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+ updates to the mimetypes file, trying to get it in a form that could be changed to docbook eventually
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Mimetypes in GStreamer
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======================
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MIME types in GStreamer
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1) What is a mimetype
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---------------------
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A mimetype is a combination of two (short) strings (words), the content
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type and the content subtype, that make up a pair that describes a file
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content type. In multimedia, mime types are used to describe the media
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streamtype . In GStreamer, obsiously, we use mimetypes in the same way.
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They are part of a GstCaps, that describes a media stream. Besides a
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mimetype, a GstCaps also contains stream properties (GstProps), which
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are combinations of key/value pairs, and a name.
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What is a MIME type ?
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=====================
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A MIME type is a combination of two (short) strings (words)---the content type
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and the content subtype. Content types are broad categories used for describing
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almost all types of files: video, audio, text, and application are common
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content types. The subtype further breaks the content type down into a more
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specific type description, for example 'application/ogg', 'audio/raw',
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'video/mpeg', or 'text/plain'.
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So the content type and subtype make up a pair that describes the type of
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information contained in a file. In multimedia processing, MIME types are used
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to describe the type of information carried by a media stream. In GStreamer, we
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use MIME types in the same way, to identify the types of information that are
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allowed to pass between GStreamer elements. The MIME type is part of a GstCaps
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object that describes a media stream. Besides a MIME type, a GstCaps object also
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contains a name and some stream properties (GstProps, which hold combinations of
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key/value pairs).
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An example of a MIME type is 'video/mpeg'. A corresponding GstCaps could be
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created using code:
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An example of a mimetype is 'video/mpeg'. A corresponding GstCaps could
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be created using:
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GstCaps *caps = gst_caps_new("video_mpeg_type",
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"video/mpeg",
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gst_props_new("width", GST_PROPS_INT(384),
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"height", GST_PROPS_INT(288),
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NULL));
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or using a macro:
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or by using a macro:
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GstCaps *caps = GST_CAPS_NEW("video_mpeg_type",
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"video/mpeg",
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"width", GST_PROPS_INT(384),
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"height", GST_PROPS_INT(288)
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);
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"height", GST_PROPS_INT(288));
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Obviously, mimetypes and their corresponding properties are of major
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importance in GStreamer for uniquely identifying media streams.
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Obviously, MIME types and their corresponding properties are of major importance
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in GStreamer for uniquely identifying media streams.
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Official MIME media types are assigned by the IANA. Current
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assignments are at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/.
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Official MIME media types are assigned by the IANA. Current assignments are at
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http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/.
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2) The problems
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---------------
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Some streams may have mimetypes or GstCaps that do not fully describe
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the stream. In most cases, this is not a problem, though. For a stream
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that contains Ogg/Vorbis data, we don't need to know the samplerate of
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the raw audio stream, for example, since we can't play it back anyway.
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The samplerate _is_ important for _raw_ audio, so a decoder would need
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to retrieve the samplerate from the Ogg/Vorbis stream headers (that are
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part of the bytestream) in order to pass it on in the GstCaps that
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belongs to the decoded audio ('audio/raw').
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However, other plugins *might* want to know such properties, even for
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compressed streams. One such example is an AVI muxer, which does want
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to know the samplerate of an audio stream, even when it is compressed.
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The problems
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============
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Another problem is that many media types can be defined in multiple ways.
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For example, MJPEG video can be defined as video/jpeg, video/mjpeg,
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image/jpeg, video/avi with a compression of (fourcc) MJPG, etc. None of
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these is really official, since there isn't an official mimetype for
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encoded MJPEG video.
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Some streams may have MIME types or GstCaps that do not fully describe the
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stream. In most cases, this is not a problem, though. For example, if a stream
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contains Ogg/Vorbis data (which is of type 'application/ogg'), we don't need to
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know the samplerate of the raw audio stream, since we can't play the encoded
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audio anyway. The samplerate is, however, important for raw audio, so a decoder
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would need to retrieve the samplerate from the Ogg/Vorbis stream headers (the
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headers are part of the bytestream) in order to pass it on in the GstCaps that
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belongs to the decoded audio (which becomes a type like 'audio/raw'). However,
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other plugins might want to know such properties, even for compressed streams.
