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Merge commit 'b2c087871dafc7d030b2d48457ddff597dfd4925'
* commit 'b2c087871dafc7d030b2d48457ddff597dfd4925':
Move x86util.asm from libavcodec/ to libavutil/.
Move x86inc.asm to libavutil/.
APIchanges: note error_recognition in lavf
lavf: add support for error_recognition, use it in avidec, and bump minor API version
avconv: change semantics of -map
avconv: get rid of new* options.
cmdutils: allow precisely specifying a stream for AVOptions.
configure: add missing CFLAGS to fix building on the HURD
libx264: Include hint for possible values for configuring libx264
cmdutils: allow ':'-separated modifiers in option names.
avconv: make -map_metadata work consistently with the other options
avconv: remove deprecated options.
avconv: make -map_chapters accept only the input file index.
Make a copy of ffmpeg under a new name -- avconv.
ffmpeg: add a warning stating that the program is deprecated.
Add weighted motion compensation for RV40 B-frames
RV3/4: calculate B-frame motion weights once per frame
Move RV3/4-specific DSP functions into their own context
mjpeg: propagate decode errors from ff_mjpeg_decode_sos and ff_mjpeg_decode_dqt
h264: notice memory allocation failure
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.gitignore
Makefile
cmdutils.c
configure
doc/ffplay.texi
doc/ffprobe.texi
doc/ffserver.texi
libavcodec/libx264.c
libavformat/avformat.h
libavformat/avidec.c
libavformat/version.h
tests/lavf-regression.sh
tests/lavfi-regression.sh
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diff --git a/doc/avconv.texi b/doc/avconv.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d9d20137aa --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/avconv.texi @@ -0,0 +1,1061 @@ +\input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*- + +@settitle avconv Documentation +@titlepage +@center @titlefont{avconv Documentation} +@end titlepage + +@top + +@contents + +@chapter Synopsis + +The generic syntax is: + +@example +@c man begin SYNOPSIS +avconv [[infile options][@option{-i} @var{infile}]]... @{[outfile options] @var{outfile}@}... +@c man end +@end example + +@chapter Description +@c man begin DESCRIPTION + +avconv is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from +a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample +rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter. + +The command line interface is designed to be intuitive, in the sense +that avconv tries to figure out all parameters that can possibly be +derived automatically. You usually only have to specify the target +bitrate you want. + +As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified +file. Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same +option on the command line multiple times. Each occurrence is +then applied to the next input or output file. + +@itemize +@item +To set the video bitrate of the output file to 64kbit/s: +@example +avconv -i input.avi -b 64k output.avi +@end example + +@item +To force the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps: +@example +avconv -i input.avi -r 24 output.avi +@end example + +@item +To force the frame rate of the input file (valid for raw formats only) +to 1 fps and the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps: +@example +avconv -r 1 -i input.m2v -r 24 output.avi +@end example +@end itemize + +The format option may be needed for raw input files. + +By default avconv tries to convert as losslessly as possible: It +uses the same audio and video parameters for the outputs as the one +specified for the inputs. + +@c man end DESCRIPTION + +@chapter Stream selection +@c man begin STREAM SELECTION + +By default av tries to pick the "best" stream of each type present in input +files and add them to each output file. For video, this means the highest +resolution, for audio the highest channel count. For subtitle it's simply the +first subtitle stream. + +You can disable some of those defaults by using @code{-vn/-an/-sn} options. For +full manual control, use the @code{-map} option, which disables the defaults just +described. + +@c man end STREAM SELECTION + +@chapter Options +@c man begin OPTIONS + +@include fftools-common-opts.texi + +@section Main options + +@table @option + +@item -f @var{fmt} +Force format. + +@item -i @var{filename} +input file name + +@item -y +Overwrite output files. + +@item -t @var{duration} +Restrict the transcoded/captured video sequence +to the duration specified in seconds. +@code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} syntax is also supported. + +@item -fs @var{limit_size} +Set the file size limit. + +@item -ss @var{position} +Seek to given time position in seconds. +@code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} syntax is also supported. + +@item -itsoffset @var{offset} +Set the input time offset in seconds. +@code{[-]hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} syntax is also supported. +This option affects all the input files that follow it. +The offset is added to the timestamps of the input files. +Specifying a positive offset means that the corresponding +streams are delayed by 'offset' seconds. + +@item -timestamp @var{time} +Set the recording timestamp in the container. +The syntax for @var{time} is: +@example +now|([(YYYY-MM-DD|YYYYMMDD)[T|t| ]]((HH[:MM[:SS[.m...]]])|(HH[MM[SS[.m...]]]))[Z|z]) +@end example +If the value is "now" it takes the current time. +Time is local time unless 'Z' or 'z' is appended, in which case it is +interpreted as UTC. +If the year-month-day part is not specified it takes the current +year-month-day. + +@item -metadata @var{key}=@var{value} +Set a metadata key/value pair. + +For example, for setting the title in the output file: +@example +avconv -i in.avi -metadata title="my title" out.flv +@end example + +@item -v @var{number} +Set the logging verbosity level. + +@item -target @var{type} +Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50", "pal-vcd", +"ntsc-svcd", ... ). All the format options (bitrate, codecs, +buffer sizes) are then set automatically. You can just type: + +@example +avconv -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg +@end example + +Nevertheless you can specify additional options as long as you know +they do not conflict with the standard, as in: + +@example +avconv -i myfile.avi -target vcd -bf 2 /tmp/vcd.mpg +@end example + +@item -dframes @var{number} +Set the number of data frames to record. + +@item -scodec @var{codec} +Force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream). + +@item -slang @var{code} +Set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream. + +@end table + +@section Video Options + +@table @option +@item -vframes @var{number} +Set the number of video frames to record. +@item -r @var{fps} +Set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation), (default = 25). +@item -s @var{size} +Set frame size. The format is @samp{wxh} (avserver default = 160x128, avconv default = same as source). +The following abbreviations are recognized: +@table @samp +@item sqcif +128x96 +@item qcif +176x144 +@item cif +352x288 +@item 4cif +704x576 +@item 16cif +1408x1152 +@item qqvga +160x120 +@item qvga +320x240 +@item vga +640x480 +@item svga +800x600 +@item xga +1024x768 +@item uxga +1600x1200 +@item qxga +2048x1536 +@item sxga +1280x1024 +@item qsxga +2560x2048 +@item hsxga +5120x4096 +@item wvga +852x480 +@item wxga +1366x768 +@item wsxga +1600x1024 +@item wuxga +1920x1200 +@item woxga +2560x1600 +@item wqsxga +3200x2048 +@item wquxga +3840x2400 +@item whsxga +6400x4096 +@item whuxga +7680x4800 +@item cga +320x200 +@item ega +640x350 +@item hd480 +852x480 +@item hd720 +1280x720 +@item hd1080 +1920x1080 +@end table + +@item -aspect @var{aspect} +Set the video display aspect ratio specified by @var{aspect}. + +@var{aspect} can be a floating point number string, or a string of the +form @var{num}:@var{den}, where @var{num} and @var{den} are the +numerator and denominator of the aspect ratio. For example "4:3", +"16:9", "1.3333", and "1.7777" are valid argument values. + +@item -croptop @var{size} +@item -cropbottom @var{size} +@item -cropleft @var{size} +@item -cropright @var{size} +All the crop options have been removed. Use -vf +crop=width:height:x:y instead. + +@item -padtop @var{size} +@item -padbottom @var{size} +@item -padleft @var{size} +@item -padright @var{size} +@item -padcolor @var{hex_color} +All the pad options have been removed. Use -vf +pad=width:height:x:y:color instead. +@item -vn +Disable video recording. +@item -bt @var{tolerance} +Set video bitrate tolerance (in bits, default 4000k). +Has