<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Gmerlin 0.4.1</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Gmerlin 0.4.1"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="#Top"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This manual is for Gmerlin (version 0.4.1, 9 January 2008). Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Members of the Gmerlin project. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License." (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. 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Requirements</a> <li><a href="Compilation-and-installation.html#Compilation-and-installation">2.2 Compilation and installation</a> <li><a href="Binary-codecs.html#Binary-codecs">2.3 Binary codecs</a> </li></ul> <li><a name="toc_General-usage-information" href="General-usage-information.html#General-usage-information">3 General usage information</a> <ul> <li><a href="Configuration-data.html#Configuration-data">3.1 Configuration data</a> <li><a href="GUI.html#GUI">3.2 GUI</a> <ul> <li><a href="gui_005fintro.html#gui_005fintro">3.2.1 Introduction</a> <li><a href="gui_005fstatdyn.html#gui_005fstatdyn">3.2.2 Static and dynamic parameters</a> <li><a href="gui_005fi.html#gui_005fi">3.2.3 Configuring input plugins</a> <li><a href="gui_005ff.html#gui_005ff">3.2.4 Configuring filters</a> <li><a href="gui_005flog.html#gui_005flog">3.2.5 Log messages</a> <li><a href="gui_005ftips.html#gui_005ftips">3.2.6 Tips</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="gml.html#gml">3.3 GML Syntax</a> <li><a href="Setting-parameters-from-the-commandline.html#Setting-parameters-from-the-commandline">3.4 Setting parameters from the commandline</a> </li></ul> <li><a name="toc_Applications" href="Applications.html#Applications">4 Applications</a> <ul> <li><a href="GUI-Player.html#GUI-Player">4.1 GUI Player</a> <ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fplayer_005fusage.html#gmerlin_005fplayer_005fusage">4.1.1 Invoking gmerlin</a> <li><a href="Main-window.html#Main-window">4.1.2 Main window</a> <ul> <li><a href="player_005fmainmenu.html#player_005fmainmenu">4.1.2.1 Main menu</a> <li><a href="player_005fdisplay.html#player_005fdisplay">4.1.2.2 Display</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Media-tree.html#Media-tree">4.1.3 Media tree</a> <ul> <li><a href="player_005ftreewidget.html#player_005ftreewidget">4.1.3.1 Tree widget</a> <li><a href="player_005falbumwidget.html#player_005falbumwidget">4.1.3.2 Album widget</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Video-window.html#Video-window">4.1.4 Video window</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fplayer_005ftrackinfo.html#gmerlin_005fplayer_005ftrackinfo">4.1.5 Track information</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fplayer_005favconfig.html#gmerlin_005fplayer_005favconfig">4.1.6 Configuring playback pipelines</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fplayer_005fshortcuts.html#gmerlin_005fplayer_005fshortcuts">4.1.7 Shortcuts</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Player-remote-control.html#Player-remote-control">4.2 Player remote control</a> <ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fremote.html#gmerlin_005fremote">4.2.1 Invoking gmerlin_remote</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fremote_005fexamples.html#gmerlin_005fremote_005fexamples">4.2.2 Examples</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="GUI-Transcoder.html#GUI-Transcoder">4.3 GUI Transcoder</a> <ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder">4.3.1 Invoking gmerlin_transcoder</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fintro.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fintro">4.3.2 Quick intro</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fwindow.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fwindow">4.3.3 Main window</a> <ul> <li><a href="transcoder_005fmenubar.html#transcoder_005fmenubar">4.3.3.1 Menu bar</a> <li><a href="transcoder_005fdisplay.html#transcoder_005fdisplay">4.3.3.2 Display</a> <li><a href="transcoder_005fprogressbar.html#transcoder_005fprogressbar">4.3.3.3 Progress bar</a> <li><a href="transcoder_005ftasklist.html#transcoder_005ftasklist">4.3.3.4 Tasklist</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fenc.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fenc">4.3.4 Configuring encoders</a> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005ftracks.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005ftracks">4.3.5 Configuring tracks</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Transcoder-remote-control.html#Transcoder-remote-control">4.4 Transcoder remote control</a> <ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fremote.html#gmerlin_005ftranscoder_005fremote">4.4.1 Invoking gmerlin_transcoder_remote</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Commandline-player.html#Commandline-player">4.5 Commandline player</a> <ul> <li><a href="gmerlin_005fplay.html#gmerlin_005fplay">4.5.1 Invoking gmerlin_play</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="Alsamixer.html#Alsamixer">4.6 Alsamixer</a> <li><a href="Visualizer.html#Visualizer">4.7 Visualizer</a> <li><a href="Keyboard-daemon.html#Keyboard-daemon">4.8 Keyboard daemon</a> </li></ul> <li><a name="toc_Plugins" href="Plugins.html#Plugins">5 Plugins</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1 Media input</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.1 AVDecoder plugin</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.2 Audio CD player/ripper</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.3 DVD Player</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.4 VCD Player</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.5 DVB Player</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.6 Still image input plugin</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.7 libquicktime input plugin</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.8 Parser for gmerlin EDLs</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.9 Image video input plugin</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fi.html#plugin_005fi">5.1.10 mikmod input plugin</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005foa.html#plugin_005foa">5.2 Audio output</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005foa.html#plugin_005foa">5.2.1 Alsa</a> <li><a href="plugin_005foa.html#plugin_005foa">5.2.2 PulseAudio</a> <li><a href="plugin_005foa.html#plugin_005foa">5.2.3 OSS</a> <li><a href="plugin_005foa.html#plugin_005foa">5.2.4 EsounD output driver</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fov.html#plugin_005fov">5.3 Video output</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fov.html#plugin_005fov">5.3.1 X11</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fra.html#plugin_005fra">5.4 Audio recorder</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fra.html#plugin_005fra">5.4.1 Alsa</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fra.html#plugin_005fra">5.4.2 OSS</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fra.html#plugin_005fra">5.4.3 EsounD input driver</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fra.html#plugin_005fra">5.4.4 PulseAudio</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005frv.html#plugin_005frv">5.5 Video recorder</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005frv.html#plugin_005frv">5.5.1 V4L2</a> <li><a href="plugin_005frv.html#plugin_005frv">5.5.2 V4L</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6 Encoders for audio</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.1 Wave writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.2 Speex encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.3 Flac in Ogg encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.4 Flac encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.5 Lame mp3 encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.6 MPEG-1 layer 1/2 audio encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.7 Faac encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.8 FFmpeg audio encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fea.html#plugin_005fea">5.6.9 Vorbis encoder</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fev.html#plugin_005fev">5.7 Encoders for video</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fev.html#plugin_005fev">5.7.1 yuv4mpeg2 encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fev.html#plugin_005fev">5.7.2 MPEG-1/2 video encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fev.html#plugin_005fev">5.7.3 Singlepicture encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fev.html#plugin_005fev">5.7.4 FFmpeg video encoder</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fest.html#plugin_005fest">5.8 Encoders for text subtitles</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fest.html#plugin_005fest">5.8.1 Text subtitle exporter</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005feso.html#plugin_005feso">5.9 Encoders for overlay subtitles</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005feso.html#plugin_005feso">5.9.1 spumux overlay exporter</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fe.html#plugin_005fe">5.10 Encoders for multiple stream types</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fe.html#plugin_005fe">5.10.1 Quicktime encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fe.html#plugin_005fe">5.10.2 Theora encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fe.html#plugin_005fe">5.10.3 FFmpeg audio/video encoder</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fe.html#plugin_005fe">5.10.4 MPEG 1/2 program/system stream encoder</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fepp.html#plugin_005fepp">5.11 Encoder postprocessors</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fepp.html#plugin_005fepp">5.11.1 Audio CD generator/burner</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fepp.html#plugin_005fepp">5.11.2 VCD image generator/burner</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12 Image readers</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.1 PNM reader</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.2 TGA reader</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.3 BMP reader</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.4 PNG reader</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.5 JPEG reader</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fir.html#plugin_005fir">5.12.6 TIFF reader</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13 Image writers</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.1 JPEG writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.2 PPM writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.3 BMP writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.4 PNG writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.5 TGA writer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fiw.html#plugin_005fiw">5.13.6 TIFF writer</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005ffa.html#plugin_005ffa">5.14 Audio filters</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005ffa.html#plugin_005ffa">5.14.1 Force sampleformat</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffa.html#plugin_005ffa">5.14.2 Volume control</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15 Video filters</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.1 1DTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.2 AgingTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.3 BaltanTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.4 Blur</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.5 BrokenTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.6 BurningTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.7 ChameleonTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.8 Colorbalance</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.9 ColstreakTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.10 Crop & Scale</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.11 CycleTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.12 Decimate</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.13 Deinterlacer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.14 DiceTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.15 DiffTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.16 Display timecodes</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.17 DisplaywallTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.18 DotTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.19 EdgeTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.20 EdgeblurTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.21 Equalizer</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.22 FireTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.23 Flip image</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.24 Force pixelformat</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.25 Invert RGBA</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.26 LensTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.27 LifeTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.28 MatrixTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.29 MosaicTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.30 NervousHalfTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.31 NervousTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.32 NoiseTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.33 Old color</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.34 OpTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.35 PupTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.36 QuarkTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.37 RGB Colormatrix</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.38 RandomDotStereoTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.39 RevTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.40 RippleTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.41 RndmTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.42 ShagadelicTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.43 SimuraTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.44 SlofastTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.45 SparkTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.46 SpiralTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.47 StreakTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.48 Temporal lowpass</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.49 TimedistTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.50 Transform</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.51 TransformTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.52 Tweak timecodes</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.53 VertigoTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.54 WarholTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.55 WarpTV</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.56 Y'CbCr(A) Colormatrix</a> <li><a href="plugin_005ffv.html#plugin_005ffv">5.15.57 Zoom</a> </li></ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fvis.html#plugin_005fvis">5.16 Visualizations</a> <ul> <li><a href="plugin_005fvis.html#plugin_005fvis">5.16.1 Scope</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fvis.html#plugin_005fvis">5.16.2 Lemuria</a> <li><a href="plugin_005fvis.html#plugin_005fvis">5.16.3 Goom</a> </li></ul> </li></ul> <li><a name="toc_FAQ" href="FAQ.html#FAQ">6 FAQ</a> <ul> <li><a href="General-questions.html#General-questions">6.1 General questions</a> <li><a href="Installation-questions.html#Installation-questions">6.2 Installation questions</a> <li><a href="Usage-questions.html#Usage-questions">6.3 Usage questions</a> </li></ul> <li><a name="toc_Get-involved" href="Get-involved.html#Get-involved">7 Get involved</a> </li></ul> </div> <div class="node"> <a name="Top"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Basics.html#Basics">Basics</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="../index.html#dir">(dir)</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="../index.html#dir">(dir)</a> <hr> </div> <h2 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