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60 | <h1 class="chapter"> 1. General Problems </h1>
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80 | <h2 class="section"> 1.1 I cannot read this file although this format seems to be supported by ffmpeg. </h2>
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82 | <p>Even if ffmpeg can read the file format, it may not support all its
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83 | codecs. Please consult the supported codec list in the ffmpeg
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104 | <h2 class="section"> 1.2 How do I encode JPEGs to another format ? </h2>
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105 |
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106 | <p>If the JPEGs are named img1.jpg, img2.jpg, img3.jpg,..., use:
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108 | <table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example"> ffmpeg -i img%d.jpg /tmp/a.mpg
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110 | <p><samp>`%d'</samp> is replaced by the image number.
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112 | <p><tt>`img%03d.jpg'</tt> generates <tt>`img001.jpg'</tt>, <tt>`img002.jpg'</tt>, etc...
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114 | <p>The same system is used for the other image formats.
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134 | <h2 class="section"> 1.3 FFmpeg does not support codec XXX. Can you include a Windows DLL loader to support it ? </h2>
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136 | <p>No. FFmpeg only supports open source codecs. Windows DLLs are not
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137 | portable, bloated and often slow.
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157 | <h2 class="section"> 1.4 Why do I see a slight quality degradation with multithreaded MPEG* encoding ? </h2>
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159 | <p>For multithreaded MPEG* encoding, the encoded slices must be independent,
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160 | otherwise thread n would practically have to wait for n-1 to finish, so it's
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161 | quite logical that there is a small reduction of quality. This is not a bug.
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181 | <h2 class="section"> 1.5 How can I read from the standard input or write to the standard output ? </h2>
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183 | <p>Use <tt>`-'</tt> as filename.
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203 | <h2 class="section"> 1.6 Why does ffmpeg not decode audio in VOB files ? </h2>
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205 | <p>The audio is AC3 (a.k.a. A/52). AC3 decoding is an optional component in ffmpeg
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206 | as the component that handles AC3 decoding (liba52) is currently released under
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207 | the GPL. If you have liba52 installed on your system, enable AC3 decoding
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208 | with <code>./configure --enable-a52</code>. Take care: by
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209 | enabling AC3, you automatically change the license of libavcodec from
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210 | LGPL to GPL.
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230 | <h2 class="section"> 1.7 Which codecs are supported by Windows ? </h2>
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231 |
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232 | <p>Windows does not support standard formats like MPEG very well, unless you
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233 | install some additional codecs
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234 | </p>
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235 | <p>The following list of video codecs should work on most Windows systems:
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236 | </p><dl compact="compact">
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237 | <dt> <samp>`msmpeg4v2'</samp></dt>
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238 | <dd><p>.avi/.asf
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239 | </p></dd>
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240 | <dt> <samp>`msmpeg4'</samp></dt>
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241 | <dd><p>.asf only
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242 | </p></dd>
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243 | <dt> <samp>`wmv1'</samp></dt>
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244 | <dd><p>.asf only
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245 | </p></dd>
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246 | <dt> <samp>`wmv2'</samp></dt>
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247 | <dd><p>.asf only
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248 | </p></dd>
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249 | <dt> <samp>`mpeg4'</samp></dt>
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250 | <dd><p>only if you have some MPEG-4 codec installed like ffdshow or XviD
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251 | </p></dd>
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252 | <dt> <samp>`mpeg1'</samp></dt>
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253 | <dd><p>.mpg only
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254 | </p></dd>
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255 | </dl>
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256 | <p>Note, ASF files often have .wmv or .wma extensions in Windows. It should also
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257 | be mentioned that Microsoft claims a patent on the ASF format, and may sue
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258 | or threaten users who create ASF files with non-Microsoft software. It is
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259 | strongly advised to avoid ASF where possible.