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One such example is an AVI muxer, which does want to know the samplerate of an
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audio stream, even when it is compressed.
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The main focus of this document is to propose a standardized set of
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mimetypes and properties that will be used by the GStreamer plugins.
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Another problem is that many media types can be defined in multiple ways. For
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example, MJPEG video can be defined as 'video/jpeg', 'video/mjpeg',
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'image/jpeg', 'video/avi' with a compression of (fourcc) MJPG, etc. None of
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these is really official, since there isn't an official mimetype for encoded
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MJPEG video.
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3) Different types of streams
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-----------------------------
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There are several types of media streams. The most important distinction
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will be container formats, audio codecs and video codecs. Container
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formats are bytestreams that contain one or more substreams inside it,
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and don't provide any direct media data itself. Examples are Quicktime,
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AVI or MPEG System Stream. They mostly contain of a set of headers that
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define the media stream(s) that is packed inside the container and the
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media data itself.
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Video codecs and audio codecs describe encoded audio or video data.
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Examples are MPEG-1 video, DivX video, MPEG-1 layer 3 (MP3) audio or
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Ogg/Vorbis audio. Actually, Ogg is a container format too (for Vorbis
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audio), but these are usually used in conjunction with each other.
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The main focus of this document is to propose a standardized set of MIME types
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and properties that will be used by the GStreamer plugins.
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Different types of streams
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==========================
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There are several types of media streams. The most important distinction will be
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container formats, audio codecs and video codecs. Container formats are
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bytestreams that contain one or more substreams inside it, and don't provide any
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direct media data itself. Examples are Quicktime, AVI or MPEG System Stream.
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They mostly contain of a set of headers that define the media streams that are
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packed inside the container, along with the media data itself.
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Video codecs and audio codecs describe encoded audio or video data. Examples are
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MPEG-1 video, DivX video, MPEG-1 layer 3 (MP3) audio or Ogg/Vorbis audio.
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Actually, Ogg is a container format too (for Vorbis audio), but these are
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usually used in conjunction with each other.
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Finally, there are the somewhat obvious (but not commonly encountered as files)
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raw data formats.
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Container formats
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-----------------
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3a) Container formats
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---------------------
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1 - AVI (Microsoft RIFF/AVI)
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mimetype: video/avi
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MIME type: video/avi
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Properties:
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Parser: avidemux
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Formatter: avimux
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2 - Quicktime (Apple)
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mimetype: video/quicktime
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MIME type: video/quicktime
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Properties:
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Parser: qtdemux
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Formatter:
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3 - MPEG (MPEG LA)
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mimetype: video/mpeg
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properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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MIME type: video/mpeg
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Properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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Parser: mp1videoparse
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Formatter:
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4 - ASF (Microsoft)
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mimetype: video/x-asf
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MIME type: video/x-asf
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Properties:
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Parser: asfdemux
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Formatter:
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5 - WAV (PCM)
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mimetype: audio/x-wav
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MIME type: audio/x-wav
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Properties:
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Parser: wavparse
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Formatter: wavenc
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6 - RealMedia (Real)
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mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
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properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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MIME type: video/x-pn-realvideo
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Properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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Parser: rmdemux
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Formatter:
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7 - DV (Digital Video)
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mimetype: video/x-dv
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properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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MIME type: video/x-dv
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Properties: 'systemstream' = TRUE (BOOLEAN)
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Parser: gst1394
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Formatter:
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8 - Ogg (Xiph)
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mimetype: application/ogg
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MIME type: application/ogg
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Properties:
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Parser: vorbisfile
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Formatter: vorbisenc
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9 - Matroska
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mimetype: video/x-mkv
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MIME type: video/x-mkv
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Properties:
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Parser:
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Formatter:
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10 - Shockwave (Macromedia)
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mimetype: application/x-shockwave-flash
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MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash
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Properties:
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Parser: swfdec
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Formatter:
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11 - AU audio (Sun)
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mimetype: audio/x-au
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MIME type: audio/x-au
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Properties:
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Parser: auparse
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Formatter:
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12 - Mod audio
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mimetype: audio/x-mod
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MIME type: audio/x-mod
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Properties:
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Parser: modplug, mikmod
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Formatter:
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13 - FLX video (?)
