NAME

       encodedv - encode a series of images to a digital video stream

SYNOPSIS

       encodedv [ options ] video_pattern [ audio_input ]

DESCRIPTION

       encodedv  takes  a  series  of images in PPM/PGM/video format and optionally an audio stream and compiles
       them into a DV-encoded video stream. pattern specifies where the input data is located and may be  either
       -  for  stdin,  or  a  printf-style pattern taking one numeric argument that gets replaced by the current
       frame number.  Like image%03d.ppm, which gets expanded to image000.ppm, image001.ppm, etc.

       --version
              show encodedv version number.

       -s, --start-frame=count
              start encoding at frame number count (defaults to 0).

       -e, --end-frame=count
              end encoding at frame number count (defaults to unlimited).

       -l, --wrong-interlace
              flip lines to compensate for wrong interlacing in the input data. Happened with mpeg2dec generated
              data.

       -p, --vlc-passes
              vlc code distribution passes (1-3) greater values = better  quality  but  not  necessarily  slower
              encoding! This defaults for best quality = 3.

       -v, --verbose
              show encoder statistics / status information

       -i, --input=filter-name
              Choose  input-filter: [>ppm<, pgm, video] The ppm-filter only supports raw rgb ppm files.  The pgm
              file format is the one generated by mpeg2dec of the livid project. ( http://linuxvideo.org )  This
              means:  Y-data  appended  by U and V data which are scaled down by 2 and placed side by side. This
              option defaults to PPM. Some things you want to keep in mind:

              1) If you want to stream video frames (using video_pattern = "-") you have to make sure that there
              is no trailing garbage at the end of the pictures. This is  ignored  by  most  image  manipulation
              programs!

              2)  If  you  are  one  of  the poor persons with a buggy PCI bus-mastering board be sure to have a
              backup handy if you want to use video support. Some versions of the VIA board chipsets crash  your
              machine and even your harddisk. Since encodedv uses full resolution capturing it is more likely to
              trigger  these bugs than other programs. If you have a VIA board you definitely want to upgrade to
              Linux 2.4.3 or higher.

              3) The encoded pictures must have the correct resolution. If they  don't,  you  may  want  to  try
              ppmqscale.  The used video format is chosen by picture resolution. Use 720x576 for PAL and 720x480
              for NTSC.

              4) If you want to speed up things  a  little  bit  and  you  are  generating  the  input  pictures
              automatically  you  may want to try pgm's instead of ppm's since they are encoded somewhat faster.
              But keep in mind, that this pgm format is only optimal for PAL since NTSC averages  the  U  and  V
              values somewhat differently.

       -a, --audio-input=filter-name
              Choose audio-input-filter: [>none<, wav, dsp]

       -o, --output=filter-name
              Choose output-filter: [>raw<]

       -q, --static-qno=table-no
              Static  qno  tables for quantisation on 2 VLC passes.  For turbo (but somewhat lossy encoding) try
              -q [1,2] -p [2,3].  There are only two static qno tables registered right now:

              1 : for sharp DV pictures

              2 : for somewhat noisy satelite television signal

              If you want to add some more, go ahead ;-)

       -f, --fps=fps-number
              Set frames per second (default: use all frames)

       -d, --force-dct=dct-mode
              Force dct mode (88 or 248) for whole picture

       Help Options

       -?, --help
              Show help message.

       --usage
              Display brief usage message.

SEE ALSO

       playdv(1),dvconnect(1),dubdv(1),encodedv(1).

AVAILABILITY

       See http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ for the latest version.

AUTHORS

       encodedv was written by James Bowman <jamesb@excamera.com> and Peter Schlaile <udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.

       This manual page is based on encodedv's help message and was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org>
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system  (but  may  be  used  by  others).  It  was  updated  by  Peter  Schlaile
       <udbz@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>.

                                                   April 2001                                          ENCODE(1)