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260 | </p>
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261 | <p>The following list of audio codecs should work on most Windows systems:
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262 | </p><dl compact="compact">
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263 | <dt> <samp>`adpcm_ima_wav'</samp></dt>
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264 | <dt> <samp>`adpcm_ms'</samp></dt>
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265 | <dt> <samp>`pcm'</samp></dt>
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266 | <dt> <samp>`mp3'</samp></dt>
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267 | <dd><p>if some MP3 codec like LAME is installed
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289 | <h2 class="section"> 1.8 Why does the chrominance data seem to be sampled at a different time from the luminance data on bt8x8 captures on Linux? </h2>
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291 | <p>This is a well-known bug in the bt8x8 driver. For 2.4.26 there is a patch at
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292 | (<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-420-2.4.26.patch">http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-420-2.4.26.patch</a>). This may also
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293 | apply cleanly to other 2.4-series kernels.
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308 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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309 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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310 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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311 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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312 | </tr></table>
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313 | <h2 class="section"> 1.9 How do I avoid the ugly aliasing artifacts in bt8x8 captures on Linux? </h2>
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314 |
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315 | <p>Pass 'combfilter=1 lumafilter=1' to the bttv driver. Note though that 'combfilter=1'
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316 | will cause somewhat too strong filtering. A fix is to apply (<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.4.26.patch">http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.4.26.patch</a>)
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317 | or (<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.6.6.patch">http://mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.6.6.patch</a>)
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318 | and pass 'combfilter=2'.
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319 | </p>
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320 | <hr size="6">
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321 | <a name="SEC11"></a>
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322 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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323 | <tr><td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC10" title="Previous section in reading order"> < </a>]</td>
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325 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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329 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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330 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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332 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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333 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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334 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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335 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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336 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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337 | </tr></table>
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338 | <h2 class="section"> 1.10 I have a problem with an old version of ffmpeg; where should I report it? </h2>
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339 | <p>Nowhere. Upgrade to the latest release or if there is no recent release upgrade
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340 | to Subversion HEAD. You could also try to report it. Maybe you will get lucky and
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341 | become the first person in history to get an answer different from "upgrade
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342 | to Subversion HEAD".
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343 | </p>
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344 | <hr size="6">
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345 | <a name="SEC12"></a>
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346 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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357 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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359 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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360 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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361 | </tr></table>
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362 | <h2 class="section"> 1.11 -f jpeg doesn't work. </h2>
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363 |
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364 | <p>Try '-f image -img jpeg test%d.jpg'.
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365 | </p>
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366 | <hr size="6">
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367 | <a name="SEC13"></a>
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368 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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381 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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382 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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383 | </tr></table>
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384 | <h2 class="section"> 1.12 Why can I not change the framerate? </h2>
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385 |
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386 | <p>Some codecs, like MPEG-1/2, only allow a small number of fixed framerates.
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387 | Choose a different codec with the -vcodec command line option.
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388 | </p>
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389 | <hr size="6">
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390 | <a name="SEC14"></a>
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391 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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404 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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405 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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406 | </tr></table>
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407 | <h2 class="section"> 1.13 ffmpeg does not work; What is wrong? </h2>
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408 |
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409 | <p>Try a 'make distclean' in the ffmpeg source directory. If this does not help see
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410 | (<a href="http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.php">http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.php</a>).
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411 | </p>
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412 | <hr size="6">
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413 | <a name="SEC15"></a>
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414 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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427 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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428 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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429 | </tr></table>
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430 | <h2 class="section"> 1.14 How do I encode XviD or DivX video with ffmpeg? </h2>
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431 |
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432 | <p>Both XviD and DivX (version 4+) are implementations of the ISO MPEG-4
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433 | standard (note that there are many other coding formats that use this
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434 | same standard). Thus, use '-vcodec mpeg4' to encode these formats. The
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435 | default fourcc stored in an MPEG-4-coded file will be 'FMP4'. If you want
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436 | a different fourcc, use the '-vtag' option. E.g., '-vtag xvid' will
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437 | force the fourcc 'xvid' to be stored as the video fourcc rather than the
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438 | default.