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mimetype: video/x-fli
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13 - FLX video
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MIME type: video/x-fli
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Properties:
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Parser: flxdec
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Formatter:
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14 - Monkeyaudio
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mimetype: application/x-ape
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MIME type: application/x-ape
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Properties:
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Parser:
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Formatter:
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15 - AIFF audio
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mimetype: audio/x-aiff
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MIME type: audio/x-aiff
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Properties:
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Parser:
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Formatter:
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16 - SID audio
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mimetype: audio/x-sid
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MIME type: audio/x-sid
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Properties:
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Parser:
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Formatter:
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Please note that we try to keep these mimetypes as similar as possible
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to what's used as standard mimetypes in Gnome (Gnome-VFS/Nautilus) and
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KDE (Konqueror).
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Please note that we try to keep these MIME types as similar as possible to the
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MIME types used as standards in Gnome (Gnome-VFS/Nautilus) and KDE
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(Konqueror).
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Current problems: there's a very thin line between audio codecs and
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audio containers (take mp3 vs. sid, etc.) - this is just a per-case
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thing right now and needs to be documented further.
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Also, there is a very thin line between audio codecs and audio containers
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(take mp3 vs. sid, etc.). This is just a per-case thing right now and needs to
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be documented further.
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Video codecs
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------------
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3b) Video codecs
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For convenience, the fourcc codes used in the AVI container format will be
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listed along with the mimetype and optional properties.
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listed along with the MIME type and optional properties.
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Preface - (optional) properties for all video formats:
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'width' = X (INT)
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'height' = X (INT)
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'pixel_width' and 'pixel_height' = X (2xINT, together aspect ratio)
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'framerate' = X (FLOAT)
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Optional properties for all video formats are the following:
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1 - Raw Video (YUV/YCbCr)
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mimetype: video/x-raw-yuv
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properties: 'format' = 'XXXX' (fourcc)
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known fourccs: YUY2, I420, Y41P, YVYU, UYVY, etc.
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properties 'width' and 'height' are required
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width = 1 - MAXINT (INT)
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height = 1 - MAXINT (INT)
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pixel_width = 1 - MAXINT (INT, with pixel_height forms aspect ratio)
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pixel_height = 1 - MAXINT (INT, with pixel_width forms aspect ratio)
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framerate = 0 - MAXFLOAT (FLOAT)
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Note: some raw video formats have implicit alignment rules. We should
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discuss this more.
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Note: some formats have multiple fourccs (e.g. IYUV/I420 or YUY2/YUYV).
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For each of these, we only use one (e.g. I420 and YUY2).
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1 - MPEG-1, -2 and -4 video (ISO/LA MPEG)
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MIME type: video/mpeg
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Properties: systemstream = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
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mpegversion = 1/2/4 (INT)
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Known fourccs: MPEG, MPGI
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Encoder: mpeg1enc, mpeg2enc
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Decoder: mpeg1dec, mpeg2dec, mpeg2subt
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Currently recognized formats:
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YUY2: packed, Y-U-Y-V order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
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YVYU: packed, Y-V-Y-U order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
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UYVY: packed, U-Y-V-Y order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
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Y41P: packed, UYVYUYVYYYYY order, U/V hor 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:1, 12 bpp)
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IUY2: packed, U-Y-V order, not subsampled (YUV-1:1:1, 24 bpp)
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2 - DivX 3.x, 4.x and 5.x video (divx.com)
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MIME type: video/x-divx
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Properties:
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Optional properties: divxversion = 3/4/5 (INT)
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Known fourccs: DIV3, DIV4, DIV5, DIVX, DX50, DIVX, divx
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Encoder:
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Decoder: dvdreadsrc, dvdnavsrc
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Y42B: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
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YV12: planar, Y-V-U order, U/V hor+ver 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:0, 12 bpp)
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I420: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor+ver 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:0, 12 bpp)
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Y41B: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:1, 12bpp)
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YUV9: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor+ver 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:0, 9bpp)
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YVU9: planar, Y-V-U order, U/V hor+ver 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:0, 9bpp)
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3 - Microsoft MPEG 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
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MIME type: video/x-msmpeg
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Properties:
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Optional properties: msmpegversion = 41/42/43 (INT)
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Known fourccs: MPG4, MP42, MP43
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Encoder: ffenc_msmpeg4, ffenc_msmpeg4v1, ffenc_msmpeg4v2
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Decoder: ffdec_msmpeg4, ffdec_msmpeg4v1, ffdec_msmpeg4v2
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Y800: one-plane (Y-only, YUV-4:0:0, 8bpp)
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4 - Motion-JPEG (official and extended)
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MIME type: video/x-jpeg
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Properties:
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Known fourccs: MJPG (YUY2 MJPEG), JPEG (any), PIXL (Pinnacle/Miro), VIXL
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
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See http://www.fourcc.org/ for more information.
