X-Git-Url: http://research.m1stereo.tv/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fservices.txt;h=068a79ad39fe4fb9dffa716ed389d137cfe1e33b;hb=1d3ab5568258841b1741b8c2fc88ce4e958e6fc6;hp=6500f5ff831ca600b64f7a965812408c46a6986d;hpb=6e4f3aabfeae526318998c1078213de269ea2e65;p=melted diff --git a/docs/services.txt b/docs/services.txt index 6500f5f..068a79a 100644 --- a/docs/services.txt +++ b/docs/services.txt @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +SERVICES +-------- + +Services marked as "(Proprietary)" are not distributed with the GPL version +of mlt. + Producers --------- @@ -9,7 +15,20 @@ Producers Constructor Argument - 'file' - producer a/v from file + 'file' - a filename specification or URL in the form: + [{protocol}|{format}]:{resource}[?{format-parameter}[&{format-parameter}...]] + For example, video4linux:/dev/video1?width:320&height:240 + Note: on the bash command line, & must be escaped as '\&'. + Also, note the use of ':' instead of '=' for parameters. + Use 'ffmpeg -formats' to see a list of supported protocols + and formats. + + Details + + Format parameters only appear to be useful with 'video4linux' or + 'audio_device' formats. For 'video4linux' the parameters are + width, height, frame_rate, frame_rate_base, and standard (ntsc|pal). + For 'audio_device' the parameters are channels and sample_rate. Initialisation Properties @@ -20,8 +39,11 @@ Producers Read Only Properties + string resource - file location double fps - this is fixed at 25 for PAL currently - double aspect_ratio - this is determined on the first frame read + double source_fps - the framerate of the resource + double aspect_ratio - sample aspect ratio of the resource + - this is determined on every frame read Dependencies @@ -32,9 +54,12 @@ Producers Audio sync discrepancy with some content. Not all libavformat supported formats are seekable. - ogg is currently broken. - mpeg seeking is inaccurate - doesn't seek to i-frames so you may + Ogg Vorbis is currently broken. + MPEG seeking is inaccurate - doesn't seek to i-frames so you may get junk for a few frames. + RAW DV seeking not supported. + Fails to play beyond first frame of video of sources with PTS not + starting at 0 (video4linux). fezzik @@ -44,7 +69,10 @@ Producers Constructor Argument - 'file' - produce a/v from file + 'file' - a filename specification: + [{mlt-service}:]{resource} | {mlt-service} + - can also be the name of a producer service that can + accept the resource specified post construction. Initialisation Properties @@ -78,7 +106,39 @@ Producers None. - ffmpeg + + colour + + Description + + A simple colour generator. + + Constructor Argument + + colour - A colour value is a hexadecimal representation of RGB plus + alpha channel as 0xrrggbbaa. + - Also colours can be the words: white, black, red, green, + or blue. + - The default colour is black. + + Initialisation Properties + + none + + Read Only Properties + + none + + Dependencies + + none + + Known Bugs + + none + + + ffmpeg (DEPRECATED) Description @@ -140,8 +200,12 @@ Producers string resource - file location double fps - output frames per second - double aspect_ratio - aspect ratio of video] int length - duration of resource (in frames) + + Mutable Properties + + string quality - one of "best," "fast" or anything else chooses + medium. Dependencies @@ -149,13 +213,14 @@ Producers Known Bugs - None. + DVCPRO is incorrectly identified as 16:9 aspect ratio. You must use + libdv from CVS or a post 0.101 release. - mcdv + mcdv (Proprietary) Description - Mainconcept based dv decoder for video and audio. + MainConcept based dv decoder for video and audio. Constructor Argument @@ -170,23 +235,22 @@ Producers string resource - file location double fps - output frames per second - double aspect_ratio - aspect ratio of video int length - duration of resource (in frames) Dependencies - mainconcept dv sdk and libdv. + MainConcept DV or DVCPRO SDK, libdv. "dv_sdk" installed parallel to mlt. Known Bugs - Can be problematic with some NTSC DV files? + None - mcmpeg + mcmpeg (Proprietary) Description - Mainconcept based mpeg decoder for video and audio. + MainConcept based mpeg decoder for video and audio. Constructor Argument @@ -201,12 +265,13 @@ Producers string resource - file location double fps - output frames per second - double aspect_ratio - aspect ratio of video - + double aspect_ratio - sample aspect ratio of video + int length - duration of resource (in frames) + Dependencies - mainconcept mpeg sdk. - "mpeg_sdk_demo" installed parallel to mlt. + MainConcept MPEG SDK. + "mpeg_sdk_release" installed parallel to mlt. Known Bugs @@ -222,8 +287,22 @@ Producers Constructor Argument string file - a text file containing Pango markup, see: - http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html - - requires xml-like encoding special chars: <, >, & to <, >, & + http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html + - requires xml-like encoding special chars from: + <, >, & -to- <, >, & + + Details + + Supplying a filename with extension ".txt" causes the Fezzik + producer to load with pango. If the filename begins with "+" the + pango producer interprets the filename as pango text. This is a + shortcut to embed titles in inigo commands. For westley, it is + recommended that you embed the title text in the property value. + + Pango has builtin scaling. It will rescale the originally rendered + title to whatever the consumer requests. Therefore, it will lose + its aspect ratio if so requested, and it is up to the consumer to + request a proper width and height that maintains the image aspect. Initialisation Properties @@ -232,42 +311,49 @@ Producers Mutable Properties - int video_standard - enum mlt_video_standard from mlt_frame.h - PAL = 0, NTSC = 1 - this determines proper pixel aspect ratio - string markup - a string containing Pango markup see: - http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html - - requires xml-like encoding special chars: <, >, & to <, >, & - - string fgcolour - an rgba colour specification of the text (i.e. 0xrrggbbaa) - string bgcolour - an rgba colour of the background rectangle - int align - paragraph alignment: 0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right - int pad - the number of pixels to pad the background rectangle beyond edges of text - default 0 + http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html + - requires xml-like encoding special chars from: + <, >, & -to- <, >, & + string fgcolour - an RGBA colour specification of the text + (i.e. 0xrrggbbaa) + string bgcolour - an RGBA colour of the background rectangle + string align - paragraph alignment: left, centre, right + - also, numbers 0, 1 and 2 can be used respectively. + int pad - the number of pixels to pad the background rectangle + beyond edges of text. default 0. string markup - see constructor argument - string text - non-markup text (can contain markup chars un-encoded) - string font - the default typeface to use when not using markup - default "Sans 48" + string text - non-markup string in UTF-8 encoding (can contain + markup chars un-encoded) + string font - the default typeface to use when not using markup. + default "Sans 48". FreeType2 renders at 72 dpi. + string encoding - the text encoding type of the input if not UTF-8. + - see 'iconv --list' for a list of possible inputs. Read Only Properties - string resource - the text/markup file or "pango" if no file + string resource - the text/markup file or "pango" if no file. + int real_width - the original, unscaled width of the rendered title. + int real_height - the original, unscaled height of the title. + int width - the last requested scaled image width. + int height - the last requested scaled image height. Dependencies - libpango-1.0, libpangoft2-1.0, libfreetype, libgdk_pixbuf-2.0, libglib-2.0, - libgobject-2.0, libgmodule-2.0, libfontconfig + libpango-1.0, libpangoft2-1.0, libfreetype, libgdk_pixbuf-2.0, + libglib-2.0, libgobject-2.0, libgmodule-2.0, libfontconfig. Known Bugs - no frame-alignment functionality + The foreground and background Pango markup span attributes are not + supported. + Word wrapping is not supported. pixbuf Description - A graphics overlay generator using gdk-pixbuf + A still graphics to video generator using gdk-pixbuf Constructor Argument @@ -275,10 +361,21 @@ Producers a gdk-pixbuf loader. see /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf/loaders definitely png, jpeg, tiff, pnm, and xpm - If "%" in filename, the filename is used with sprintf - generate a filename from a counter for multi-file/flipbook animation. - The file sequence ends when numeric discontinuity >100. - - If filename contains "/.all.", suffix with an extension to load - all pictures with matching extension from a directory + generate a filename from a counter for multi-file/flipbook + animation. The file sequence ends when numeric + discontinuity >100. + - If filename contains "/.all.", suffix with an extension to + load all pictures with matching extension from a directory. + - If filename contains the string "2 channels. rescale Description Scale the producer video frame size to match the consumer. + This filter is automatically invoked by Fezzik in order to normalise + sample