libquicktime-1.2.4

Introduction to libquicktime

The libquicktime package contains the libquicktime library, various plugins and codecs, along with graphical and command line utilities used for encoding and decoding QuickTime files. This is useful for reading and writing files in the QuickTime format. The goal of the project is to enhance, while providing compatibility with the Quicktime 4 Linux library.

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Package Information

libquicktime Dependencies

Optional

alsa-lib-1.2.10, Doxygen-1.9.8, FAAC-1_30, FAAD2-2.11.1, GTK+-2.24.33, LAME-3.100, libdv-1.0.0, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libpng-1.6.40, libvorbis-1.3.7, x264-20230215, Xorg Libraries, and Schroedinger

Installation of libquicktime

Install libquicktime by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --enable-gpl      \
            --without-doxygen \
            --without-ffmpeg  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install &&

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4 &&
install -v -m644    README doc/{*.txt,*.html,mainpage.incl} \
                    /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4

Command Explanations

--enable-gpl: Changes the licence to GPL. This enables some extra plugins, such as FAAC, FAAD2, and x264.

--without-doxygen: This is necessary if you do not have Doxygen, omit this if it is installed and you wish the API documentation installed.

--without-ffmpeg: This switch disables ffmpeg support because it is incompatible with ffmpeg-5.

--with-libdv: Build with libdv support. Not enabled by default.

Contents

Installed Programs: libquicktime_config, lqtplay, lqtremux, lqt_transcode, qt2text, qtdechunk, qtdump, qtinfo, qtrechunk, qtstreamize, and qtyuv4toyuv
Installed Libraries: libquicktime.so and several plugin codec libraries
Installed Directories: /usr/include/lqt, /usr/lib/libquicktime, and /usr/share/doc/libquicktime-1.2.4

Short Descriptions

libquicktime_config

is a graphical front end to examine and configure the available libquicktime audio and video codecs

lqtplay

is a simple QuickTime movie player for X Window System

lqt_transcode

is a command-line program used to encode video and/or audio files from one format to another

qt2text

is used to dump all text strings from a quicktime file

qtdechunk

can take movies containing rgb frames and write them out as ppm images

qtdump

displays the parsed contents of the provided file

qtinfo

prints various pieces of metadata parsed by the libquicktime library for the provided file

qtrechunk

concatenates input frames into a QuickTime movie

qtstreamize

is used to make a file streamable by placing the moov header at the beginning of the file

qtyuv4toyuv

is used to write a YUV4 encoded movie as a planar YUV 4:2:0 file

libquicktime.so

is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files. It provides convenient access to QuickTime files with a variety of supported codecs. The library contains new functions integrated with all the original QuickTime 4 Linux library functions used to encode and decode QuickTime files