a minimum value of: (target_bitrate/target_framerate). +In 1-pass mode, bitrate tolerance specifies how far ratecontrol is +willing to deviate from the target average bitrate value. This is +not related to min/max bitrate. Lowering tolerance too much has +an adverse effect on quality. +@item -maxrate @var{bitrate} +Set max video bitrate (in bit/s). +Requires -bufsize to be set. +@item -minrate @var{bitrate} +Set min video bitrate (in bit/s). +Most useful in setting up a CBR encode: +@example +avconv -i myfile.avi -b 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v +@end example +It is of little use elsewise. +@item -bufsize @var{size} +Set video buffer verifier buffer size (in bits). +@item -vcodec @var{codec} +Force video codec to @var{codec}. Use the @code{copy} special value to +tell that the raw codec data must be copied as is. +@item -sameq +Use same quantizer as source (implies VBR). + +@item -pass @var{n} +Select the pass number (1 or 2). It is used to do two-pass +video encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first +pass into a log file (see also the option -passlogfile), +and in the second pass that log file is used to generate the video +at the exact requested bitrate. +On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio and set output to null, +examples for Windows and Unix: +@example +avconv -i foo.mov -vcodec libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y NUL +avconv -i foo.mov -vcodec libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null +@end example + +@item -passlogfile @var{prefix} +Set two-pass log file name prefix to @var{prefix}, the default file name +prefix is ``av2pass''. The complete file name will be +@file{PREFIX-N.log}, where N is a number specific to the output +stream. + +@item -vlang @var{code} +Set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current video stream. + +@item -vf @var{filter_graph} +@var{filter_graph} is a description of the filter graph to apply to +the input video. +Use the option "-filters" to show all the available filters (including +also sources and sinks). + +@end table + +@section Advanced Video Options + +@table @option +@item -pix_fmt @var{format} +Set pixel format. Use 'list' as parameter to show all the supported +pixel formats. +@item -sws_flags @var{flags} +Set SwScaler flags. +@item -g @var{gop_size} +Set the group of pictures size. +@item -intra +Use only intra frames. +@item -vdt @var{n} +Discard threshold. +@item -qscale @var{q} +Use fixed video quantizer scale (VBR). +@item -qmin @var{q} +minimum video quantizer scale (VBR) +@item -qmax @var{q} +maximum video quantizer scale (VBR) +@item -qdiff @var{q} +maximum difference between the quantizer scales (VBR) +@item -qblur @var{blur} +video quantizer scale blur (VBR) (range 0.0 - 1.0) +@item -qcomp @var{compression} +video quantizer scale compression (VBR) (default 0.5). +Constant of ratecontrol equation. Recommended range for default rc_eq: 0.0-1.0 + +@item -lmin @var{lambda} +minimum video lagrange factor (VBR) +@item -lmax @var{lambda} +max video lagrange factor (VBR) +@item -mblmin @var{lambda} +minimum macroblock quantizer scale (VBR) +@item -mblmax @var{lambda} +maximum macroblock quantizer scale (VBR) + +These four options (lmin, lmax, mblmin, mblmax) use 'lambda' units, +but you may use the QP2LAMBDA constant to easily convert from 'q' units: +@example +avconv -i src.ext -lmax 21*QP2LAMBDA dst.ext +@end example + +@item -rc_init_cplx @var{complexity} +initial complexity for single pass encoding +@item -b_qfactor @var{factor} +qp factor between P- and B-frames +@item -i_qfactor @var{factor} +qp factor between P- and I-frames +@item -b_qoffset @var{offset} +qp offset between P- and B-frames +@item -i_qoffset @var{offset} +qp offset between P- and I-frames +@item -rc_eq @var{equation} +Set rate control equation (see section "Expression Evaluation") +(default = @code{tex^qComp}). + +When computing the rate control equation expression, besides the +standard functions defined in the section "Expression Evaluation", the +following functions are available: +@table @var +@item bits2qp(bits) +@item qp2bits(qp) +@end table + +and the following constants are available: +@table @var +@item iTex +@item pTex +@item tex +@item mv +@item fCode +@item iCount +@item mcVar +@item var +@item isI +@item