aspect ratio. Constructor Argument interpolation - the rescaling method, one of: nearest (lowest quality, fastest), tiles, - bilinear (good quality, moderate speed), - hyper (best quality, slowest) + bilinear (default; good quality, moderate speed), + hyper (best quality, slowest). Initialisation Properties @@ -619,6 +892,45 @@ Filters none + resize + + Description + + Image scaling and padding and field order adjustment. + + Details + + Normally resize is used to pad the producer's + output to what the consumer has requested after an upstream rescale + filter first scales the image to maximise usage of the image area. + This filter also adjusts the field order to lower field first + if the frame property "top_field_first" has been set to 1. + Therefore, when done, it sets the top_field_first to 0. + This filter is automatically invoked by Fezzik as part of image + sample aspect ratio normalisation. + + Constructor Argument + + scale - "affine" to use affine transform scaling, otherwise + center and pad. + + Initialisation Properties + + int in - in point + int out - out point + + Read Only Properties + + none + + Dependencies + + none + + Known Bugs + + Assumes lower field first output. + volume Description @@ -713,49 +1025,103 @@ Transitions Description - An alpha-channel based compositor for two frames. + A key-framable alpha-channel compositor for two frames. + + Details + + Performs dissolves and luma wipes in addition to alpha compositing. + + By default, the aspect ratio of the B frame is respected and the + size portion of the geometry specification simply defines a + bounding rectangle. + + This performs field-based rendering unless the A frame property + "progressive" or "consumer_progressive" or the transition property + "progressive" is set to 1. Constructor Argument - string start - X,Y:WxH[:mix] + string start - a geometry specification as X,Y:WxH[!][:mix] + - X, Y, W, H are assumed to pixel units unless they + have the suffix '%' + - '!' is a shortcut to specify distort, see below. + - mix is always a 2 digit percentage, defaults to 100. + - default is "85%,5%:10%x10%" Initialisation Properties - string end - X,Y:WxH[:mix] + string end - the ending size and position. + string key[F] - X,Y:WxH[:mix] - set a key frame for geometry between + the in and out. F is a frame number and can be + negative to make it relative to the out point. int in - in point int out - out point + string factory - The name of a factory service used as a non-PGM + producer loader. The default is fezzik. Read Only Properties none - + + Mutable Properties + + int progressive - set to 1 to disable field-based rendering. + string distort - when set, causes the B frame image to fill the WxH + completely with no regard to B's aspect ratio. + string halign - when not distorting, set the horizontal alignment + of B within the geometry rectangle. + - one of: left (0), centre (1), or right (2). + - the default is left. + string valign - when not distorting, set the vertical alignment of + B within the geometry rectangle. + - one of: top (0), middle (1), or bottom (2). + - the default is top. + string luma - the luma map file name. If not supplied, a dissolve. + double softness - only when using a luma map, how soft to make the + edges between A and B. 0.0 = no softness. 1.0 = + too soft. + Any property starting with "luma." is passed to the non-PGM luma + producer. + Dependencies none Known Bugs - Need to add field-based rendering. + Assumes lower field first during field rendering. luma Description - A generic dissolve and wipe transition processor. It gets its name + A generic dissolve and wipe transition processor. + + Details + + luma gets its name from how it uses a grayscale "map" file. As the luma value varies over time, a threshold filter is applied to the map to determine - what parts of frame A vs. frame B to show. It only reads PGM - files, but it does handle 16 bit PGM. This performs field-based - rendering. + what parts of frame A vs. frame B to show. It reads PGM files + up to 16 bits! Alternatively, it can use the first frame from any + producer that outputs yuv, but it will be limited to the luma + gamut of 220 values. + This performs field-based rendering unless the A frame property + "progressive" or "consumer_progressive" or the transition property + "progressive" is set to 1. Constructor Argument - string resource - the luma map file name. If not supplied, a dissolve. + string resource - the luma map file name - either PGM or any other + producable video. + - If not supplied, a dissolve. Initialisation Properties int in - in point int out - out point + string factory - The name of a factory service used as a non-PGM + producer loader. The default is Fezzik. Mutable Properties @@ -763,6 +1129,9 @@ Transitions double softness - only when using a luma map, how soft to make the edges between A and B. 0.0 = no softness. 