Commit d5837d7f authored by Luca Barbato's avatar Luca Barbato

doc: update documentation to use avconv

parent ca410b4e
......@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ debug mode or a NoDaemon option is specified in the configuration
file.
This documentation covers only the streaming aspects of avserver /
ffmpeg. All questions about parameters for ffmpeg, codec questions,
etc. are not covered here. Read @file{ffmpeg-doc.html} for more
avconv. All questions about parameters for avconv, codec questions,
etc. are not covered here. Read @file{avconv.html} for more
information.
@section How does it work?
avserver receives prerecorded files or FFM streams from some ffmpeg
avserver receives prerecorded files or FFM streams from some avconv
instance as input, then streams them over RTP/RTSP/HTTP.
An avserver instance will listen on some port as specified in the
configuration file. You can launch one or more instances of ffmpeg and
configuration file. You can launch one or more instances of avconv and
send one or more FFM streams to the port where avserver is expecting
to receive them. Alternately, you can make avserver launch such ffmpeg
to receive them. Alternately, you can make avserver launch such avconv
instances at startup.
Input streams are called feeds, and each one is specified by a <Feed>
......@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ LAME is important as it allows for streaming audio to Windows Media Player.
Don't ask why the other audio types do not work.
As a simple test, just run the following two command lines where INPUTFILE
is some file which you can decode with ffmpeg:
is some file which you can decode with avconv:
@example
./avserver -f doc/avserver.conf &
./ffmpeg -i INPUTFILE http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
./avconv -i INPUTFILE http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
@end example
At this point you should be able to go to your Windows machine and fire up
......@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The same is true of AVI files.
@section What happens next?
You should edit the avserver.conf file to suit your needs (in terms of
frame rates etc). Then install avserver and ffmpeg, write a script to start
frame rates etc). Then install avserver and avconv, write a script to start
them up, and off you go.
@section Troubleshooting
......@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ them up, and off you go.
@subsection I don't hear any audio, but video is fine.
Maybe you didn't install LAME, or got your ./configure statement wrong. Check
the ffmpeg output to see if a line referring to MP3 is present. If not, then
the avconv output to see if a line referring to MP3 is present. If not, then
your configuration was incorrect. If it is, then maybe your wiring is not
set up correctly. Maybe the sound card is not getting data from the right
input source. Maybe you have a really awful audio interface (like I do)
that only captures in stereo and also requires that one channel be flipped.
If you are one of these people, then export 'AUDIO_FLIP_LEFT=1' before
starting ffmpeg.
starting avconv.
@subsection The audio and video loose sync after a while.
......@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Use @file{configfile} instead of @file{/etc/avserver.conf}.
@item -n
Enable no-launch mode. This option disables all the Launch directives
within the various <Stream> sections. Since avserver will not launch
any ffmpeg instances, you will have to launch them manually.
any avconv instances, you will have to launch them manually.
@item -d
Enable debug mode. This option increases log verbosity, directs log
messages to stdout and causes avserver to run in the foreground
......@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ rather than as a daemon.
@c man begin SEEALSO
avconv(1), avplay(1), avprobe(1), the @file{ffmpeg/doc/avserver.conf}
avconv(1), avplay(1), avprobe(1), the @file{avserver.conf}
example and the Libav HTML documentation
@c man end
......
......@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ libavcodec libraries. To see the list of available AVOptions, use the
@option{-help} option. They are separated into two categories:
@table @option
@item generic
These options can be set for any container, codec or device. Generic options are
listed under AVFormatContext options for containers/devices and under
These options can be set for any container, codec or device. Generic options
are listed under AVFormatContext options for containers/devices and under
AVCodecContext options for codecs.
@item private
These options are specific to the given container, device or codec. Private
......@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ For example to write an ID3v2.3 header instead of a default ID3v2.4 to
an MP3 file, use the @option{id3v2_version} private option of the MP3
muxer:
@example
ffmpeg -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3
avconv -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3
@end example
All codec AVOptions are obviously per-stream, so the chapter on stream
specifiers applies to them
Note -nooption syntax cannot be used for boolean AVOptions, use -option
0/-option 1.
Note @option{-nooption} syntax cannot be used for boolean AVOptions,
use @option{-option 0}/@option{-option 1}.
Note2 old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by prepending
v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be removed soon.