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5 - Sorensen (Quicktime - SVQ1/SVQ3)
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MIME types: video/x-svq
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Properties: svqversion = 1/3 (INT)
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
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Note: YUV-4:4:4 (both planar and packed, in multiple orders) are missing.
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6 - H263 and related codecs
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MIME type: video/x-h263
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Properties:
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Known fourccs: H263, i263, M263, x263, VDOW, VIVO
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
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2) Raw Video (RGB)
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-------------------
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mimetype: video/x-raw-rgb
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properties: 'endianness' = 1234/4321 (INT) <- endianness
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'depth' = 15/16/24 (INT) <- bits per pixel (depth)
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'bpp' = 16/24/32 (INT) <- bits per pixel (in memory)
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'red_mask' = bitmask (0x..) (INT) <- red pixel mask
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'green_mask' = bitmask (0x..) (INT) <- green pixel mask
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'blue_mask' = bitmask (0x..) (INT) <- blue pixel mask
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properties 'width' and 'height' are required
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7 - RealVideo (Real)
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MIME type: video/x-pn-realvideo
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Properties: systemstream = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
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Known fourccs: RV10, RV20, RV30
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Encoder:
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Decoder: rmdemux
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'bpp' is the number of bits of memory used for each pixel. 'depth'
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is the color depth.
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8 - Digital Video (DV)
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MIME type: video/x-dv
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Properties: systemstream = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
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Known fourccs: DVSD, dvsd
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Encoder:
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Decoder: dvdec
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24 and 32 bit RGB should always be specified as big endian, since
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any little endian format can be transformed into big endian by
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rearranging the color masks. 15 and 16 bit formats should generally
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have the same byte order as the cpu.
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9 - Windows Media Video 1 and 2 (WMV)
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MIME type: video/x-wmv
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Properties: wmvversion = 1/2 (INT)
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
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Color masks are interpreted by loading 'bpp' number of bits using
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'endianness' rule, and masking and shifting by each color mask.
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Loading a 24-bit value cannot be done directly, but one can perform
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an equivalent operation.
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10 - XviD (xvid.org)
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MIME type: video/x-xvid
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Properties:
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Known fourccs: xvid, XVID
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
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Examples:
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msb .. lsb
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- memory: RRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG BBBBBBBB RRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG ...
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'bpp' = 24
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'depth' = 24
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'endianness' = 4321 (G_BIG_ENDIAN)
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'red_mask' = 0xff0000
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'green_mask' = 0x00ff00
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'blue_mask' = 0x0000ff
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11 - 3IVX (3ixv.org)
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MIME type: video/x-3ivx
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Properties:
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Known fourccs: 3IV0, 3IV1, 3IV2
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Encoder:
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Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
- memory: xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG ...
|
||||
'bpp' = 16
|
||||
'depth' = 15
|
||||
'endianness' = 4321 (G_BIG_ENDIAN)
|
||||
'red_mask' = 0x7c00
|
||||
'green_mask' = 0x03e0
|
||||
'blue_mask' = 0x003f
|
||||
12 - Ogg/Tarkin (Xiph)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-tarkin
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
- memory: GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB ...
