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@chapter Muxers
@c man begin MUXERS
-Muxers are configured elements in Libav which allow writing
+Muxers are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow writing
multimedia streams to a particular type of file.
-When you configure your Libav build, all the supported muxers
+When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported muxers
are enabled by default. You can list all available muxers using the
configure option @code{--list-muxers}.
@@ -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
-avconv -i INPUT -f crc out.crc
+ffmpeg -i INPUT -f crc out.crc
@end example
You can print the CRC to stdout with the command:
@example
-avconv -i INPUT -f crc -
+ffmpeg -i INPUT -f crc -
@end example
-You can select the output format of each frame with @command{avconv} by
+You can select the output format of each frame with @command{ffmpeg} 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
-avconv -i INPUT -c:a pcm_u8 -c:v mpeg2video -f crc -
+ffmpeg -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
-avconv -i INPUT -f framecrc out.crc
+ffmpeg -i INPUT -f framecrc out.crc
@end example
You can print the CRC of each decoded frame to stdout with the command:
@example
-avconv -i INPUT -f framecrc -
+ffmpeg -i INPUT -f framecrc -
@end example
-You can select the output format of each frame with @command{avconv} by
+You can select the output format of each frame with @command{ffmpeg} 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
-avconv -i INPUT -c:a pcm_u8 -c:v mpeg2video -f framecrc -
+ffmpeg -i INPUT -c:a pcm_u8 -c:v mpeg2video -f framecrc -
@end example
See also the @ref{crc} muxer.
@@ -120,28 +120,46 @@ 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 @command{avconv} for creating a
+The following example shows how to use @command{ffmpeg} for creating a
sequence of files @file{img-001.jpeg}, @file{img-002.jpeg}, ...,
taking one image every second from the input video:
@example
-avconv -i in.avi -vsync 1 -r 1 -f image2 'img-%03d.jpeg'
+ffmpeg -i in.avi -vsync 1 -r 1 -f image2 'img-%03d.jpeg'
@end example
-Note that with @command{avconv}, if the format is not specified with the
+Note that with @command{ffmpeg}, 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
-avconv -i in.avi -vsync 1 -r 1 'img-%03d.jpeg'
+ffmpeg -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
-avconv -i in.avi -f image2 -frames:v 1 img.jpeg
+ffmpeg -i in.avi -f image2 -frames:v 1 img.jpeg
@end example
+The image muxer supports the .Y.U.V image file format. This format is
+special in that that each image frame consists of three files, for
+each of the YUV420P components. To read or write this image file format,
+specify the name of the '.Y' file. The muxer will automatically open the
+'.U' and '.V' files as required.
+
+@section mov
+
+MOV / MP4 muxer
+
+The muxer options are:
+
+@table @option
+@item -moov_size @var{bytes}
+Reserves space for the moov atom at the beginning of the file instead of placing the
+moov atom at the end. If the space reserved is insufficient, muxing will fail.
+@end table
+
@section mpegts
MPEG transport stream muxer.
@@ -168,11 +186,11 @@ Set the first PID for data packets (default 0x0100, max 0x0f00).
The recognized metadata settings in mpegts muxer are @code{service_provider}
and @code{service_name}. If they are not set the default for
-@code{service_provider} is "Libav" and the default for
+@code{service_provider} is "FFmpeg" and the default for
@code{service_name} is "Service01".
@example
-avconv -i file.mpg -c copy \
+ffmpeg -i file.mpg -c copy \
-mpegts_original_network_id 0x1122 \
-mpegts_transport_stream_id 0x3344 \
-mpegts_service_id 0x5566 \
@@ -190,19 +208,19 @@ 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 @command{avconv} you can use the
+For example to benchmark decoding with @command{ffmpeg} you can use the
command:
@example
-avconv -benchmark -i INPUT -f null out.null
+ffmpeg -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 @command{avconv}
+file, but specifying the output file is required by the @command{ffmpeg}
syntax.
Alternatively you can write the command as:
@example
-avconv -benchmark -i INPUT -f null -
+ffmpeg -benchmark -i INPUT -f null -
@end example
@section matroska
@@ -227,7 +245,7 @@ Specifies the language of the track in the Matroska languages form
@table @option
-@item STEREO_MODE=@var{mode}
+@item stereo_mode=@var{mode}
Stereo 3D video layout of two views in a single video track
@table @option
@item mono
@@ -265,7 +283,7 @@ 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
-avconv -i sample_left_right_clip.mpg -an -c:v libvpx -metadata STEREO_MODE=left_right -y stereo_clip.webm
+ffmpeg -i sample_left_right_clip.mpg -an -c:v libvpx -metadata stereo_mode=left_right -y stereo_clip.webm
@end example
@section segment
@@ -295,7 +313,7 @@ Overwrite the listfile once it reaches @var{size} entries.
@end table
@example
-avconv -i in.mkv -c copy -map 0 -f segment -list out.list out%03d.nut
+ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c copy -map 0 -f segment -list out.list out%03d.nut
@end example