[MPlayer-users] release of ogmtools 0.5

[gabor farkas]

./configure --with-avilib-prefix won't detect avilib :-(

i did everything as in the README 


mandrake cooker here

bye,
gabor

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 06:08:21PM +0200, Moritz Bunkus wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi folks.
> 
> A few days ago I released the first version of 'oggmerge' and
> 'ogmdemux'. I've packaged both (and the new 'ogminfo') together into
> the ogmtools. They are not finished by far - but I'd like to release
> often and early. So here's v0.5.
> 
> I encourage everyone to try them AFTER reading the README (which is
> included below) and to provide feedback about bugs, missing
> functionality (if it isn't already mentioned in the README) and so on.
> 
> http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/ogmtools/
> 
> README:
> 
> OGMtools 0.5
> ============
> 
> These tools allow information about (ogminfo) or extraction
> from (ogmdemux) or creation of (ogmmerge) OGG media streams.
> Note that I'll use OGM for "OGG media streams".
> 
> Base code taken from Ogg/Vorbis CVS repository at
> http://www.xiph.org/
> 
> You need the transcode sources unpacked somewhere:
> http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/
> You don't have to install the complete transcode package (of course I
> recommend using transcode :)). If you only need the avilib from
> transcode then run the following commands:
> 
> cd /where/you/put/transcode
> ./configure
> cd avilib
> make
> 
> Prior to running './configure' you should run './autogen.sh'.
> Now run './configure --with-avilib-prefix=/where/you/put/transcode/avilib'
> followed by 'make'. 'oggmerge -h' shows usage information.
> 
> This code comes under the GPL (www.gnu.org). Modify as needed.
> 
> Moritz Bunkus <moritz at bunkus.org>
> 
> 
> ogminfo
> =======
> 
> This program lists all streams contained in an OGM inlucding
> information about the codecs used.
> 
> Output of 'ogminfo -h':
> Usage: ogminfo [-hv] inname
>        inname      Use 'inname' as the source.
>        -v          Be verbose and show each OGG packet.
>        -h          Show this help.
> 
> If -v is used then additional information for each OGG packet
> are output aswell (bytes in this packet, its granulepos,
> its header length and 'content length in samples' if applicable).
> 
> What works:
> - OGM with Vorbis audio, 'normal' video (like DivX etc.), audio
>   streams (PCM etc.), although this is not very thoroughly tested.
> 
> What not works:
> - The older header created by older OggDS (DirectShow) filter
>   versions are not supported.
> - Text streams are not supported.
> 
> Planned functionality:
> - Support for all stream types including text streams (subtitles).
> 
> ogmdemux
> ========
> 
> This program extracts all or only some streams from an OGM and
> writes them to separate files.
> 
> Output of 'ogmdemux -h':
> Usage: ogmdemux [-v|-o outname|-a track|-nv] -i inname
>        -i inname   Use 'inname' as the source.
>        -o outname  Use 'outname' as the base for destination file names.
>                    '-v1', '-v2', '-a1', '-a2'... will be appended to this name.
>                    Default: use 'inname'.
>        -a track    Extract specified audio track. Can be used more than once.
>                    Default: extract all tracks.
>        -d track    Extract specified video track. Can be used more than once.
>        -na         Don't extract any audio track.
>        -nv         Don't extract any video track.
>                    Default: extract all tracks.
>        -v          Increase verbosity.
>        -h          Show this help.
> 
> It should be pretty straight-forward to use.
> 
> What works:
> - Extraction of Vorbis and 'normal' audio and video streams into raw
>   files. No headers are generated.
> 
> What not works:
> - The older header created by older OggDS (DirectShow) filter
>   versions are not supported.
> - Text streams are not supported.
> 
> Planned functionality:
> - Extraction into useful container formats. Example: extract video
>   into an AVI container, extract PCM audio into a WAV container.
>   Most formats need such a container.
> 
> ogmmerge
> ========
> 
> This program takes the input from several media files and joins
> their streams (all of them or just a selection) into an OGM.
> It was formerly known as 'oggmerge' and is based on the 'oggmerge'
> CVS module from Xiph.org's repository.
> 
> Output of 'ogmmerge -h':
> ogmmerge [-o out | --output out ] [-tadAD] <file1> [<file2> ...]
> 
>  Options for each input file:
>   -t, --type <type>       force file type to <type>; see -l.
>                           default: auto-detection based on extension.
>   -a, --atracks <n,m,...> copy the n'th, m'th... audio track
>                           default: copy all audio tracks
>   -d, --vtracks <n,m,...> copy the n'th video track, NOT track no. n
>                           default: copy all video tracks
>   -A, --noaudio           don't copy any audio track from this file
>   -D, --novideo           don't copy any video track from this file
> 
>  Other options:
>   -l, --list-types        lists supported input file types
>   -h, --help              this help
>   -v, --verbose           verbose status
>   -q, --quiet             suppress status output
>   -V, --version           print version information
> 
> For each file the user can select which tracks ogmmerge should take.
> They are all put into the file specified with '-o'. A list of known
> (and supported) source formats can be obtained with the '-l' option.
> 
> What works:
> - AVI as the video source
> - OGG as the Vorbis audio source
> - WAV as the audio source works partially (works nicely with mplayer)
> 
> What not works:
> - Track selection. Although the usage information show all the switches
>   there just is no code for the selection yet. An AVI source always
>   renders its (first) video stream. The Vorbis module processes only
>   a single Vorbis stream.
> - PCM audio from a WAV renders a file that can be correctly played back
>   with mplayer but not under Windows using the OggDS filters. I'm
>   working on it.
> - Text streams are not supported.
> 
> Planned functionality:
> - correct support for PCM audio and other audio formats (MP3 and AC3)
> - multi-channel audio support
> - support for subtitles/text streams
> - track selection
> 
> -- 
>  ==> Ciao, Mosu (Moritz Bunkus)
> 
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