1.0 = too soft. + int reverse - reverse the direction of the transition. + Any property starting with "producer." is passed to the non-PGM luma + producer. Read Only Properties @@ -773,9 +1142,8 @@ Transitions none Known Bugs - - The luma map must be the same size as the B frame. - The PGM parser does not handle comments. + + Assumes lower field first output. mix @@ -811,11 +1179,48 @@ Transitions Known Bugs Samples from the longer of the two frames are discarded. + + + region + + Description + + Apply zero or more filters to B frame as it is composited onto + a region of the A frame. The "shape" of the region can be defined + by the alpha channel of a third producer. + + Constructor Argument + + resource - a shape producer + + Initialisation Properties + + string resource - nothing is rectangle, "circle" is a pixbuf- + generated SVG circle, anything else is loaded by the factory. + string factory - the service that creates the shape producer. + - the default is fezzik. + string filter[N] - one or more filters to apply. All filter + properties are passed using the same filter "key" + Any property starting with "composite." is passed to the + encapsulated composite transition. + + Read Only Properties + + none + + Dependencies + + transition_composite + + Known Bugs + + none + Consumers --------- - bluefish + bluefish (Proprietary) Description @@ -823,11 +1228,18 @@ Consumers Constructor Argument - string video_standard - "PAL" (default) or "NTSC" + card - a numeric card id starting at 1, default is 1. Initialisation Properties - int video_standard - 0 = PAL, 1 = NTSC + string standard - "PAL" (default) or "NTSC" + - default is based upon MLT_NORMALISATION + environment variable, which defaults to PAL. + int frames - the number of DMA video frames. default is 8. + minimum is 2. maximum on my system is 11. + int buffer - the number of frames to buffer within MLT, minimum 1, + default 25. + string rescale - a rescale method, see the Filters/rescale. Read Only Properties @@ -841,20 +1253,11 @@ Consumers Does not work with any service that uses pipes! - If mlt crashes, you must reload the BlueDriver kernel module - due to unreleased DMA buffers. + If mlt crashes, you might need to reload the BlueDriver kernel + module due to unreleased DMA buffers. - Needs an argument or property for multi-card address. + Only supports 2 channel audio at the moment. - ffmpeg - - Description - Constructor Argument - Initialisation Properties - Read Only Properties - Dependencies - Known Bugs - libdv Description @@ -863,12 +1266,29 @@ Consumers Constructor Argument - string video_standard - "PAL" (default) or "NTSC" + string target - the filename to write to, e.g. /dev/dv1394. Initialisation Properties + + int buffer - the number of frames to buffer, minimum 1, default 25. + string rescale - a rescale method, see the Filters/rescale. + + Mutable Properties + + int progressive - indicates whether to use progressive or field- + based rendering, default 0 (off). + Read Only Properties + + none + Dependencies + + libdv + Known Bugs + + none sdl @@ -880,6 +1300,12 @@ Consumers string video_standard - "PAL" (default), "NTSC", or "WxH" + Initialisation Properties + + int buffer - the number of frames to buffer, minimum 1, default 25. + string rescale - a rescale method, see the Filters/rescale. + - Hint: "none" works very good with SDL output. + Mutable Properties double volume - audio level factor @@ -887,6 +1313,8 @@ Consumers int audio_off - if 1, disable audio output int scale_overlay - if 1, resample video from source pixel aspect ratio to square pixels. + int progressive - indicates whether to use progressive or field- + based rendering, default 0 (off). Read Only Properties @@ -898,19 +1326,19 @@ Consumers Known Bugs - NTSC handling needs tightening up - sdl:NTSC is the only valid - constructor for NTSC playback at the moment. + none westley Description Serialise the service network to XML. + See docs/westley.txt for more information. Constructor Argument resource - the name of a file in which to store the XML. - stdout is used if not supplied. + - stdout is default. Initialisation Properties @@ -925,4 +1353,3 @@ Consumers Untested arbitrary nesting of multitracks and playlists. Property "id" is generated as service type followed by number if no property named "id" exists, but it fails to guarantee uniqueness. -