				OQTEncoder



What is it ???
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This program is just here to show how simple it is to realize an encoder using OpenQuicktime... 
It is simple, new and doesn't have a lot of functionality but it shoud soon be better and it's already usable ;) 


How Does it work ???
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Just launch it without options and it will explain you how to use it ;).
Here follows a simple example to encode any mpeg file using the great program mpeg2dec from Aaron Holzman:

 	mpeg2dec -s -o pgmpipe test.mpg  | oqtencoder -V jpeg test.mov

Easy, isn't it ? 
To be more precise, for the moment OQTEncoder is reading pgm frame on stdin (in YUV420Packed format).

Beware, OQTEncoder use only the video codecs supported by the OpenQuicktime library for the moment, only PHOTO_JPEG 
(-V jpeg) is included. But stay tuned cause a lot more should be available ... Of course, you can also found on 
www.3ivx.com free and commercial versions of the 3ivx codec (-V 3IV1).


Still to do
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 - add audio encoding and audio/video muxing.
 - add lot's of other sources (AVI files, V4L, ...)
 - add a graphical user interface.


License
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As the OpenQuicktime project, this project is placed under GNU Lesser
Gnu General Public License.


Yann.