|
||||
'bpp' = 16
|
||||
'depth' = 15
|
||||
'endianness' = 1234 (G_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
|
||||
'red_mask' = 0x7c00
|
||||
'green_mask' = 0x03e0
|
||||
'blue_mask' = 0x003f
|
||||
13 - VP3
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-vp3
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
3 - MPEG-1, -2 and -4 video (ISO/LA MPEG)
|
||||
mimetype: video/mpeg
|
||||
properties: 'systemstream' = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
|
||||
'mpegversion' = 1/2/4 (INT)
|
||||
known fourccs: MPEG, MPGI
|
||||
14 - Ogg/Theora (Xiph, VP3-like)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-theora
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
4 - DivX 3.x, 4.x and 5.x video (divx.com)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-divx
|
||||
optional properties: 'divxversion' = 3/4/5 (INT)
|
||||
known fourccs: DIV3, DIV4, DIV5, DIVX, DX50, DIVX, divx
|
||||
15 - Huffyuv
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-huffyuv
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Known fourccs: HFYU
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
5 - Microsoft MPEG 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-msmpeg
|
||||
optional properties: 'msmpegversion' = 41/42/43 (INT)
|
||||
known fourccs: MPG4, MP42, MP43
|
||||
16 - FF Video 1 (FFMPEG)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-ffv
|
||||
Properties: ffvversion = 1 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
6 - Motion-JPEG (official and extended)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-jpeg
|
||||
known fourccs: MJPG (YUY2 MJPEG), JPEG (any), PIXL (Pinnacle/Miro), VIXL
|
||||
17 - H264
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-h264
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
7 - Sorensen (Quicktime - SVQ1/SVQ3)
|
||||
mimetypes: video/x-svq
|
||||
properties: 'svqversion' = 1/3 (INT)
|
||||
18 - Indeo 3 (Intel)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-indeo
|
||||
Properties: indeoversion = 3 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
8 - H263 and related codecs
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-h263
|
||||
known fourccs: H263, i263, M263, x263, VDOW, VIVO
|
||||
|
||||
9 - RealVideo (Real)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
|
||||
properties: 'systemstream' = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
|
||||
known fourccs: RV10, RV20, RV30
|
||||
|
||||
10 - Digital Video (DV)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-dv
|
||||
properties: 'systemstream' = FALSE (BOOLEAN)
|
||||
known fourccs: DVSD, dvsd
|
||||
|
||||
11 - Windows Media Video 1 and 2 (WMV)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-wmv
|
||||
properties: 'wmvversion' = 1/2 (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
12 - XviD (xvid.org)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-xvid
|
||||
known fourccs: xvid, XVID
|
||||
|
||||
13 - 3IVX (3ixv.org)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-3ivx
|
||||
known fourccs: 3IV0, 3IV1, 3IV2
|
||||
|
||||
14 - Ogg/Tarkin (Xiph)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-tarkin
|
||||
|
||||
15 - VP3
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-vp3
|
||||
|
||||
16 - Ogg/Theora (Xiph, VP3-like)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-theora
|
||||
|
||||
17 - Huffyuv
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-huffyuv
|
||||
known fourccs: HFYU
|
||||
|
||||
18 - FF Video 1 (FFMPEG)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-ffv
|
||||
properties: 'ffvversion' = 1 (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
19 - H264
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-h264
|
||||
|
||||
20 - Indeo 3 (Intel)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-indeo
|
||||
properties: 'indeoversion' = 3 (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
21 - Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
|
||||
mimetype: video/x-png
|
||||
19 - Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-png
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
TODO: subsampling information for YUV?
