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Re: Update multimedia chapter
sorry, i missed the attachment.
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La prueba más fehaciente de que existe vida inteligente en otros
planetas, es que no han intentado contactar con nosotros.
Index: chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /dcvs/doc/en/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 12 Jul 2006 04:01:00 -0000 1.7
+++ chapter.sgml 9 Aug 2006 18:40:21 -0000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
to enjoy high fidelity output from your computer. This includes
the ability to record and playback audio in the MPEG Audio Layer
3 (MP3), WAV, and Ogg Vorbis formats as well as many other
- formats. The &pkgsrc; collection also contain applications
+ formats. The &pkgsrc; framework also contain applications
allowing you to edit your recorded audio, add sound effects, and
control attached MIDI devices.</para>
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
to encode, convert, and playback various video media is more
limited than the number of sound applications. For example as
of this writing, there is no good re-encoding application in the
- FreeBSD Ports Collection, which could be use to convert
+ pkgsrc framework, which could be use to convert
between formats, as there is with <filename
role="package">audio/sox</filename>. However, the software
landscape in this area is changing rapidly.</para>
<!-- todo: reed: is the above "no good re-encoding" true? -->
+ <!-- I don't think so, you can reeconde with mencoder, but it -->
+ <!-- may not be 'user friendly' -->
<para>This chapter will describe the necessary steps to configure
your sound card. The configuration and installation of X11
@@ -393,8 +395,7 @@
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0c play 1</userinput></screen>
<para>Various applications, such as <filename
- role="package">audio/workman</filename> offer a better
- <!-- todo: reed: not in pkgsrc -->
+ role="package">audio/xmms</filename> offer a better
interface. You may want to install an application such as
<filename role="package">audio/mpg123</filename> to listen to
MP3 audio files.</para>
@@ -494,11 +495,11 @@
virtual channels any devices which are attached later will be
given.</para>
- <para>If you are not using &man.devfs.5;, you will have to point
- your applications at <devicename>/dev/dsp0</devicename>.<replaceable>x</replaceable>, where
+ <para>As &os; doesn't support devfs you will have to point
+ your applications at
+ <devicename>/dev/dsp0</devicename>.<replaceable>x</replaceable>, where
<replaceable>x</replaceable> is 0 to 3 if <varname>hw.snd.pcm.0.vchans</varname> is set
- to 4 as in the above example. On a system using &man.devfs.5;, the above will automatically be
- allocated transparently to the user.</para>
+ to 4 as in the above example.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -533,8 +534,7 @@
support.</para>
<para><application>XMMS</application> can be installed from the
- <filename role="package">multimedia/xmms</filename> port or package.</para>
- <!-- todo: reed: under audio category for pkgsrc -->
+ <filename role="package">audio/xmms</filename> port or package.</para>
<para><application>XMMS'</application> interface is intuitive,
with a playlist, graphic equalizer, and more. Those familiar
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@
the <filename role="package">sysutils/cdrtools</filename>
suite, is used for ripping audio information from CDs and the
information associated with them.</para>
- <!-- todo: reed: pkgsrc is still called sysutils/cdrecord -->
<para>With the audio CD in the drive, the following command can
be issued (as <username>root</username>) to rip an entire CD
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@
<para>Nowadays, the mp3 encoder of choice is
<application>lame</application>.
<application>Lame</application> can be found at
- <filename role="package">audio/lame</filename> in the pkgsrc and ports trees.</para>
+ <filename role="package">audio/lame</filename> in the pkgsrc tree.</para>
<para>Using the ripped WAV files, the following command will
convert <filename>audio01.wav</filename> to
@@ -972,7 +971,8 @@
low-level abstraction to the hardware which can sometimes be
more efficient than the X11 interface.</para>
- <para>The SDL can be found at <filename role="package">devel/sdl12</filename> (or <filename role="package">pkgsrc/devel/SDL2</filename>).</para>
+ <para>The SDL can be found at
+ <filename role="package">devel/SDL</filename>.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@
<indexterm><primary>video packages</primary></indexterm>
<para>This section discusses the software available from the
- &pkgsrc; collection which can be used for video playback.
+ &pkgsrc; framework which can be used for video playback.
Video playback is a very active area of software development,
and the capabilities of various applications are bound to
diverge somewhat from the descriptions given here.</para>
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Software not yet in the &pkgsrc; collection
+ <para>Software not yet in the &pkgsrc; framework
which is commonly used in conjunction with the application.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1105,41 +1105,73 @@
binary which will not be portable from one system to
another. Therefore, it is important to build it from
ports and not to use a binary package. Additionally, a
- number of options can be specified in the <command>make</command>
- command line, as described at the start of the build.</para>
- <!-- todo: reed: mention pkgsrc here too -->
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make</userinput>
-You can enable additional compilation optimizations
-by defining WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS
-You can enable GTK GUI by defining WITH_GUI.
