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.
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Package Information
libquicktime Dependencies
Optional
alsa-lib-1.2.10,
Doxygen-1.9.8,
FAAC-1_30,
FAAD2-2.11.1,
GTK+-2.24.33,
LAME-3.100,
libdv-1.0.0,
libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1,
libpng-1.6.40,
libvorbis-1.3.7,
x264-20230215,
Xorg Libraries, and
Schroedinger
Installation of libquicktime
Install libquicktime by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-gpl \
--without-doxygen \
--without-ffmpeg \
--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-1.2.4Command 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 it is installed and
you wish the API documentation installed.
--without-ffmpeg: This switch disables ffmpeg
support because it is incompatible with ffmpeg-5.
--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 |
is a graphical front end to examine and configure the available
libquicktime audio and video codecs
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lqtplay |
is a simple QuickTime movie player for X Window System
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lqt_transcode |
is a command-line program used to encode video and/or audio
files from one format to another
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qt2text |
is used to dump all text strings from a quicktime file
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qtdechunk |
can take movies containing rgb frames and write them out as
ppm images
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qtdump |
displays the parsed contents of the provided file
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qtinfo |
prints various pieces of metadata parsed by the libquicktime
library for the provided file
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qtrechunk |
concatenates input frames into a QuickTime movie
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qtstreamize |
is used to make a file streamable by placing the moov header at the
beginning of the file
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qtyuv4toyuv |
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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