete information.</para>
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| 388 | <indexterm zone="transcode export-filter">
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| 389 | <primary sortas="c-export-filter">export/filter/import_*.so</primary>
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| 390 | </indexterm>
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| 391 | </listitem>
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| 392 | </varlistentry>
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| 393 | </variablelist>
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| 394 |
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| 395 | </sect2>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | </sect1>
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