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439 | </p>
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440 | <hr size="6">
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441 | <a name="SEC16"></a>
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442 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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455 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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456 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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457 | </tr></table>
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458 | <h2 class="section"> 1.15 How do I encode videos which play on the iPod? </h2>
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459 |
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460 | <dl compact="compact">
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461 | <dt> <samp>`needed stuff'</samp></dt>
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462 | <dd><p>-acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 width<=320 height<=240
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463 | </p></dd>
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464 | <dt> <samp>`working stuff'</samp></dt>
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465 | <dd><p>4mv, title
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466 | </p></dd>
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467 | <dt> <samp>`non-working stuff'</samp></dt>
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468 | <dd><p>B-frames
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469 | </p></dd>
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470 | <dt> <samp>`example command line'</samp></dt>
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471 | <dd><p>ffmpeg -i input -acodec aac -ab 128 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200 -mbd 2 -flags +4mv+trell -aic 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -s 320x180 -title X output.mp4
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472 | </p></dd>
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473 | </dl>
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474 |
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475 | <hr size="6">
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476 | <a name="SEC17"></a>
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477 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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478 | <tr><td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC16" title="Previous section in reading order"> < </a>]</td>
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480 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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481 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Beginning of this chapter or previous chapter"> << </a>]</td>
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482 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Up section"> Up </a>]</td>
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484 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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485 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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488 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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489 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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490 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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491 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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492 | </tr></table>
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493 | <h2 class="section"> 1.16 How do I encode videos which play on the PSP? </h2>
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494 |
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495 | <dl compact="compact">
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496 | <dt> <samp>`needed stuff'</samp></dt>
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497 | <dd><p>-acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 width*height<=76800 width%16=0 height%16=0 -ar 24000 -r 30000/1001 or 15000/1001 -f psp
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498 | </p></dd>
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499 | <dt> <samp>`working stuff'</samp></dt>
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500 | <dd><p>4mv, title
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501 | </p></dd>
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502 | <dt> <samp>`non-working stuff'</samp></dt>
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503 | <dd><p>B-frames
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504 | </p></dd>
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505 | <dt> <samp>`example command line'</samp></dt>
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506 | <dd><p>ffmpeg -i input -acodec aac -ab 128 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200 -ar 24000 -mbd 2 -flags +4mv+trell -aic 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -s 368x192 -r 30000/1001 -title X -f psp output.mp4
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507 | </p></dd>
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508 | <dt> <samp>`needed stuff for H.264'</samp></dt>
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509 | <dd><p>-acodec aac -vcodec h264 width*height<=76800 width%16=0? height%16=0? -ar 48000 -coder 1 -r 30000/1001 or 15000/1001 -f psp
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510 | </p></dd>
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511 | <dt> <samp>`working stuff for H.264'</samp></dt>
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512 | <dd><p>title, loop filter
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513 | </p></dd>
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514 | <dt> <samp>`non-working stuff for H.264'</samp></dt>
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515 | <dd><p>CAVLC
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516 | </p></dd>
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517 | <dt> <samp>`example command line'</samp></dt>
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518 | <dd><p>ffmpeg -i input -acodec aac -ab 128 -vcodec h264 -b 1200 -ar 48000 -mbd 2 -coder 1 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -s 368x192 -r 30000/1001 -title X -f psp -flags loop -trellis 2 -partitions parti4x4+parti8x8+partp4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 output.mp4
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519 | </p></dd>
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520 | </dl>
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521 |
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522 | <hr size="6">
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523 | <a name="SEC18"></a>
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524 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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525 | <tr><td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC17" title="Previous section in reading order"> < </a>]</td>
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527 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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528 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Beginning of this chapter or previous chapter"> << </a>]</td>
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529 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Up section"> Up </a>]</td>
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531 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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535 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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536 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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537 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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538 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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539 | </tr></table>
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540 | <h1 class="chapter"> 2. Development </h1>
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541 |
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542 | <hr size="6">
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543 | <a name="SEC19"></a>
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544 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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555 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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556 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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557 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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558 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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559 | </tr></table>
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560 | <h2 class="section"> 2.1 When will the next FFmpeg version be released? / Why are FFmpeg releases so few and far between? </h2>
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561 |
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562 | <p>Like most open source projects FFmpeg suffers from a certain lack of
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563 | manpower. For this reason the developers have to prioritize the work
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564 | they do and putting out releases is not at the top of the list, fixing
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565 | bugs and reviewing patches takes precedence. Please don't complain or
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566 | request more timely and/or frequent releases unless you are willing to
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567 | help out creating them.