isP +@item isB +@item avgQP +@item qComp +@item avgIITex +@item avgPITex +@item avgPPTex +@item avgBPTex +@item avgTex +@end table + +@item -rc_override @var{override} +rate control override for specific intervals +@item -me_method @var{method} +Set motion estimation method to @var{method}. +Available methods are (from lowest to best quality): +@table @samp +@item zero +Try just the (0, 0) vector. +@item phods +@item log +@item x1 +@item hex +@item umh +@item epzs +(default method) +@item full +exhaustive search (slow and marginally better than epzs) +@end table + +@item -dct_algo @var{algo} +Set DCT algorithm to @var{algo}. Available values are: +@table @samp +@item 0 +FF_DCT_AUTO (default) +@item 1 +FF_DCT_FASTINT +@item 2 +FF_DCT_INT +@item 3 +FF_DCT_MMX +@item 4 +FF_DCT_MLIB +@item 5 +FF_DCT_ALTIVEC +@end table + +@item -idct_algo @var{algo} +Set IDCT algorithm to @var{algo}. Available values are: +@table @samp +@item 0 +FF_IDCT_AUTO (default) +@item 1 +FF_IDCT_INT +@item 2 +FF_IDCT_SIMPLE +@item 3 +FF_IDCT_SIMPLEMMX +@item 4 +FF_IDCT_LIBMPEG2MMX +@item 5 +FF_IDCT_PS2 +@item 6 +FF_IDCT_MLIB +@item 7 +FF_IDCT_ARM +@item 8 +FF_IDCT_ALTIVEC +@item 9 +FF_IDCT_SH4 +@item 10 +FF_IDCT_SIMPLEARM +@end table + +@item -er @var{n} +Set error resilience to @var{n}. +@table @samp +@item 1 +FF_ER_CAREFUL (default) +@item 2 +FF_ER_COMPLIANT +@item 3 +FF_ER_AGGRESSIVE +@item 4 +FF_ER_VERY_AGGRESSIVE +@end table + +@item -ec @var{bit_mask} +Set error concealment to @var{bit_mask}. @var{bit_mask} is a bit mask of +the following values: +@table @samp +@item 1 +FF_EC_GUESS_MVS (default = enabled) +@item 2 +FF_EC_DEBLOCK (default = enabled) +@end table + +@item -bf @var{frames} +Use 'frames' B-frames (supported for MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4). +@item -mbd @var{mode} +macroblock decision +@table @samp +@item 0 +FF_MB_DECISION_SIMPLE: Use mb_cmp (cannot change it yet in avconv). +@item 1 +FF_MB_DECISION_BITS: Choose the one which needs the fewest bits. +@item 2 +FF_MB_DECISION_RD: rate distortion +@end table + +@item -4mv +Use four motion vector by macroblock (MPEG-4 only). +@item -part +Use data partitioning (MPEG-4 only). +@item -bug @var{param} +Work around encoder bugs that are not auto-detected. +@item -strict @var{strictness} +How strictly to follow the standards. +@item -aic +Enable Advanced intra coding (h263+). +@item -umv +Enable Unlimited Motion Vector (h263+) + +@item -deinterlace +Deinterlace pictures. +@item -ilme +Force interlacing support in encoder (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 only). +Use this option if your input file is interlaced and you want +to keep the interlaced format for minimum losses. +The alternative is to deinterlace the input stream with +@option{-deinterlace}, but deinterlacing introduces losses. +@item -psnr +Calculate PSNR of compressed frames. +@item -vstats +Dump video coding statistics to @file{vstats_HHMMSS.log}. +@item -vstats_file @var{file} +Dump video coding statistics to @var{file}. +@item -top @var{n} +top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first +@item -dc @var{precision} +Intra_dc_precision. +@item -vtag @var{fourcc/tag} +Force video tag/fourcc. +@item -qphist +Show QP histogram. +@item -vbsf @var{bitstream_filter} +Bitstream filters available are "dump_extra", "remove_extra", "noise", "h264_mp4toannexb", "imxdump", "mjpegadump", "mjpeg2jpeg". +@example +avconv -i h264.mp4 -vcodec copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -an out.h264 +@end example +@item -force_key_frames @var{time}[,@var{time}...] +Force key frames at the specified timestamps, more precisely at the first +frames after each specified time. +This option can be useful to ensure that a seek point is present at a +chapter mark or any other designated place in the output file. +The timestamps must be specified in ascending order. +@end table + +@section Audio Options + +@table @option +@item -aframes @var{number} +Set the number of audio frames to record. +@item -ar @var{freq} +Set the audio sampling frequency. For output streams it is set by +default to the frequency of the corresponding input stream. For input +streams this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw +demuxers and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options. +@item -aq @var{q} +Set