transcode(export)						 3th February 2008						 transcode(export)

NAME

       transcode - export modules collection

SYNOPSIS

       transcode -y module[,module[,module]] [other options]

COPYRIGHT

       transcode is Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 Tilmann Bitterberg, 2004-2010 Transcode Team

ENCODER PARAMETERS STRING

       Module-dependent parameters can be passed to encoder using the -F transcode(1) option:

	   transcode -F codec_string

       Those  parameters tune the general behaviour of the export module. More specific settings can fine-tune the export settings. Those settings
       are passed to export modules through module options or through the module configuration file; both configuration file and  options  can	be
       present	at same time: in that case, the options overrides the configuration file. Passing option strings to export modules is done like to
       pass options to filter modules: The syntax is:

	   transcode -y vmod=options,amod=options

       see transcode_filter(1) for full reference and examples.

       The -F parameter has different meanings for different export modules, as documented on section below.

ENCODER MODULES PARAMETERS

       ffmpeg:
		The codec String for the codec you want to encode. Example values are -F mpeg4 or -F mpeg1video or -F huffyuv. To get  a  list	of
	      valid codecs, use -F list

       im:
		The  name  of  the image format you want to export. Example values are '-F jpg' (default) or '-F png' or -F 'gif'. With -F jpg, -w
	      gives quality in percent. With -F png, the first digit of -w gives compression level, the second one gives quality, so -w 95 selects
	      best compression level (9) and 5 means PNG adaptive filtering.

       jpg:
		The quality of the JPEG encode in percent. Example values are '-F 75' (default) or '-F 100'

       mov:
		Syntax: -F "<vcodec>,<acodec>[,<parameters>]"
		  <vcodec> = Videocodec to encode with. Default: "mjpa"
		  <acodec> = Audiocodec to encode with. Default: "ima4"
		  <parameters> = A comma seperated list of parameters
				 to be passed to the codec.

	      Note: You can use "list" instead of a video/audiocodec or parameter to get a list of supported options.

       mpeg:
		Syntax: -F "<base-profile>[,<resizer-mode>[,user-profile]]"
		  <base-profile> can be one of
		    '1' = MPEG 1 (default)
		    'b' = big MPEG 1 (experimental)
		    'v' = VCD
		    's' = SVCD
		    '2' = MPEG2
		    'd' = DVD compliant
		  <resizer-mode> can be one of
		     0 = disable resizer (default)
		     1 = 352x288
		     2 = 480x480
		     3 = 480x576
		     4 = 352x240
		  <user-profile>  is a filename of the profile file. You can either specify the absolute path to the file or if you transcode will
	      look for it in the directory where you started transcode.

       mpeg2enc:
		Syntax: -F "<base-profile>[,<options_string>]"
		  <base-profile> can be one of
		    '0' = Generic MPEG1 (default)
		    '1' = Standard VCD
		    '2' = User VCD
		    '3' = Generic MPEG2
		    '4' = Standard SVCD
		    '5' = User SVCD
		    '6' = Manual parameter mode
		    '8' = DVD
		  <options_string> will be passed down to mpeg2enc untouched by transcode. Have a look at the manpage for mpeg2enc.

       raw:
		The name of the image format to use for uncompressed video. Examples are I420 (YUV 4:2:0 planar), YV12 (the same thing with U  and
	      V reversed), or UYVY (YUV 4:2:2 packed). Use "-F help" to get a list of formats.

EXPORT MODULES

       If  no module is specified through the -y option, transcode will use the null module for both audio and video export. If a multiplex module
       is given, by giving three export module names instead the usual two, transcode will use the new-style encode/multiplex modules (still under
       development, see the encode and multiplex directories); if no multiplex module is given, the traditional export modules will be used.
       To see what export modules are avalaible for your transcode installation, do a

	   ls -1 $( tcmodinfo -p )/export*.so

       A complete transcode installation has the following export modules:

	      ac3 - (video) null | (audio) ac3
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  At run-time ffmpeg must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes audio (raw PCM) to AC3 via the ffmpeg binary.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      af6 - (video) Win32 dll | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At  compile-time libavifile must be available.  At run-time libavifile and win32codecs must be present.  Support for this module
		  is good.
		      Interface to the avifile library which allows the use of win32codec on the linux-x86 platform.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV

	      divx5 - (video) DivX 5.xx | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At compile-time libmp3lame (only for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.  At run-time divx4linux (new) and libdivxencore.so
		  must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes MPEG4 video using the closed-source binaries from divx.com to an AVI container.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV

	      dv - (video) Digital Video | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At  compile-time  libdv  and	libmp3lame  (only for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.	At run-time libdv must be present.
		  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes DV into an AVI container. DV is a codec developed by Sony and is often used in digital camcorders.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV

	      dvraw - (video) Digital Video | (audio) PCM
		  At compile-time libdv must be available.  At run-time libdv must be present.	Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes DV into a DV file. DV is a codec developed by Sony and is often used in digital camcorders. A raw  DV  file  can	be
		      played back into the camcorder.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV YUV422

