Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 35. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libquicktime-1.0.0

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-0.22, libpng-1.2.29, libjpeg-6b, X Window System, GTK+-2.10.13, ALSA-1.0.13, libvorbis-1.2.0, LAME-3.97, libdv-1.0.0, FFmpeg-svn_20070606, x264, FAAC-1.26, and FAAD2-2.6.1

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-1.5.2 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-1.0.0 &&
install -v -m644    README doc/{*.txt,*.html,mainpage.incl} \
                    /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.0.0

If you created the API documentation, install it by issuing the following commands as the root user: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.0.0/api &&
install -v -m644    doc/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.0.0/api

Contents

Installed Programs: libquicktime_config, lqt-config, lqt_transcode, lqtplay, qt2text, 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-1.0.0

Short Descriptions

libquicktime_config

is a graphical front end to examine and configure the available libquicktime audio and video codecs.

lqt-config

is a simple program used to query the libquicktime installation settings and plugin information.

lqt_transcode

is a command-line program used to encode video and/or audio files from one format to another.

lqtplay

is a simple Quicktime movie player for X11.

qtdechunk

can take movies containing rgb frames and write them out as ppm images.

qtrechunk

concatenates input frames into a Quicktime movie.

qtyuv4toyuv

is used to write a YUV4 encoded movie as a planar YUV 4:2:0 file.

libquicktime.so

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.

Last updated on 2008-01-21 09:56:41 -0600