the audio quality (codec-specific, VBR). +@item -ac @var{channels} +Set the number of audio channels. For output streams it is set by +default to the number of input audio channels. For input streams +this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw demuxers +and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options. +@item -an +Disable audio recording. +@item -acodec @var{codec} +Force audio codec to @var{codec}. Use the @code{copy} special value to +specify that the raw codec data must be copied as is. +@item -alang @var{code} +Set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current audio stream. +@end table + +@section Advanced Audio options: + +@table @option +@item -atag @var{fourcc/tag} +Force audio tag/fourcc. +@item -audio_service_type @var{type} +Set the type of service that the audio stream contains. +@table @option +@item ma +Main Audio Service (default) +@item ef +Effects +@item vi +Visually Impaired +@item hi +Hearing Impaired +@item di +Dialogue +@item co +Commentary +@item em +Emergency +@item vo +Voice Over +@item ka +Karaoke +@end table +@item -absf @var{bitstream_filter} +Bitstream filters available are "dump_extra", "remove_extra", "noise", "mp3comp", "mp3decomp". +@end table + +@section Subtitle options: + +@table @option +@item -scodec @var{codec} +Force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream). +@item -slang @var{code} +Set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream. +@item -sn +Disable subtitle recording. +@item -sbsf @var{bitstream_filter} +Bitstream filters available are "mov2textsub", "text2movsub". +@example +avconv -i file.mov -an -vn -sbsf mov2textsub -scodec copy -f rawvideo sub.txt +@end example +@end table + +@section Audio/Video grab options + +@table @option +@item -isync +Synchronize read on input. +@end table + +@section Advanced options + +@table @option +@item -map [-]@var{input_file_id}[:@var{input_stream_type}][:@var{input_stream_id}][,@var{sync_file_id}[:@var{sync_stream_type}][:@var{sync_stream_id}]] + +Designate one or more input streams as a source for the output file. Each input +stream is identified by the input file index @var{input_file_id} and +the input stream index @var{input_stream_id} within the input +file. Both indices start at 0. If specified, +@var{sync_file_id}:@var{sync_stream_id} sets which input stream +is used as a presentation sync reference. + +If @var{input_stream_type} is specified -- 'v' for video, 'a' for audio, 's' for +subtitle and 'd' for data -- then @var{input_stream_id} counts only the streams +of this type. Same for @var{sync_stream_type}. + +@var{input_stream_id} may be omitted, in which case all streams of the given +type are mapped (or all streams in the file, if no type is specified). + +The first @code{-map} option on the command line specifies the +source for output stream 0, the second @code{-map} option specifies +the source for output stream 1, etc. + +A @code{-} character before the stream identifier creates a "negative" mapping. +It disables matching streams from already created mappings. + +For example, to map ALL streams from the first input file to output +@example +av -i INPUT -map 0 output +@end example + +For example, if you have two audio streams in the first input file, +these streams are identified by "0:0" and "0:1". You can use +@code{-map} to select which streams to place in an output file. For +example: +@example +avconv -i INPUT -map 0:1 out.wav +@end example +will map the input stream in @file{INPUT} identified by "0:1" to +the (single) output stream in @file{out.wav}. + +For example, to select the stream with index 2 from input file +@file{a.mov} (specified by the identifier "0:2"), and stream with +index 6 from input @file{b.mov} (specified by the identifier "1:6"), +and copy them to the output file @file{out.mov}: +@example +avconv -i a.mov -i b.