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tcpvmexportd

tcpvmexportd(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   tcpvmexportd(1)

NAME

       tcpvmexportd - transcode PVM3 export interface

SYNOPSIS

       tcpvmexportd -s|-m [ options ]

COPYRIGHT

       tcpvmexportd is Copyright (C) by Malanchini Marzio

DESCRIPTION

       tcpvmexportd This is the frontend for all the activity of export_pvm module: the program is spawned on all cluster hosts and wait to do the
       encode work.

OPTIONS

       -s     Start tcpvmexportd in slave mode (internal use of export_pvm) [default].

	Sub Options for slave mode

	      -j Start merger process [off].

	      -L Create only the merge list [off].

	      -c name Name of slave function req in slave mode [none].

	      -x parameters Multiplex parameters [none].

	      -1 param First parameter to pass to the slave function [null].

	      -2 param Second parameter to pass to the slave function [null].

	      -3 param Third parameter to pass to the slave function [null].

	      -t type Elab video or audio frame (video|audio|system|multisystem) [video].

	      -f name Out file name [/tmp/my_file_name]

	      -p number Multipass (0,1,2,3) [0].

	      -M Enable internal multipass [off].

       -m     Start tcpvmexportd in master mode [off].

	Sub Options for master mode

	      -j Start the batch merge mode [off].

	      -C Check the config or merge file [off].

	      -f name Input file name [/tmp/my_file_name]

       -h     Print help.

       -v     Print the version.

EXAMPLES

       Command:

       tcpvmexportd -m -j -f mylistfile.lst

       Run tcpvmexportd in batch merge mode.

       tcpvmexportd -m -C -f mylistfile.lst

       Check the config or the merge file.

AUTHORS

       tcpvmexportd was written by Marzio Malanchini
       <marzio_malanchini@vodafone.it>

SEE ALSO

       transcode(1)

tcpvmexportd(1) 						  8th August 2003						   tcpvmexportd(1)

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