libquicktime-1.2.4
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.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
libquicktime Dependencies
Optional
alsa-lib-1.0.27.2, Doxygen-1.8.6,
FAAC-1.28,
FAAD2-2.7,
FFmpeg-2.1.3, GTK+-2.24.22, LAME-3.99.5,
libdv-1.0.0, libjpeg-turbo-1.3.0, libpng-1.6.9, libvorbis-1.3.4,
Schroedinger,
x264-20140115-2245, and Xorg Libraries
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libquicktime
Installation of libquicktime
Install libquicktime by running
the following commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../libquicktime-1.2.4-ffmpeg2-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-gpl \
--without-doxygen \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4 &&
install -v -m644 README doc/{*.txt,*.html,mainpage.incl} \
/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4
Command Explanations
--enable-gpl
: Changes the
licence to GPL. This enables some extra plugins, such as FAAC,
FAAD2, and x264.
--without-doxygen
: This is
necessary if you do not have Doxygen, omit this if installed.
--with-libdv
: Build with libdv support.
Not enabled by default.
Contents
Installed Programs:
libquicktime_config, lqtplay, lqtremux,
lqt_transcode, 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-1.2.4
Short Descriptions
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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lqtplay
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is a simple QuickTime movie player for X Window System.
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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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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 2014-02-28 15:16:23 -0800