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy -map 0:2 -map 1:6 out.mov +@end example + +To select all video and the third audio stream from an input file: +@example +avconv -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a:2 OUTPUT +@end example + +To map all the streams except the second audio, use negative mappings +@example +avconv -i INPUT -map 0 -map -0:a:1 OUTPUT +@end example + +Note that using this option disables the default mappings for this output file. + +@item -map_metadata[:@var{metadata_type}][:@var{index}] @var{infile}[:@var{metadata_type}][:@var{index}] +Set metadata information of the next output file from @var{infile}. Note that +those are file indices (zero-based), not filenames. +Optional @var{metadata_type} parameters specify, which metadata to copy - (g)lobal +(i.e. metadata that applies to the whole file), per-(s)tream, per-(c)hapter or +per-(p)rogram. All metadata specifiers other than global must be followed by the +stream/chapter/program index. If metadata specifier is omitted, it defaults to +global. + +By default, global metadata is copied from the first input file, +per-stream and per-chapter metadata is copied along with streams/chapters. These +default mappings are disabled by creating any mapping of the relevant type. A negative +file index can be used to create a dummy mapping that just disables automatic copying. + +For example to copy metadata from the first stream of the input file to global metadata +of the output file: +@example +avconv -i in.ogg -map_metadata 0:s:0 out.mp3 +@end example +@item -map_chapters @var{input_file_index} +Copy chapters from input file with index @var{input_file_index} to the next +output file. If no chapter mapping is specified, then chapters are copied from +the first input file with at least one chapter. Use a negative file index to +disable any chapter copying. +@item -debug +Print specific debug info. +@item -benchmark +Show benchmarking information at the end of an encode. +Shows CPU time used and maximum memory consumption. +Maximum memory consumption is not supported on all systems, +it will usually display as 0 if not supported. +@item -dump +Dump each input packet. +@item -hex +When dumping packets, also dump the payload. +@item -bitexact +Only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing). +@item -ps @var{size} +Set RTP payload size in bytes. +@item -re +Read input at native frame rate. Mainly used to simulate a grab device. +@item -threads @var{count} +Thread count. +@item -vsync @var{parameter} +Video sync method. + +@table @option +@item 0 +Each frame is passed with its timestamp from the demuxer to the muxer. +@item 1 +Frames will be duplicated and dropped to achieve exactly the requested +constant framerate. +@item 2 +Frames are passed through with their timestamp or dropped so as to +prevent 2 frames from having the same timestamp. +@item -1 +Chooses between 1 and 2 depending on muxer capabilities. This is the +default method. +@end table + +With -map you can select from which stream the timestamps should be +taken. You can leave either video or audio unchanged and sync the +remaining stream(s) to the unchanged one. + +@item -async @var{samples_per_second} +Audio sync method. "Stretches/squeezes" the audio stream to match the timestamps, +the parameter is the maximum samples per second by which the audio is changed. +-async 1 is a special case where only the start of the audio stream is corrected +without any later correction. +@item -copyts +Copy timestamps from input to output. +@item -copytb +Copy input stream time base from input to output when stream copying. +@item -shortest +Finish encoding when the shortest input stream ends. +@item -dts_delta_threshold +Timestamp discontinuity delta threshold. +@item -muxdelay @var{seconds} +Set the maximum demux-decode delay. +@item -muxpreload @var{seconds} +Set the initial demux-decode delay. +@item -streamid @var{output-stream-index}:@var{new-value} +Assign a new stream-id value to an output stream. This option should be +specified prior to the output filename to which it applies. +For the situation where multiple output files exist, a streamid +may be reassigned to a different value. + +For example, to set the stream 0 PID to 33 and the stream 1 PID to 36 for +an output mpegts file: +@example +avconv -i infile -streamid 0:33 -streamid 1:36 out.ts +@end example +@end table + +@section Preset files + +A preset file contains a sequence of @var{option}=@var{value} pairs, +one for each line, specifying a sequence of options which would be +awkward to specify on the command line. Lines starting with the hash +('#') character are ignored and are used to provide comments. Check +the @file{ffpresets} directory in the Libav source tree for examples. + +Preset