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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 | <indexterm zone="transcode">
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22 | <primary sortas="a-Transcode">Transcode</primary></indexterm>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2>
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25 | <title>Introduction to <application>Transcode</application></title>
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26 |
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27 | <para><application>Transcode</application> is a fast, versatile and
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28 | command-line based audio/video everything to everything converter. For a
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29 | rundown of the features and capabilities, along with usage examples, visit
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30 | the Transcode Wiki at <ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/"/>.</para>
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31 |
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32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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35 | url="&transcode-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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37 | url="&transcode-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &transcode-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download size: &transcode-size;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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41 | &transcode-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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43 | &transcode-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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44 | </sect3>
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45 |
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46 | <!--
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47 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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48 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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49 | <listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
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50 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-fix_largefile_split-1.patch"/></para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem><para>Required Patch (if
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53 | <application>libdv</application> is installed): <ulink
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54 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-fix_dv-1.patch"/></para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem><para>Required Patch (if compiled with
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57 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x): <ulink
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58 | url="&patch-root;/transcode-&transcode-version;-gcc34-1.patch"/></para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 | </sect3>
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62 | -->
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63 |
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64 | <sect3><title><application>Transcode</application> dependencies</title>
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65 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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66 | <para><xref linkend="ffmpeg"/></para>
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67 | </sect4>
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68 |
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69 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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70 | <para><xref linkend="NASM"/> and <xref linkend="lame"/></para>
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71 | </sect4>
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72 |
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73 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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74 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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75 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>,
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80 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/> or
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81 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg">MMX Jpeg</ulink>,
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82 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="avifile"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="libmpeg3"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="xvid"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="LZO"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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92 | <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/">MJPEG Tools</ulink>,
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93 | <ulink url="http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/">libquicktime</ulink>,
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94 | <ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
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95 | <ulink url="http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/">LVE</ulink>,
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96 | <ulink url="http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/">PVM3</ulink> and
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97 | <ulink url="http://loci.cs.utk.edu/">LoRS/IBP</ulink></para>
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98 |
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99 | <para>Though <application>Transcode</application> has no compile-time
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100 | requirement for <xref linkend="mplayer"/>'s shared post-processing
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101 | library, <application>Transcode</application> can use it at run-time.</para>
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102 | </sect4>
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103 | </sect3>
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104 |
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105 | </sect2>
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106 |
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107 | <sect2>
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108 | <title>Installation of <application>Transcode</application></title>
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109 |
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110 | <para>Install <application>Transcode</application> by running the following
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111 | commands:</para>
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112 |
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113 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-x &&
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114 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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115 |
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116 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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117 |
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118 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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119 |
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 | <sect2>
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123 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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124 |
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125 | <para><option>--without-x</option>: Omit this parameter if you have an
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126 | <application>X</application> Window System installed and you want to compile
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127 | X11 dependent filter plugins.</para>
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128 |
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129 | <para><option>--enable-netstream</option>: This parameter enables network
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130 | streaming support.</para>
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131 |
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132 | <para>Building support for most of the dependency packages requires using
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133 | options passed to the <command>configure</command> script. View the
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134 | <filename>INSTALL</filename> file and the output from
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135 | <command>./configure --help</command> for complete information about
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136 | enabling dependency packages.</para>
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137 |
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138 | </sect2>
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139 |
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140 | <sect2>
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141 | <title>Contents</title>
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142 |
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143 | <segmentedlist>