	      ffmpeg - (video) * | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At  compile-time  libmp3lame (only for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Sup-
		  port for this module is good.
		      Encodes many different formats to both AVI and raw. Supported are mpeg1video, mpeg2video, mpeg4, mjpeg, h263,  h263p,  wmv1,
		      wmv2, rv10, msmpeg4, msmpeg4v2, huffyuv and dvvideo.
		      Supported processing formats: audio RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV YUV422

	      im - (video) * | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At compile-time libImageMagick must be available.  This module has no run-time dependencies.	Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes  image  sequences  by  using the ImageMagick library. ImageMagick is able to handle a lot of different image formats
		      such as png, jpg, miff, tiff, etc. Use -F to select the desired format.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM, video - RGB YUV

	      jpg - (video) * | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At compile-time libjpeg must be available.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes jpg image sequences using libjpeg. Faster than ImageMagick. Use -F to select the compression quality.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM, video - RGB YUV

	      lame - (audio) MPEG 1/2
		  At compile-time libmp3lame (only for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.  At run-time lame and sox must be  present.   Sup-
		  port for this module is good.
		      An  audio-only  encoder  which  drives  the lame binary. The tool sox is used to do resampling if required. Encodes to a MP3
		      file.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      lzo - (video) LZO real-time compression | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At compile-time liblzo and libmp3lame (only for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.  This module has no run-time  dependen-
		  cies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes  video using a loss-less real-time LZO codec. This codec is a homegrown invention of transcode and is intended as an
		      intermediate storage format. MPlayer can playback LZO-based AVI files as well.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV DV

	      mov - (video) * | (audio) *
		  At compile-time libquicktime must be available.  At run-time libquicktime must be present.  Support for this module is fair.
		      Interface to the quicktime library.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV YUV422 YUY2

	      mp2 - (video) null | (audio) MPEG 1/2
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  At run-time ffmpeg and sox must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes audio (raw PCM) to MPEG 1 Layer 2 audio aka mp2. Additionaly it can change the speed of the audio stream by a factor
		      you can specify. See docs/export_mp2.txt.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      mp2enc - (audio) MPEG 1/2
		  At compile-time mjpegtools must be available.  At run-time mp2enc must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Drives  the  mp2enc  binary  and	writes an MP2 (MPEG1-Layer2) file. Useful for when encoding to SVCD to be multiplexed with
		      mplex after encoding.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      mpeg2enc - (video) MPEG 1/2
		  At compile-time mjpegtools must be available.  At run-time mpeg2enc must be present.	Support for this module is good.
		      Drives the mpeg2enc binary. mpeg2enc is a very feature rich MPEG encoder, have a look at its manpage. Encodes generic mpeg1,
		      VCD, SVCD, MPEG2 and DVD type video.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - none, video - RGB YUV

	      null - (video) null | (audio) null
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Data sink. Does nothing else than discarding data.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - none, video - none

	      ogg - (video) null | (audio) ogg
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  At run-time oggenc must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Drives the oggenc binary. Encodes an Ogg/Vorbis file. Resamples.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      ppm - (video) PPM/PGM | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Writes  an  image  sequence  of PGM or PPM files. PPM is an old format and there are several tools around to manipulate such
		      files.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV

	      pvm - (video) * | (audio) *
		  At compile-time libpvm3 must be available.  At run-time pvm must be present.	Support for this module is good.
		      Meta module. It allows transcode to be used in a PVM cluster. See docs/export_pvm.txt
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV DV YUV422 YUY2

	      raw - (video) * | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Can write uncompressed streams to an AVI file as well as raw mpeg2 files in pass-through mode. The image format  for  uncom-
		      pressed streams can be selected with -F (use -F help to see available formats).
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV DV YUV422

	      toolame - (audio) MPEG 1/2
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  At run-time toolame and sox must be present.  Support for this module is good.
		      Drives the toolame binary to create MP2 audio tracks. Sox is used for resampling if requested.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - none

	      wav - (audio) WAVE PCM
		  This module has no compile-time dependencies.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Creates WAVE PCM files with interleaved audio for stereo.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - PCM, video - RAW (pass-through) RGB YUV

	      xvid4 - (video) XviD 1.0.x series (aka API 4.0) | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At  compile-time  libmp3lame	(only  for MPEG audio layer III) must be available.  At run-time libxvidcore.so.4 must be present.
		  Support for this module is good.
		      Encodes MPEG4 video using  the  library  available  from	xvid.org.  Check  out  the  library  from  xvidcvs  using  cvs	-d
		      :pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid  co -rdev-api-4 xvidcore. There is also a tool available to create configuration files
		      for this xvid version at http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/transcode/xvid4conf. The output can either be an AVI file or a  MPEG4
		      elementary stream (with -F raw).
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV YUV422

	      yuv4mpeg - (video) YUV4MPEG2 | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
		  At compile-time mjpegtools must be available.  This module has no run-time dependencies.  Support for this module is good.
		      Writes the uncompressed raw YUV data in a YUV4MPEG format as used by the lav* and mjpeg* tools.
		      Supported processing formats: audio - RAW (pass-through) PCM AC3, video - RGB YUV

AUTHORS

       transcode was written by Thomas Oestreich
       <ostreich@theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de> with contributions from many others.  See AUTHORS for details.

SEE ALSO

       transcode(1), tcmodinfo(1), transcode_import(1), transcode_filter(1),

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