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OpenQuicktime-1.0

Introduction to OpenQuicktime

OpenQuicktime is a small library that handles the Quicktime file format on most varieties of Unix. Audio and video decoding and encoding is provided using a plug-in mechanism.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://flow.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openquicktime/openquicktime-1.0-src.tgz
Download (FTP):
Download size: 313 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 8.6 MB
Estimated build time: 0.11 SBU

Additional downloads

Optional CODEC: http://www.openquicktime.org/codecs.php

OpenQuicktime dependencies

Optional

GLib-1.2.10 and libjpeg-6b

Installation of OpenQuicktime

Install OpenQuicktime by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

This package provides libopenquicktime library and utilities that allow you to manipulate Quicktime files.

Description

libopenquicktime

This is the core library.

dechunk

dechunk extracts RGB frames from a movie and writes them as PPM images.

make_streamable

This program makes the Quicktime file streamable.

qtdump

qtdump dumps all tables in movie.

qtinfo

qtinfo reads all the information about the file.

recover

This program recovers JPEG and PCM audio from a corrupted movie.

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