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144 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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145 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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146 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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147 | <seglistitem>
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148 | <seg>avicodec, avidump, avifix, aviindex, avimerge, avisplit, avisync, tccat,
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149 | tcdecode, tcdemux, tcextract, tcframe, tcmodinfo, tcmp3cut, tcmplex, tcprobe,
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150 | tcrequant, tcscan, tcxmlcheck, tcxpm2rgb and transcode</seg>
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151 | <seg>a52_decore.so, af6_decore.so, export*.so, filter*.so and import*.so
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152 | output/filter/input modules</seg>
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153 | <seg>/usr/lib/transcode and /usr/share/doc/transcode</seg>
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154 | </seglistitem>
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155 | </segmentedlist>
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156 |
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157 | <variablelist>
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158 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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159 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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160 |
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161 | <varlistentry id="avicodec">
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162 | <term><command>avicodec</command></term>
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163 | <listitem><para>indicates or changes the <acronym>FOURCC</acronym>
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164 | <acronym>CODEC</acronym> flag in an <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para>
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165 | <indexterm zone="transcode avicodec">
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166 | <primary sortas="b-avicodec">avicodec</primary></indexterm>
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167 | </listitem>
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168 | </varlistentry>
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169 |
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170 | <varlistentry id="avidump">
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171 | <term><command>avidump</command></term>
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172 | <listitem><para>dumps audio or video stream of a given <acronym>AVI</acronym>
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173 | file to stdout (for <acronym>AVI</acronym> conversion or extraction of audio
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174 | streams).</para>
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175 | <indexterm zone="transcode avidump">
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176 | <primary sortas="b-avidump">avidump</primary></indexterm>
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177 | </listitem>
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178 | </varlistentry>
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179 |
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180 | <varlistentry id="avifix">
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181 | <term><command>avifix</command></term>
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182 | <listitem><para>fixes the header of an <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para>
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183 | <indexterm zone="transcode avifix">
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184 | <primary sortas="b-avifix">avifix</primary></indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="aviindex">
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189 | <term><command>aviindex</command></term>
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190 | <listitem><para>writes a text file describing the index of an
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191 | <acronym>AVI</acronym> file.</para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="transcode aviindex">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-aviindex">aviindex</primary></indexterm>
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194 | </listitem>
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195 | </varlistentry>
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196 |
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197 | <varlistentry id="avimerge">
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198 | <term><command>avimerge</command></term>
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199 | <listitem><para> merges <acronym>AVI</acronym> files of the same format. Do
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200 | not try to merge <acronym>AVI</acronym> files of different formats, it will
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201 | most likely result in errors (and format means same bitrates, too!).</para>
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202 | <indexterm zone="transcode avimerge">
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203 | <primary sortas="b-avimerge">avimerge</primary></indexterm>
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204 | </listitem>
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205 | </varlistentry>
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206 |
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207 | <varlistentry id="avisplit">
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208 | <term><command>avisplit</command></term>
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209 | <listitem><para>splits <acronym>AVI</acronym> 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></indexterm>
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212 | </listitem>
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213 | </varlistentry>
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214 |
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215 | <varlistentry id="avisync">
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216 | <term><command>avisync</command></term>
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217 | <listitem><para>can shift audio in <acronym>AVI</acronym> files for better
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218 | synchronizing of the audio and video data signal.</para>
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219 | <indexterm zone="transcode avisync">
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220 | <primary sortas="b-avisync">avisync</primary></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="tccat">
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225 | <term><command>tccat</command></term>
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226 | <listitem><para>concatenates input files using the input plugins of
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227 | <application>Transcode</application>.</para>
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228 | <indexterm zone="transcode tccat">
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229 | <primary sortas="b-tccat">tccat</primary></indexterm>
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230 | </listitem>
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231 | </varlistentry>
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232 |
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233 | <varlistentry id="tcdecode">
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234 | <term><command>tcdecode</command></term>
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235 | <listitem><para>is used to decode input files to raw video and
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236 | <acronym>PCM</acronym> audio streams.</para>
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237 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcdecode">
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238 | <primary sortas="b-tcdecode">tcdecode</primary></indexterm>
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239 | </listitem>
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240 | </varlistentry>
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241 |
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242 | <varlistentry id="tcdemux">
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243 | <term><command>tcdemux</command></term>
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244 | <listitem><para>demultiplexes (separates) audio/video input that contains
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245 | multiple streams, e.g., <acronym>VOB</acronym> files.</para>
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246 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcdemux">
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247 | <primary sortas="b-tcdemux">tcdemux</primary></indexterm>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 | </varlistentry>
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250 |
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251 | <varlistentry id="tcextract">
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252 | <term><command>tcextract</command></term>
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253 | <listitem><para>grabs single streams from a file containing multiple
