avifile-0.7.34

Introduction to avifile

Download location (HTTP):       http://avifile.sourceforge.net/avifile-0.7.34-20030319.tgz
Download location (FTP):        
Version used:                   0.7.34
Package size:                   2.7 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  26.6 MB
Additional downloads:
http://avifile.sourceforge.net/binaries-011002.tgz

The avifile package contains an AVI video file player, tools and support libraries. This is useful for viewing and editing AVI files.

avifile depends on:
x86 processor, xfree86-4.3.0, libjpeg-6b and SDL-1.2.5
avifile will utilize:
qt (< 3.1.0), oss, ffmpeg-0.4.6 and xvid-0.9.1

Installation of avifile

Install avifile by running the following commands:

install -d /usr/lib/win32 &&
tar -xzvf ../binaries-011002.tgz -C /usr/lib &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Contents

The avifile package contains aviplay, avibench, avifile-config, mmxnow-config, avirecompress, avicap, avirec, kv4lsetup, avicat, avitype and avimake.

Description

aviplay

aviplay manages the input formats, the codecs and the output formats to display AVI video files on your screen.

avibench

avibench performs a measurement of the avifile library's performance for a file.

avifile-config

avifile-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the avifile library.

mmxnow-config

mmxnow-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the mmxnow library.

avirecompress

avirecompress is a widget that takes an input file of one codec type and converts it into a video file of another codec.

avicap

avicap is a widget that displays acquired video fro a Video For Windows (vfw) compatible device, like a webcam or a TV-tuner.

avirec

avirec is a command line video recording tool.

kv4lsetup

kv4lsetup is a small tool which tells video4linux about the current video mode

avicat

avicat takes a set of AVI files and combines them into a single file.

avitype

avitype will read and display AVI file header information.

avimake

avimake takes a set of JPG images and creates a movie.