files are specified with the @code{vpre}, @code{apre}, +@code{spre}, and @code{fpre} options. The @code{fpre} option takes the +filename of the preset instead of a preset name as input and can be +used for any kind of codec. For the @code{vpre}, @code{apre}, and +@code{spre} options, the options specified in a preset file are +applied to the currently selected codec of the same type as the preset +option. + +The argument passed to the @code{vpre}, @code{apre}, and @code{spre} +preset options identifies the preset file to use according to the +following rules: + +First avconv searches for a file named @var{arg}.ffpreset in the +directories @file{$av_DATADIR} (if set), and @file{$HOME/.avconv}, and in +the datadir defined at configuration time (usually @file{PREFIX/share/avconv}) +in that order. For example, if the argument is @code{libx264-max}, it will +search for the file @file{libx264-max.ffpreset}. + +If no such file is found, then avconv will search for a file named +@var{codec_name}-@var{arg}.ffpreset in the above-mentioned +directories, where @var{codec_name} is the name of the codec to which +the preset file options will be applied. For example, if you select +the video codec with @code{-vcodec libx264} and use @code{-vpre max}, +then it will search for the file @file{libx264-max.ffpreset}. +@c man end + +@chapter Tips +@c man begin TIPS + +@itemize +@item +For streaming at very low bitrate application, use a low frame rate +and a small GOP size. This is especially true for RealVideo where +the Linux player does not seem to be very fast, so it can miss +frames. An example is: + +@example +avconv -g 3 -r 3 -t 10 -b 50k -s qcif -f rv10 /tmp/b.rm +@end example + +@item +The parameter 'q' which is displayed while encoding is the current +quantizer. The value 1 indicates that a very good quality could +be achieved. The value 31 indicates the worst quality. If q=31 appears +too often, it means that the encoder cannot compress enough to meet +your bitrate. You must either increase the bitrate, decrease the +frame rate or decrease the frame size. + +@item +If your computer is not fast enough, you can speed up the +compression at the expense of the compression ratio. You can use +'-me zero' to speed up motion estimation, and '-intra' to disable +motion estimation completely (you have only I-frames, which means it +is about as good as JPEG compression). + +@item +To have very low audio bitrates, reduce the sampling frequency +(down to 22050 Hz for MPEG audio, 22050 or 11025 for AC-3). + +@item +To have a constant quality (but a variable bitrate), use the option +'-qscale n' when 'n' is between 1 (excellent quality) and 31 (worst +quality). + +@item +When converting video files, you can use the '-sameq' option which +uses the same quality factor in the encoder as in the decoder. +It allows almost lossless encoding. + +@end itemize +@c man end TIPS + +@chapter Examples +@c man begin EXAMPLES + +@section Video and Audio grabbing + +If you specify the input format and device then avconv can grab video +and audio directly. + +@example +avconv -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg +@end example + +Note that you must activate the right video source and channel before +launching avconv with any TV viewer such as +@uref{http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/, xawtv} by Gerd Knorr. You also +have to set the audio recording levels correctly with a +standard mixer. + +@section X11 grabbing + +Grab the X11 display with avconv via + +@example +avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg +@end example + +0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as +the DISPLAY environment variable. + +@example +avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg +@end example + +0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment +variable. 