Introduction to libquicktime
The libquicktime package contains
the libquicktime library, various plugins
and codecs, along with graphical and command line utilities used
for encoding and decoding Quicktime files. This is useful for
reading and writing files in the Quicktime format. The goal of the
project is to enhance, while providing compatibility with, the
Quicktime 4 Linux library.
Package Information
libquicktime Dependencies
Optional
pkg-config-0.20, libpng-1.2.12, libjpeg-6b, X Window System, GTK+-2.8.20, ALSA-1.0.13, libvorbis-1.1.2, LAME-3.96.1, libdv-0.104,
FFmpeg from CVS, x264, FAAC and FAAD2 (a CVS version required to play all files)
User Notes:
http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libquicktime
Installation of libquicktime
Install libquicktime by running
the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
If you have Doxygen-1.4.6
installed and wish to create the API documentation, issue:
doxygen.
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-0.9.9/api &&
install -v -m644 README doc/{*.html,mainpage.incl} \
/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-0.9.9
If you created the API documentation, install it by issuing the
following command as the root user:
install -v -m644 doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-0.9.9/api
Command Explanations
--with-avcodec=<DIRECTORY NAME>: This
option can be used to force libquicktime to use a specified version of
FFmpeg to build the FFmpeg plugin module. Tip: build FFmpeg (don't use
--enable-shared) and install it in a
private directory. Then build libquicktime, substituting the private
directory name for <DIRECTORY
NAME>. You can now safely remove <DIRECTORY_NAME>, as the
FFmpeg libavcodec library was statically linked into the
libquicktime FFmpeg module.
Contents
Installed
Programs: libquicktime_config, lqt-config, lqt_transcode, lqtplay,
qtdechunk, qtdump, qtinfo, qtrechunk, qtstreamize and
qtyuv4toyuv
Installed
Libraries: libquicktime.so
and several plugin codec libraries
Installed
Directories: /usr/include/lqt, /usr/lib/libquicktime and
/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-0.9.9
Short Descriptions
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libquicktime_config
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is a graphical front end to examine and configure the
available libquicktime
audio and video codecs.
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lqt-config
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is a simple program used to query the libquicktime installation settings
and plugin information.
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lqt_transcode
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is a command-line program used to encode video and/or
audio files from one format to another.
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lqtplay
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is a simple Quicktime movie player for X11.
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qtdechunk
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can take movies containing rgb frames and write them out
as ppm images.
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qtrechunk
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concatenates input frames into a Quicktime movie.
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qtyuv4toyuv
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is used to write a YUV4 encoded movie as a planar YUV
4:2:0 file.
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libquicktime.so
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is a library for reading and writing Quicktime files. It
provides convenient access to Quicktime files with a
variety of supported codecs. The library contains new
functions integrated with all the original Quicktime 4
Linux library functions used to encode and decode
Quicktime files.
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Last updated on 2007-01-18 13:38:19 -0600