......@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ JPEG image. The individual frames can be extracted without loss,
e.g. by
@example
ffmpeg -i ../some_mjpeg.avi -vcodec copy frames_%d.jpg
avconv -i ../some_mjpeg.avi -c:v copy frames_%d.jpg
@end example
Unfortunately, these chunks are incomplete JPEG images, because
......@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ stream (carrying the AVI1 header ID and lacking a DHT segment) to
produce fully qualified JPEG images.
@example
ffmpeg -i mjpeg-movie.avi -vcodec copy -vbsf mjpeg2jpeg frame_%d.jpg
avconv -i mjpeg-movie.avi -c:v copy -vbsf mjpeg2jpeg frame_%d.jpg
exiftran -i -9 frame*.jpg
ffmpeg -i frame_%d.jpg -vcodec copy rotated.avi
avconv -i frame_%d.jpg -c:v copy rotated.avi
@end example
@section mjpega_dump_header
......
......@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ specify card number or identifier, device number and subdevice number
To see the list of cards currently recognized by your system check the
files @file{/proc/asound/cards} and @file{/proc/asound/devices}.
For example to capture with @file{ffmpeg} from an ALSA device with
For example to capture with @command{avconv} from an ALSA device with
card id 0, you may run the command:
@example
ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:0 alsaout.wav
avconv -f alsa -i hw:0 alsaout.wav
@end example
For more information see:
......@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ For more detailed information read the file
Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt included in the Linux source tree.
To record from the framebuffer device @file{/dev/fb0} with
@file{ffmpeg}:
@command{avconv}:
@example
ffmpeg -f fbdev -r 10 -i /dev/fb0 out.avi
avconv -f fbdev -r 10 -i /dev/fb0 out.avi
@end example
You can take a single screenshot image with the command:
@example
ffmpeg -f fbdev -vframes 1 -r 1 -i /dev/fb0 screenshot.jpeg
avconv -f fbdev -frames:v 1 -r 1 -i /dev/fb0 screenshot.jpeg
@end example
See also @url{http://linux-fbdev.sourceforge.net/}, and fbset(1).
......@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ To list the JACK clients and their properties you can invoke the command
@file{jack_lsp}.
Follows an example which shows how to capture a JACK readable client
with @file{ffmpeg}.
with @command{avconv}.
@example
# Create a JACK writable client with name "ffmpeg".
$ ffmpeg -f jack -i ffmpeg -y out.wav
# Create a JACK writable client with name "libav".
$ avconv -f jack -i libav -y out.wav
# Start the sample jack_metro readable client.
$ jack_metro -b 120 -d 0.2 -f 4000
......@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1
system:playback_2
ffmpeg:input_1
libav:input_1
metro:120_bpm
# Connect metro to the ffmpeg writable client.
$ jack_connect metro:120_bpm ffmpeg:input_1
# Connect metro to the avconv writable client.
$ jack_connect metro:120_bpm libav:input_1
@end example
For more information read:
......@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ The filename to provide to the input device is the device node
representing the OSS input device, and is usually set to
@file{/dev/dsp}.
For example to grab from @file{/dev/dsp} using @file{ffmpeg} use the
For example to grab from @file{/dev/dsp} using @command{avconv} use the
command:
@example
ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp /tmp/oss.wav
avconv -f oss -i /dev/dsp /tmp/oss.wav
@end example
For more information about OSS see:
......@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ The filename to provide to the input device is the device node
representing the sndio input device, and is usually set to
@file{/dev/audio0}.
For example to grab from @file{/dev/audio0} using @file{ffmpeg} use the
For example to grab from @file{/dev/audio0} using @command{avconv} use the
command:
@example
ffmpeg -f sndio -i /dev/audio0 /tmp/oss.wav
avconv -f sndio -i /dev/audio0 /tmp/oss.wav
@end example
@section video4linux and video4linux2
......@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ avplay -f video4linux2 /dev/video0
# Grab and record the input of a video4linux2 device, autoadjust size,
# frame rate value defaults to 0/0 so it is read from the video4linux2
# driver.
ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 out.mpeg
avconv -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 out.mpeg
@end example
@section vfwcap
......@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@ Check the X11 documentation (e.g. man X) for more detailed information.
Use the @file{dpyinfo} program for getting basic information about the
properties of your X11 display (e.g. grep for "name" or "dimensions").
For example to grab from @file{:0.0} using @file{ffmpeg}:
For example to grab from @file{:0.0} using @command{avconv}:
@example
ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
# Grab at position 10,20.
ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg
@end example
@subsection @var{follow_mouse} AVOption
......@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ zero) to the edge of region.