10 is the x-offset and 20 the y-offset for the grabbing. + +@section Video and Audio file format conversion + +Any supported file format and protocol can serve as input to avconv: + +Examples: +@itemize +@item +You can use YUV files as input: + +@example +avconv -i /tmp/test%d.Y /tmp/out.mpg +@end example + +It will use the files: +@example +/tmp/test0.Y, /tmp/test0.U, /tmp/test0.V, +/tmp/test1.Y, /tmp/test1.U, /tmp/test1.V, etc... +@end example + +The Y files use twice the resolution of the U and V files. They are +raw files, without header. They can be generated by all decent video +decoders. You must specify the size of the image with the @option{-s} option +if avconv cannot guess it. + +@item +You can input from a raw YUV420P file: + +@example +avconv -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi +@end example + +test.yuv is a file containing raw YUV planar data. Each frame is composed +of the Y plane followed by the U and V planes at half vertical and +horizontal resolution. + +@item +You can output to a raw YUV420P file: + +@example +avconv -i mydivx.avi hugefile.yuv +@end example + +@item +You can set several input files and output files: + +@example +avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -s 640x480 -i /tmp/a.yuv /tmp/a.mpg +@end example + +Converts the audio file a.wav and the raw YUV video file a.yuv +to MPEG file a.mpg. + +@item +You can also do audio and video conversions at the same time: + +@example +avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -ar 22050 /tmp/a.mp2 +@end example + +Converts a.wav to MPEG audio at 22050 Hz sample rate. + +@item +You can encode to several formats at the same time and define a +mapping from input stream to output streams: + +@example +avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -map 0:a -ab 64k /tmp/a.mp2 -map 0:a -ab 128k /tmp/b.mp2 +@end example + +Converts a.wav to a.mp2 at 64 kbits and to b.mp2 at 128 kbits. '-map +file:index' specifies which input stream is used for each output +stream, in the order of the definition of output streams. + +@item +You can transcode decrypted VOBs: + +@example +avconv -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k snatch.avi +@end example + +This is a typical DVD ripping example; the input is a VOB file, the +output an AVI file with MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio. Note that in this +command we use B-frames so the MPEG-4 stream is DivX5 compatible, and +GOP size is 300 which means one intra frame every 10 seconds for 29.97fps +input video. Furthermore, the audio stream is MP3-encoded so you need +to enable LAME support by passing @code{--enable-libmp3lame} to configure. +The mapping is particularly useful for DVD transcoding +to get the desired audio language. + +NOTE: To see the supported input formats, use @code{avconv -formats}. + +@item +You can extract images from a video, or create a video from many images: + +For extracting images from a video: +@example +avconv -i foo.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 foo-%03d.jpeg +@end example + +This will extract one video frame per second from the video and will +output them in files named @file{foo-001.jpeg}, @file{foo-002.jpeg}, +etc. Images will be rescaled to fit the new WxH values. + +If you want to extract just a limited number of frames, you can use the +above command in combination with the -vframes or -t option, or in +combination with -ss to start extracting from a certain point in time. + +For creating a video from many images: +@example +avconv -f image2 -i foo-%03d.jpeg -r 12 -s WxH foo.avi +@end example + +The syntax @code{foo-%03d.jpeg} specifies to use a decimal number +composed of three digits padded with zeroes to express the sequence +number. It is the same syntax supported by the C printf function, but +only formats accepting a normal integer are suitable. + +@item +You can put many streams of the same type in the output: + +@example +avconv -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 0.3 -map 0.2 -map 0.1 -map 0.0 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -vcodec copy -acodec copy test12.nut +@end example + +The resulting output file @file{test12.avi} will contain first four streams from +the input file in reverse order. + +@end itemize +@c man end EXAMPLES + +@include eval.texi +@include encoders.texi +@include demuxers.texi +@include muxers.texi +@include indevs.texi +@include outdevs.texi +@include protocols.texi +@include bitstream_filters.texi +@include filters.texi +@include metadata.texi + +@ignore + +@setfilename avconv +@settitle avconv video converter + +@c man begin SEEALSO +avplay(1), avprobe(1), avserver(1) and the Libav HTML documentation +@c man end + +@c man begin AUTHORS +The Libav developers +@c man end + +@end ignore + +@bye |