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/* Quicktime muxer documentation
* Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Thiago Santos <thiagoss@embedded.ufcg.edu.br>
* Copyright (C) 2008 Mark Nauwelaerts <mnauw@users.sf.net>
* Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
* Contact: Stefan Kost <stefan.kost@nokia.com>
*
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/* ============================= qtmux ==================================== */
/**
* SECTION:element-qtmux
* @title: qtmux
* @short_description: Muxer for quicktime(.mov) files
*
* This element merges streams (audio and video) into QuickTime(.mov) files.
*
* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
* are present in this plugin.
*
* The [QuickTime file format specification](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf)
* served as basis for the MP4 file format specification (mp4mux), and as such
* the QuickTime file structure is nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base
* Media file format defined in ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific
* parts).
*
* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (gppmux).
* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
*
* A few properties (#GstBaseQTMux:movie-timescale, #GstBaseQTMux:trak-timescale,
* #GstQTMuxPad:trak-timescale) allow adjusting some technical parameters,
* which might be useful in (rare) cases to resolve compatibility issues in
* some situations.
*
* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the
* file, somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header".
* However, a #GstBaseQTMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to
* be located near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played
* while downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at
* start (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other
* data can be spread out into fragments of #GstBaseQTMux:fragment-duration.
* If such fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
* #GstQTMux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
* file).
*
* When the maximum duration to be recorded can be known in advance, #GstQTMux
* also supports a 'Robust Muxing' mode. In robust muxing mode, space for the
* headers are reserved at the start of muxing, and rewritten at a configurable
* interval, so that the output file is always playable, even if the recording
* is interrupted uncleanly by a crash. Robust muxing mode requires a seekable
* output, such as filesink, because it needs to rewrite the start of the file.
*
* To enable robust muxing mode, set the #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-moov-update-period
* and #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-max-duration property. Also present is the
* #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-bytes-per-sec property, which can be increased if
* for some reason the default is not large enough and the initial reserved
* space for headers is too small. Applications can monitor the
* #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-duration-remaining property to see how close to full
* the reserved space is becoming.
*
* Applications that wish to be able to use/edit a file while it is being
* written to by live content, can use the "Robust Prefill Muxing" mode. That
* mode is a variant of the "Robust Muxing" mode in that it will pre-allocate a
* completely valid header from the start for all tracks (i.e. it appears as
* though the file is "reserved-max-duration" long with all samples
* present). This mode can be enabled by setting the
* #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-moov-update-period and #GstBaseQTMux:reserved-prefill
* properties. Note that this mode is only possible with input streams that have
* a fixed sample size (such as raw audio and Prores Video) and that don't
* have reordered samples.
*
* ## Example pipelines
* |[
* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=500 ! video/x-raw,width=320,height=240 ! videoconvert ! qtmux ! filesink location=video.mov
* ]|
* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device and muxes it into a qt file.
*
*/
/* ============================= mp4mux ==================================== */
/**
* SECTION:element-mp4mux
* @title: mp4mux
* @short_description: Muxer for ISO MPEG-4 (.mp4) files
*
* This element merges streams (audio and video) into ISO MPEG-4 (.mp4) files.
*
* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
* are present in this plugin.
*
* The [QuickTime file format specification](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf)
* served as basis for the MP4 file format specification (mp4mux), and as such
* the QuickTime file structure is nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base
* Media file format defined in ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific
* parts).
*
* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
*
* A few properties (#GstBaseQTMux:movie-timescale, #GstBaseQTMux:trak-timescale)
* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
*
* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the
* file, somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header".
* However, a #GstBaseQTMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to
* be located near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played
* while downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at
* start (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other
* data can be spread out into fragments of #GstBaseQTMux:fragment-duration.
* If such fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
* #GstMP4Mux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
* file).
*
* ## Example pipelines
* |[
* gst-launch-1.0 gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! x264enc ! mp4mux ! filesink location=video.mp4
* ]|
* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into H.264
* and muxes it into an mp4 file.
*
*/
/* ============================= 3gppmux ==================================== */
/**
* SECTION:element-3gppmux
* @title: 3gppmux
* @short_description: Muxer for 3GPP (.3gp) files
*
* This element merges streams (audio and video) into 3GPP (.3gp) files.
*
* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
* are present in this plugin.
*
* The [QuickTime file format specification](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf)
* served as basis for the MP4 file format specification (mp4mux), and as such
* the QuickTime file structure is nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base
* Media file format defined in ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific
* parts).
*
* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
*
* A few properties (#GstBaseQTMux:movie-timescale, #GstBaseQTMux:trak-timescale)
* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
*
* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
* #GstBaseQTMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
* be spread out into fragments of #GstBaseQTMux:fragment-duration. If such
* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
* #Gst3GPPMux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
* file).
*
* ## Example pipelines
* |[
* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! ffenc_h263 ! 3gppmux ! filesink location=video.3gp
* ]|
* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into H.263
* and muxes it into an 3gp file.
*
* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
*/
/* ============================= mj2pmux ==================================== */
/**
* SECTION:element-mj2mux
* @title: mj2mux
* @short_description: Muxer for Motion JPEG-2000 (.mj2) files
*
* This element merges streams (audio and video) into MJ2 (.mj2) files.
*
* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
* are present in this plugin.
*
* The [QuickTime file format specification](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf)
* served as basis for the MP4 file format specification (mp4mux), and as such
* the QuickTime file structure is nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base
* Media file format defined in ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific
* parts).
*
* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
*
* A few properties (#GstBaseQTMux:movie-timescale, #GstBaseQTMux:trak-timescale)
* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
*
* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
* #GstBaseQTMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
* be spread out into fragments of #GstBaseQTMux:fragment-duration. If such
* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
* #GstMJ2Mux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
* file).
*
* ## Example pipelines
* |[
* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! jp2kenc ! mj2mux ! filesink location=video.mj2
* ]|
* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into JPEG-2000
* and muxes it into an mj2 file.
*
* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
*/
/* ============================= ismlmux ==================================== */
/**
* SECTION:element-ismlmux
* @title: ismlmux
* @short_description: Muxer for ISML smooth streaming (.isml) files
*
* This element merges streams (audio and video) into MJ2 (.mj2) files.
*
* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
* are present in this plugin.
*
* The [QuickTime file format specification](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf)
* served as basis for the MP4 file format specification (mp4mux), and as such
* the QuickTime file structure is nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base
* Media file format defined in ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific
* parts).
*
* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
*
* A few properties (#GstBaseQTMux:movie-timescale, #GstBaseQTMux:trak-timescale)
* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
*
* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
* #GstBaseQTMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
* be spread out into fragments of #GstBaseQTMux:fragment-duration. If such
* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
* #GstISMLMux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
* file).
*
* ## Example pipelines
* |[
* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! jp2kenc ! mj2mux ! filesink location=video.mj2
* ]|
* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into JPEG-2000
* and muxes it into an mj2 file.
*
* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
*/