-You can enable DVD support by defining WITH_DVD.
-You can enable SVGALIB support by defining WITH_SVGALIB.
-You can enable VORBIS sound support by defining WITH_VORBIS.
-You can enable XAnim DLL support by defining WITH_XANIM.
+ number of options can be specified in the <command>bmake</command>
+ command line, as described in the
+ <command>bmake show-options</command>.</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/pkgsrc/multimedia/mplayer</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bmake show-options</userinput>
+Any of the following general options may be selected:
+ aalib Enable aalib support.
+ arts Use the aRts audio daemon.
+ dts Enable DTS Coherent Acoustics support.
+ dv Enable usage of the libdv library.
+ dvdread Enable reproduction of DVDs.
+ esound Enable support for the Enlightment Sound Daemon.
+ ggi Enable GGI support.
+ gif Enable GIF support.
+ jpeg Enable JPEG support.
+ mad Enable usage of the mad library to play MP3 files.
+ mplayer-menu Enable support for user-defined menus.
+ mplayer-real Enable usage of Real codecs.
+ mplayer-runtime-cpudetection Enable CPU detection at run time.
+ mplayer-win32 Enable usage of Win32 DLLs (codecs).
+ nas Enable usage of the Network Audio System.
+ oss Enable support for the Open Sound System audio library.
+ png Enable PNG support.
+ sdl Use SDL as display library.
+ theora Use the theora codecs.
+ vorbis Enable Ogg Vorbis support.
+ xvid Enable usage of XVid codecs.
+At most one of the following faadgroup options may be selected:
+ faad Enable AAC decoding support using faad2.
+ mplayer-internal-faad
+
+These options are enabled by default:
+ aalib arts dv dvdread esound faad gif jpeg
+ mad mplayer-menu mplayer-real mplayer-runtime-cpudetection
+ mplayer-win32 nas oss png sdl theora vorbis
+ xvid
+
+These options are currently enabled:
+ aalib arts dv dvdread esound faad gif jpeg
+ mad mplayer-menu mplayer-real mplayer-runtime-cpudetection
+ mplayer-win32 nas oss png sdl theora vorbis
+ xvid
+
+You can select which build options to use by setting PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+or PKG_OPTIONS.mplayer.
</screen>
- <!-- todo: reed: this is ports specific, could add pkgsrc notes -->
<para>If you have <filename
- role="package">x11-toolkits/gtk12</filename> installed, then
+ role="package">x11/gtk</filename> installed, then
you might as well enable the GUI. Otherwise, it is not
- worth the effort. If you intend to play (possibly CSS
- encoded) DVD's with <application>MPlayer</application> you must enable the DVD support
- option here <footnote><para>Unauthorized DVD playback is a
+ worth the effort. If it is illegal to play (possibly CSS
+ encoded) DVD's with <application>MPlayer</application> on your
+ country you must disable the DVD support
+ option<footnote><para>Unauthorized DVD playback is a
serious criminal act in some countries. Check local laws
- before enabling this option.</para> </footnote>. Some
- reasonable options are:</para>
+ before enabling this option.</para> </footnote>. Otherwise
+ the defaults are ok:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make WITH_DVD=yes WITH_SVGALIB=yes</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bmake</userinput></screen>
<para>As of this writing, the <application>MPlayer</application> port will build its HTML
documentation and one executable,
- <command>mplayer</command>. It can also be made to build an
+ <command>mplayer</command>. By default it builds an
encoder, <command>mencoder</command>, which is a tool for
re-encoding video. A modification to the
- <filename>Makefile</filename> can enable it. It may be
- enabled by default in subsequent versions of the port.</para>
+ <filename>Makefile</filename> can disable it.</para>
<para>The HTML documentation for <application>MPlayer</application> is very informative.