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -303,121 +336,248 @@ TODO: colorspace identifications for MJPEG? How?
|
|||
|
||||
TODO: how to distinguish MJPEG-A/B (Quicktime) and lossless JPEG?
|
||||
|
||||
TODO: divx4/divx5/xvid/3ivx/mpeg-4 - how to make them overlap? (all
|
||||
TODO: divx4/divx5/xvid/3ivx/mpeg-4 - how to make them overlap? (all
|
||||
ISO MPEG-4 compatible)
|
||||
|
||||
3c) Audio Codecs
|
||||
----------------
|
||||
for convenience, the two-byte hexcodes (as are being used for identification
|
||||
in AVI files) are also given
|
||||
Audio codecs
|
||||
------------
|
||||
|
||||
Preface - (optional) properties for all audio formats:
|
||||
'rate' = X (int) <- sampling rate
|
||||
'channels' = X (int) <- number of audio channels
|
||||
For convenience, the two-byte hexcodes (as used for identification in AVI files)
|
||||
are also given.
|
||||
|
||||
1 - Raw Audio (integer format)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-raw-int
|
||||
properties: 'width' = X (INT) <- memory bits per sample
|
||||
'depth' = X (INT) <- used bits per sample
|
||||
'signed' = X (BOOLEAN)
|
||||
'endianness' = 1234/4321 (INT)
|
||||
Properties for all audio formats include the following:
|
||||
|
||||
2 - Raw Audio (floating point format)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-raw-float
|
||||
properties: 'depth' = X (INT) <- 32=float, 64=double
|
||||
'endianness' = 1234/4321 (INT) <- use G_BIG/LITTLE_ENDIAN!
|
||||
'slope' = X (FLOAT, normally 1.0)
|
||||
'intercept' = X (FLOAT, normally 0.0)
|
||||
rate = 1 - MAXINT (INT, sampling rate)
|
||||
channels = 1 - MAXINT (INT, number of audio channels)
|
||||
|
||||
3 - Alaw Raw Audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-alaw
|
||||
1 - Alaw Raw Audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-alaw
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder: alawenc
|
||||
Decoder: alawdec
|
||||
|
||||
4 - Mulaw Raw Audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-mulaw
|
||||
2 - Mulaw Raw Audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-mulaw
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder: mulawenc
|
||||
Decoder: mulawdec
|
||||
|
||||
5 - MPEG-1 layer 1/2/3 audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/mpeg
|
||||
properties: 'mpegversion' = 1 (INT)
|
||||
'layer' = 1/2/3 (INT)
|
||||
3 - MPEG-1 layer 1/2/3 audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/mpeg
|
||||
Properties: mpegversion = 1 (INT)
|
||||
layer = 1/2/3 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder: lame
|
||||
Decoder: mad
|
||||
|
||||
6 - Ogg/Vorbis
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-vorbis
|
||||
4 - Ogg/Vorbis
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-vorbis
|
||||
Encoder: vorbisenc
|
||||
Decoder: vorbisfile
|
||||
|
||||
7 - Windows Media Audio 1 and 2 (WMA)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-wma
|
||||
properties: 'wmaversion' = 1/2 (INT)
|
||||
5 - Windows Media Audio 1 and 2 (WMA)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-wma
|
||||
Properties: wmaversion = 1/2 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
8 - AC3
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-ac3
|
||||
6 - AC3
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-ac3
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
9 - FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-flac
|
||||
7 - FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-flac
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder: flacenc
|
||||
Decoder: flacdec
|
||||
|
||||
10 - MACE 3/6 (Quicktime audio)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-mace
|
||||
properties: 'maceversion' = 3/6 (INT)
|
||||
8 - MACE 3/6 (Quicktime audio)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-mace
|
||||
Properties: maceversion = 3/6 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
11 - MPEG-4 AAC
|
||||
mimetype: audio/mpeg
|
||||
properties: 'mpegversion' = 4 (INT)
|
||||
9 - MPEG-4 AAC
|
||||
MIME type: audio/mpeg
|
||||
Properties: mpegversion = 4 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
12 - (IMA) ADPCM (Quicktime/WAV/Microsoft/4XM)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-adpcm
|
||||
properties: 'layout' = "quicktime"/"wav"/"microsoft"/"4xm" (STRING)
|
||||
10 - (IMA) ADPCM (Quicktime/WAV/Microsoft/4XM)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-adpcm
|
||||
Properties: layout = "quicktime"/"wav"/"microsoft"/"4xm" (STRING)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
Note: the difference between each of these is the number of
|
||||
samples packaed together per channel. For WAV, for
|
||||
example, each sample is 4 bit, and 8 samples are packed
|
||||
together per channel in the bytestream. For the others,
|
||||
refer to technical documentation.