For example:
@example
ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
# Follows only when the mouse pointer reaches within 100 pixels to edge
ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse 100 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -follow_mouse 100 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
@end example
@subsection @var{show_region} AVOption
......@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ being grabbed if only a portion of the screen is grabbed.
For example:
@example
ffmpeg -f x11grab -show_region 1 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -show_region 1 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg
# With follow_mouse
ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -show_region 1 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -show_region 1 -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 out.mpg
@end example
@c man end INPUT DEVICES
......@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ CRC=0x@var{CRC}, where @var{CRC} is a hexadecimal number 0-padded to
For example to compute the CRC of the input, and store it in the file
@file{out.crc}:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -f crc out.crc
avconv -i INPUT -f crc out.crc
@end example
You can print the CRC to stdout with the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -f crc -
avconv -i INPUT -f crc -
@end example
You can select the output format of each frame with @file{ffmpeg} by
You can select the output format of each frame with @command{avconv} by
specifying the audio and video codec and format. For example to
compute the CRC of the input audio converted to PCM unsigned 8-bit
and the input video converted to MPEG-2 video, use the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -acodec pcm_u8 -vcodec mpeg2video -f crc -
avconv -i INPUT -c:a pcm_u8 -c:v mpeg2video -f crc -
@end example
See also the @ref{framecrc} muxer.
......@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ number 0-padded to 8 digits containing the CRC of the decoded frame.
For example to compute the CRC of each decoded frame in the input, and
store it in the file @file{out.crc}:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -f framecrc out.crc
avconv -i INPUT -f framecrc out.crc
@end example
You can print the CRC of each decoded frame to stdout with the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -f framecrc -
avconv -i INPUT -f framecrc -
@end example
You can select the output format of each frame with @file{ffmpeg} by
You can select the output format of each frame with @command{avconv} by
specifying the audio and video codec and format. For example, to
compute the CRC of each decoded input audio frame converted to PCM
unsigned 8-bit and of each decoded input video frame converted to
MPEG-2 video, use the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -acodec pcm_u8 -vcodec mpeg2video -f framecrc -
avconv -i INPUT -c:a pcm_u8 -c:v mpeg2video -f framecrc -
@end example
See also the @ref{crc} muxer.
......@@ -119,26 +119,26 @@ The pattern "img%%-%d.jpg" will specify a sequence of filenames of the
form @file{img%-1.jpg}, @file{img%-2.jpg}, ..., @file{img%-10.jpg},
etc.
The following example shows how to use @file{ffmpeg} for creating a
The following example shows how to use @command{avconv} for creating a
sequence of files @file{img-001.jpeg}, @file{img-002.jpeg}, ...,
taking one image every second from the input video:
@example
ffmpeg -i in.avi -r 1 -f image2 'img-%03d.jpeg'
avconv -i in.avi -vsync 1 -r 1 -f image2 'img-%03d.jpeg'
@end example
Note that with @file{ffmpeg}, if the format is not specified with the
Note that with @command{avconv}, if the format is not specified with the
@code{-f} option and the output filename specifies an image file
format, the image2 muxer is automatically selected, so the previous
command can be written as:
@example
ffmpeg -i in.avi -r 1 'img-%03d.jpeg'
avconv -i in.avi -vsync 1 -r 1 'img-%03d.jpeg'
@end example
Note also that the pattern must not necessarily contain "%d" or
"%0@var{N}d", for example to create a single image file
@file{img.jpeg} from the input video you can employ the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i in.avi -f image2 -vframes 1 img.jpeg
avconv -i in.avi -f image2 -frames:v 1 img.jpeg
@end example
@section mpegts
......@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ and @code{service_name}. If they are not set the default for
@code{service_name} is "Service01".
@example
ffmpeg -i file.mpg -acodec copy -vcodec copy \
avconv -i file.mpg -c copy \
-mpegts_original_network_id 0x1122 \
-mpegts_transport_stream_id 0x3344 \
-mpegts_service_id 0x5566 \
......@@ -189,19 +189,19 @@ Null muxer.
This muxer does not generate any output file, it is mainly useful for
testing or benchmarking purposes.
For example to benchmark decoding with @file{ffmpeg} you can use the
For example to benchmark decoding with @command{avconv} you can use the
command:
@example
ffmpeg -benchmark -i INPUT -f null out.null
avconv -benchmark -i INPUT -f null out.null
@end example
Note that the above command does not read or write the @file{out.null}
file, but specifying the output file is required by the @file{ffmpeg}
file, but specifying the output file is required by the @command{avconv}
syntax.