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568 | </p>
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569 | <hr size="6">
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570 | <a name="SEC20"></a>
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571 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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572 | <tr><td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC19" title="Previous section in reading order"> < </a>]</td>
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573 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC21" title="Next section in reading order"> > </a>]</td>
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574 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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575 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC18" title="Beginning of this chapter or previous chapter"> << </a>]</td>
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576 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC18" title="Up section"> Up </a>]</td>
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577 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[ >> ]</td>
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578 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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579 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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580 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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581 | <td valign="middle" align="left"> </td>
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582 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC1" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td>
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583 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Contents]</td>
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584 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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585 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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586 | </tr></table>
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587 | <h2 class="section"> 2.2 Why doesn't FFmpeg support feature [xyz]? </h2>
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588 |
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589 | <p>Because no one has taken on that task yet. FFmpeg development is
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590 | driven by the tasks that are important to the individual developers.
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591 | If there is a feature that is important to you, the best way to get
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592 | it implemented is to undertake the task yourself.
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611 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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612 | </tr></table>
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613 | <h2 class="section"> 2.3 Are there examples illustrating how to use the FFmpeg libraries, particularly libavcodec and libavformat ? </h2>
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614 |
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615 | <p>Yes. Read the Developers Guide of the FFmpeg documentation. Alternatively,
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616 | examine the source code for one of the many open source projects that
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617 | already incorporate ffmpeg at (<a href="projects.php">projects.php</a>).
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636 | </tr></table>
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637 | <h2 class="section"> 2.4 Can you support my C compiler XXX ? </h2>
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638 |
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639 | <p>No. Only GCC is supported. GCC is ported to most systems available and there
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640 | is no need to pollute the source code with <code>#ifdef</code>s
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641 | related to the compiler.
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642 | </p>
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659 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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660 | </tr></table>
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661 | <h2 class="section"> 2.5 Can I use FFmpeg or libavcodec under Windows ? </h2>
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662 |
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663 | <p>Yes, but the MinGW tools <em>must</em> be used to compile FFmpeg. You
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664 | can link the resulting DLLs with any other Windows program. Read the
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665 | <em>Native Windows Compilation</em> and <em>Visual C++ compatibility</em>
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666 | sections in the FFmpeg documentation to find more information.
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667 | </p>
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685 | </tr></table>
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686 | <h2 class="section"> 2.6 Can you add automake, libtool or autoconf support ? </h2>
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687 |
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688 | <p>No. These tools are too bloated and they complicate the build. Moreover,
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689 | since only <samp>`gcc'</samp> is supported they would add little advantages in
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690 | terms of portability.
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691 | </p>
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692 | <hr size="6">
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709 | </tr></table>
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710 | <h2 class="section"> 2.7 Why not rewrite ffmpeg in object-oriented C++ ? </h2>
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711 |
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712 | <p>ffmpeg is already organized in a highly modular manner and does not need to
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713 | be rewritten in a formal object language. Further, many of the developers
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714 | favor straight C; it works for them. For more arguments on this matter,
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715 | read "Programming Religion" at (<a href="http://lkml.org/faq/lkmlfaq-15.html">http://lkml.org/faq/lkmlfaq-15.html</a>).
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716 | </p>
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719 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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732 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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733 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td>
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734 | </tr></table>
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735 | <h2 class="section"> 2.8 Why are the ffmpeg programs devoid of debugging symbols ? </h2>
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736 |
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737 | <p>The build process creates ffmpeg_g, ffplay_g, etc. which contain full debug
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738 | information. Those binaries are strip'd to create ffmpeg, ffplay, etc. If
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739 | you need the debug information, used the *_g versions.
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740 | </p>
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741 | <hr size="6">
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742 | <a name="SEC27"></a>
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743 | <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
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756 | <td valign="middle" align="left">[Index]</td>
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758 | </tr></table>
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759 | <h2 class="section"> 2.9 I do not like the LGPL, can I contribute code under the GPL instead ? </h2>
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760 |
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761 | <p>Yes, as long as the code is optional and can easily and cleanly be placed
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762 | under #ifdef CONFIG_GPL without breaking anything. So for example a new codec
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763 | or filter would be OK under GPL while a bugfix to LGPL code would not.
