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cfourcc(1) [debian man page]

cfourcc(1)							   User Commands							cfourcc(1)

NAME
cfourcc - tool for changing FourCC in Microsoft RIFF AVI files SYNOPSIS
cfourcc [-i] <file.avi> cfourcc -u <CODE> <file.avi> OPTIONS
-h Show summary of options. -d CODE Sets FOURCC codec decription string. -f Force changing FOURCC on unsupported file -i Display FOURCC information (default). -u CODE Set FOURCC codec. None. DESCRIPTION
Program identifies the codec used in AVI files (*.avi) and allows the user to change the FourCC description code (like fourcc-changer in Windows). Useful for people working with Microsoft AVI file. A Linux clone of AviC fourcc changer tool. EXAMPLES
Note that you only need to change the -u codec field most of the time and not touch the -d description: cfourcc -u DIVX -d DIVX file.avi ENVIRONMENT
None. FILES
None. SEE ALSO
ffmpeg(1) mplayer(1) AUTHORS
cfourcc was written by Mohammad Hafiz bin Ismail aka "mypapit" <info@mypapit.net>. This manual page was written by Jarno Elonen <elonen@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>. cfourcc 2012-04-02 cfourcc(1)
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