Alternatively you can write the command as:
@example
ffmpeg -benchmark -i INPUT -f null -
avconv -benchmark -i INPUT -f null -
@end example
@section matroska
......@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Both eyes laced in one Block, Right-eye view is first
For example a 3D WebM clip can be created using the following command line:
@example
ffmpeg -i sample_left_right_clip.mpg -an -vcodec libvpx -metadata STEREO_MODE=left_right -y stereo_clip.webm
avconv -i sample_left_right_clip.mpg -an -c:v libvpx -metadata STEREO_MODE=left_right -y stereo_clip.webm
@end example
@c man end MUXERS
......@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ File access protocol.
Allow to read from or read to a file.
For example to read from a file @file{input.mpeg} with @file{ffmpeg}
For example to read from a file @file{input.mpeg} with @command{avconv}
use the command:
@example
ffmpeg -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg
avconv -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg
@end example
The ff* tools default to the file protocol, that is a resource
......@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ be used to test muxers without writing an actual file.
Some examples follow.
@example
# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to the file output.avi.md5.
ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:output.avi.md5
avconv -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:output.avi.md5
# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to stdout.
ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:
avconv -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:
@end example
Note that some formats (typically MOV) require the output protocol to
......@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ pipe (e.g. 0 for stdin, 1 for stdout, 2 for stderr). If @var{number}
is not specified, by default the stdout file descriptor will be used
for writing, stdin for reading.
For example to read from stdin with @file{ffmpeg}:
For example to read from stdin with @command{avconv}:
@example
cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:0
cat test.wav | avconv -i pipe:0
# ...this is the same as...
cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:
cat test.wav | avconv -i pipe:
@end example
For writing to stdout with @file{ffmpeg}:
For writing to stdout with @command{avconv}:
@example
ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi
avconv -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi
# ...this is the same as...
ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi
avconv -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi
@end example
Note that some formats (typically MOV), require the output protocol to
......@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ meaning as specified for the RTMP native protocol.
See the librtmp manual page (man 3 librtmp) for more information.
For example, to stream a file in real-time to an RTMP server using
@file{ffmpeg}:
@command{avconv}:
@example
ffmpeg -re -i myfile -f flv rtmp://myserver/live/mystream
avconv -re -i myfile -f flv rtmp://myserver/live/mystream
@end example
To play the same stream using @file{avplay}:
......@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ The required syntax for a RTSP url is:
rtsp://@var{hostname}[:@var{port}]/@var{path}
@end example
The following options (set on the @file{avconv}/@file{avplay} command
The following options (set on the @command{avconv}/@file{avplay} command
line, or set in code via @code{AVOption}s or in @code{avformat_open_input}),
are supported:
......@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ avplay -rtsp_transport http rtsp://server/video.mp4
To send a stream in realtime to a RTSP server, for others to watch:
@example
ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f rtsp -muxdelay 0.1 rtsp://server/live.sdp
avconv -re -i @var{input} -f rtsp -muxdelay 0.1 rtsp://server/live.sdp
@end example
@section sap
......@@ -362,19 +362,19 @@ Example command lines follow.
To broadcast a stream on the local subnet, for watching in VLC:
@example
ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255?same_port=1
avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255?same_port=1
@end example
Similarly, for watching in avplay:
@example
ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255
avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255
@end example
And for watching in avplay, over IPv6:
@example
ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://[ff0e::1:2:3:4]
avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://[ff0e::1:2:3:4]
@end example
@subsection Demuxer
......@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}[?@var{options}]
Listen for an incoming connection
@example
ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f @var{format} tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?listen
avconv -i @var{input} -f @var{format} tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?listen
avplay tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
@end example
......@@ -472,21 +472,21 @@ For receiving, this gives the benefit of only receiving packets from
the specified peer address/port.
@end table
Some usage examples of the udp protocol with @file{ffmpeg} follow.
Some usage examples of the udp protocol with @command{avconv} follow.
To stream over UDP to a remote endpoint:
@example
ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f @var{format} udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
avconv -i @var{input} -f @var{format} udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
@end example
To stream in mpegts format over UDP using 188 sized UDP packets, using a large input buffer:
@example
ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f mpegts udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?pkt_size=188&buffer_size=65535
avconv -i @var{input} -f mpegts udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?pkt_size=188&buffer_size=65535
@end example
To receive over UDP from a remote endpoint:
@example
ffmpeg -i udp://[@var{multicast-address}]:@var{port}
avconv -i udp://[@var{multicast-address}]:@var{port}
@end example
@c man end PROTOCOLS
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