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254 | streams.</para>
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255 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcextract">
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256 | <primary sortas="b-tcextract">tcextract</primary></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="tcframe">
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261 | <term><command>tcframe</command></term>
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262 | <listitem><para>processes single video frames for different color encodings
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263 | (<acronym>RGB</acronym> >-< <acronym>YUV</acronym> or similar).</para>
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264 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcframe">
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265 | <primary sortas="b-tcframe">tcframe</primary></indexterm>
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266 | </listitem>
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267 | </varlistentry>
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268 |
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269 | <varlistentry id="tcmodinfo">
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270 | <term><command>tcmodinfo</command></term>
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271 | <listitem><para>loads a supplied <application>Transcode</application> filter
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272 | module and prints its parameters.</para>
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273 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcmodinfo">
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274 | <primary sortas="b-tcmodinfo">tcmodinfo</primary></indexterm>
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275 | </listitem>
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276 | </varlistentry>
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277 |
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278 | <varlistentry id="tcmp3cut">
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279 | <term><command>tcmp3cut</command></term>
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280 | <listitem><para>is a tool which can cut <acronym>MP3</acronym> streams at
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281 | milliseconds positions.</para>
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282 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcmp3cut">
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283 | <primary sortas="b-tcmp3cut">tcmp3cut</primary></indexterm>
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284 | </listitem>
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285 | </varlistentry>
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286 |
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287 | <varlistentry id="tcprobe">
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288 | <term><command>tcprobe</command></term>
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289 | <listitem><para>prints information about the input file format.</para>
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290 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcprobe">
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291 | <primary sortas="b-tcprobe">tcprobe</primary></indexterm>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 | </varlistentry>
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294 |
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295 | <varlistentry id="tcrequant">
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296 | <term><command>tcrequant</command></term>
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297 | <listitem><para>is a tool which can requantize an <acronym>MPEG</acronym>-2
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298 | elementary stream.</para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcrequant">
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300 | <primary sortas="b-tcrequant">tcrequant</primary></indexterm>
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301 | </listitem>
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302 | </varlistentry>
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303 |
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304 | <varlistentry id="tcscan">
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305 | <term><command>tcscan</command></term>
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306 | <listitem><para> performs several measurements on the given input data.</para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcscan">
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308 | <primary sortas="b-tcscan">tcscan</primary></indexterm>
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309 | </listitem>
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310 | </varlistentry>
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311 |
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312 | <varlistentry id="tcxmlcheck">
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313 | <term><command>tcxmlcheck</command></term>
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314 | <listitem><para> checks information in a <acronym>SMIL</acronym> input
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315 | file.</para>
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316 | <indexterm zone="transcode tcxmlcheck">
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317 | <primary sortas="b-tcxmlcheck">tcxmlcheck</primary></indexterm>
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318 | </listitem>
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319 | </varlistentry>
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320 |
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321 | <varlistentry id="transcode-prog">
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322 | <term><command>transcode</command></term>
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323 | <listitem><para>is the encoder's user interface that handles the plugins and
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324 | other programs, being the glue between the modules. There are several well
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325 | documented usage examples on both the homepage and the documentation included
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326 | in the package.</para>
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327 | <indexterm zone="transcode transcode-prog">
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328 | <primary sortas="b-transcode">transcode</primary></indexterm>
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329 | </listitem>
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330 | </varlistentry>
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331 |
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332 | <varlistentry>
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333 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>a52_decore.so</filename></term>
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334 | <listitem><para>is used to interface with the
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335 | <filename class='libraryfile'>liba52</filename> library for decoding
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336 | <acronym>AC</acronym>-3 streams.</para>
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337 | </listitem>
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338 | </varlistentry>
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339 |
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340 | <varlistentry>
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341 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>af6_decore.so</filename></term>
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342 | <listitem><para>is a support module used to decode
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343 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libaviplay</filename> library supported codecs
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344 | and file formats</para></listitem>
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345 | </varlistentry>
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346 |
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347 | <varlistentry>
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348 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>export/filter/import_*.so</filename></term>
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349 | <listitem><para>— depending on the external libraries that are used,
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350 | there are a great number of plugins to convert audio and video input to raw
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351 | format, process raw video and audio and convert raw audio and video to other
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352 | formats to be written into a file type of choice. Read the documentation for
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353 | complete information.</para></listitem>
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354 | </varlistentry>
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355 | </variablelist>
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356 |
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357 | </sect2>
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358 |
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359 | </sect1>
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