If the reader finds the information on video hardware and
@@ -1156,13 +1188,16 @@
<indexterm><primary>MPlayer</primary>
<secondary>use</secondary></indexterm>
- <para>Any user of <application>MPlayer</application> must set up a
- <filename>.mplayer</filename> subdirectory of her
- home directory. To create this necessary subdirectory,
- you can type the following:</para>
+<!-- I'm sure that this must be wrong, but i don't know how to install -->
+<!-- the user dir on DragonFly. Maybe copying from some examples dir? -->
+
+<!-- <para>Any user of <application>MPlayer</application> must set up a -->
+<!-- <filename>.mplayer</filename> subdirectory of her -->
+<!-- home directory. To create this necessary subdirectory, -->
+<!-- you can type the following:</para> -->
-<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer</userinput>
-&prompt.user; <userinput>make install-user</userinput></screen>
+<!-- <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer</userinput> -->
+<!-- &prompt.user; <userinput>make install-user</userinput></screen> -->
<para>The command options for <command>mplayer</command> are
listed in the manual page. For even more detail there is HTML
@@ -1227,7 +1262,7 @@
<primary>mencoder</primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>If you opt to install <command>mencoder</command> when
+ <para>If you installed <command>mencoder</command> when
you build <application>MPlayer</application>, be forewarned
that it is still an experimental component. Before using
<command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
@@ -1273,7 +1308,7 @@
all in one video solution, but also in producing a reusable base
library and a modular executable which can be extended with
plugins. It comes both as a package and as a port, <filename
- role="package">multimedia/xine</filename>.</para>
+ role="package">multimedia/xine-ui</filename>.</para>
<para>The <application>xine</application> player
is still very rough around the edges, but it is clearly off to a
@@ -1284,8 +1319,8 @@
<para>As of this writing, there is no input module shipped with
<application>xine</application> which will play CSS encoded DVD's. There are third party
builds which do have modules for this built in them, but none
- of these are in the FreeBSD Ports Collection.</para>
- <!-- todo: reed: what about pkgsrc? -->
+ of these are in the pkgsrc framework.</para>
+ <!-- i don't think that this still applies... -->
<para>Compared to <application>MPlayer</application>, <application>xine</application> does more for the user, but at the
same time, takes some of the more fine-grained control away from
@@ -1315,20 +1350,21 @@
interfaces.</para>
<para>Like <application>MPlayer</application>, <application>transcode</application> is very experimental software which
- must be build from ports or &pkgsrc; at <filename
- role="package">multimedia/transcode</filename>. Using a great
- many options to the <command>make</command> command. I
- recommend:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make WITH_LIBMPEG2=yes</userinput></screen>
-
- <!-- todo: reed: ports specific, add pkgsrc notes? -->
- <para>If you plan to install <filename
- role="package">multimedia/avifile</filename>, then add the
- <literal>WITH_AVIFILE</literal> option to your
- <command>make</command> command line, as shown here:</para>
+ must be build from &pkgsrc; at <filename
+ role="package">multimedia/transcode</filename>. You can
+ see all the available options with the
+ <command>bmake show-options</command> command. I
+ recommend the default ones.</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>bmake</userinput></screen>
+
+<!-- seems that pkgsrc doesn't have a flavor/option for this -->
+<!-- <para>If you plan to install <filename -->
+<!-- role="package">multimedia/avifile</filename>, then add the -->
+<!-- <literal>WITH_AVIFILE</literal> option to your -->
+<!-- <command>make</command> command line, as shown here:</para> -->
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make WITH_AVIFILE=yes WITH_LIBMPEG2=yes</userinput></screen>
+<!-- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make WITH_AVIFILE=yes WITH_LIBMPEG2=yes</userinput></screen> -->
<para>Here are two examples of using <command>transcode</command>
for video conversion which produce rescaled output. The first
@@ -1394,8 +1430,9 @@
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/";>Avifile</ulink> which
- is also a port <filename
- role='package'>multimedia/avifile</filename>.</para>
+ is not yet in the official pkgsrc framework, but you can
+ find it on <ulink
+ url="http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/";>pkgsrc-wip</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
<!-- todo: reed: in pkgsrc-wip currently -->
@@ -1531,24 +1568,22 @@
<application>fxtv</application>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><filename role="package">misc/alevt</filename>
- (or <filename role="package">pkgsrc/multimedia/alevt</filename>) decodes
- and displays Videotext/Teletext.</para>
+ <para><filename role="package">multimedia/alevt</filename>
+ decodes and displays Videotext/Teletext.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">audio/xmradio</filename>, an
application to use the FM radio tuner coming with some
TV cards.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><filename role="package">audio/wmtune</filename>, a handy
- desktop application for radio tuners.</para>
+<!-- <listitem> -->
+<!-- <para><filename role="package">audio/wmtune</filename>, a handy -->
+<!-- desktop application for radio tuners.</para> -->
<!-- todo: reed: not in pkgsrc? -->
- </listitem>
+<!-- </listitem> -->
</itemizedlist>
- <para>More applications are available in the &pkgsrc; and FreeBSD Ports
- collections.</para>
+ <para>More applications are available in the &pkgsrc; framework.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -1559,7 +1594,7 @@
really supported by the &man.bktr.4; driver and if you used the right
configuration options. For more support and various questions
about your TV card you may want to contact and use the
- archives of the &a.freebsd.multimedia.name; mailing list.</para>
+ archives of the &a.users;.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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