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765 | <hr size="6">
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782 | </tr></table>
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783 | <h2 class="section"> 2.10 I want to compile xyz.c alone but my compiler produced many errors. </h2>
|
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784 |
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785 | <p>Common code is in its own files in libav* and is used by the individual
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786 | codecs. They will not work without the common parts, you have to compile
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787 | the whole libav*. If you wish, disable some parts with configure switches.
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788 | You can also try to hack it and remove more, but if you had problems fixing
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789 | the compilation failure then you are probably not qualified for this.
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790 | </p>
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791 | <hr size="6">
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808 | </tr></table>
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809 | <h2 class="section"> 2.11 Visual C++ produces many errors. </h2>
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810 |
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811 | <p>Visual C++ is not compliant to the C standard and does not support
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812 | the inline assembly used in FFmpeg.
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813 | If you wish - for whatever weird reason - to use Visual C++ for your
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814 | project then you can link the Visual C++ code with libav* as long as
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815 | you compile the latter with a working C compiler. For more information, see
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816 | the <em>Visual C++ compatibility</em> section in the FFmpeg documentation.
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817 | </p>
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818 | <p>There have been efforts to make FFmpeg compatible with Visual C++ in the
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819 | past. However, they have all been rejected as too intrusive, especially
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820 | since MinGW does the job perfectly adequately. None of the core developers
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821 | work with Visual C++ and thus this item is low priority. Should you find
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822 | the silver bullet that solves this problem, feel free to shoot it at us.
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823 | </p>
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841 | </tr></table>
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842 | <h2 class="section"> 2.12 I have a file in memory / a API different from *open/*read/ libc how do i use it with libavformat ? </h2>
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843 |
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844 | <p>You have to implement a URLProtocol, see libavformat/file.c in FFmpeg
|
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845 | and libmpdemux/demux_lavf.c in MPlayer sources.
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846 | </p>
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855 | <h1>About This Document</h1>
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856 | <p>
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900 | <td align="center"> [Top] </td>
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901 | <td align="center">Top</td>
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902 | <td>cover (top) of document</td>
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903 | <td> </td>
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904 | </tr>
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905 | <tr>
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906 | <td align="center"> [Contents] </td>
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907 | <td align="center">Contents</td>
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908 | <td>table of contents</td>
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909 | <td> </td>
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910 | </tr>
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911 | <tr>
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912 | <td align="center"> [Index] </td>
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913 | <td align="center">Index</td>
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914 | <td>index</td>
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915 | <td> </td>
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916 | </tr>
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917 | <tr>
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918 | <td align="center"> [ ? ] </td>
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919 | <td align="center">About</td>
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920 | <td>about (help)</td>
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921 | <td> </td>
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922 | </tr>
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923 | </table>
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924 |
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925 | <p>
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926 | where the <strong> Example </strong> assumes that the current position is at <strong> Subsubsection One-Two-Three </strong> of a document of the following structure:
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927 | </p>
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928 |
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929 | <ul>
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930 | <li> 1. Section One
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931 | <ul>
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932 | <li>1.1 Subsection One-One
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933 | <ul>
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934 | <li>...</li>
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935 | </ul>
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936 | </li>
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937 | <li>1.2 Subsection One-Two
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938 | <ul>
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939 | <li>1.2.1 Subsubsection One-Two-One</li>
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940 | <li>1.2.2 Subsubsection One-Two-Two</li>
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941 | <li>1.2.3 Subsubsection One-Two-Three
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942 | <strong><== Current Position </strong></li>
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943 | <li>1.2.4 Subsubsection One-Two-Four</li>
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944 | </ul>
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945 | </li>
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946 | <li>1.3 Subsection One-Three
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947 | <ul>
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948 | <li>...</li>
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949 | </ul>
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950 | </li>
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951 | <li>1.4 Subsection One-Four</li>
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952 | </ul>
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953 | </li>
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954 | </ul>
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955 |
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956 | <hr size="1">
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957 | <p>
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958 | <font size="-1">
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959 | This document was generated on <i>June, 30 2006</i> using <a href="http://texi2html.cvshome.org/"><i>texi2html 1.76</i></a>.
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960 | </font>
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961 | <br>
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962 |
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963 | </p>
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964 | </body>
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965 | </html>
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