|
||||
We probably want to distinguish these differently, but
|
||||
I don't know how, yet.
|
||||
Note: The difference between each of these four PCM formats is the number
|
||||
of samples packaed together per channel. For WAV, for example, each
|
||||
sample is 4 bit, and 8 samples are packed together per channel in the
|
||||
bytestream. For the others, refer to technical documentation. We
|
||||
probably want to distinguish these differently, but I don't know how,
|
||||
yet.
|
||||
|
||||
13 - RealAudio (Real)
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
|
||||
properties: 'bitrate' = 14400/28800 (INT)
|
||||
11 - RealAudio (Real)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
|
||||
Properties: bitrate = 14400/28800 (INT)
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
14 - DV Audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-dv
|
||||
12 - DV Audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-dv
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder:
|
||||
Decoder:
|
||||
|
||||
15 - GSM Audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-gsm
|
||||
13 - GSM Audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-gsm
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
Encoder: gsmenc
|
||||
Decoder: gsmdec
|
||||
|
||||
16 - Speex audio
|
||||
mimetype: audio/x-speex
|
||||
14 - Speex audio
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-speex
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
|
||||
TODO: adpcm/dv needs confirmation from someone with knowledge...
|
||||
|
||||
3d) Plugin Guidelines
|
||||
---------------------
|
||||
So, a short bit on what plugins should do. Above, I've stated that
|
||||
audio properties like "channels" and "rate" or video properties like
|
||||
"width" and "height" are all optional. This doesn't mean you can
|
||||
just simply omit them and everything will still work!
|
||||
Raw formats
|
||||
-----------
|
||||
|
||||
An example is the best way to explain all this. AVI needs the width,
|
||||
height, rate and channels for the AVI header. So if these properties
|
||||
are missing, avimux cannot work. On the other hand, MPEG doesn't have
|
||||
such properties in its header and would thus need to parse the stream
|
||||
in order to find them out; we don't want that either (a plugin does
|
||||
one job). So normally, mpegdemux and avimux wouldn't allow transcoding.
|
||||
To solve this problem, there are stream parser elements (such as
|
||||
mpegaudioparse, ac3parse and mpeg1videoparse).
|
||||
Raw formats contain unencoded, raw media information. These are rather rare from
|
||||
an end user point of view since raw media files have historically been
|
||||
prohibitively large ... hence the multitude of encoding formats.
|
||||
|
||||
Conclusions to draw from here: a plugin gives info it can provide as
|
||||
seen from its own task/job. If it can't, other elements might still
|
||||
need it and a stream parser needs to be written if it doesn't already
|
||||
exist.
|
||||
Raw video formats require the following common properties, in addition to
|
||||
format-specific properties:
|
||||
|
||||
On properties that can be described by one of these (properties such
|
||||
as 'width', 'height', 'fps', etc.): they're forbidden and should be
|
||||
handled using filtered caps.
|
||||
width = 1 - MAXINT (INT)
|
||||
height = 1 - MAXINT (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
4) Status of this document
|
||||
---------------------------
|
||||
Not all plugins strictly follow these guidelines yet, but these are the
|
||||
official types. Plugins not following these specs either use extensions
|
||||
that should be documented, or are buggy (and should be fixed).
|
||||
1 - Raw Video (YUV/YCbCr)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-raw-yuv
|
||||
Properties: 'format' = 'XXXX' (fourcc)
|
||||
Known fourccs: YUY2, I420, Y41P, YVYU, UYVY, etc.
|
||||
Properties:
|
||||
|
||||
Blame Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net> aka BBB for any mistakes
|
||||
in this document.
|
||||
Some raw video formats have implicit alignment rules. We should discuss this
|
||||
more. Also, some formats have multiple fourccs (e.g. IYUV/I420 or
|
||||
YUY2/YUYV). For each of these, we only use one (e.g. I420 and YUY2).
|
||||
|
||||
Currently recognized formats:
|
||||
|
||||
YUY2: packed, Y-U-Y-V order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
|
||||
YVYU: packed, Y-V-Y-U order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
|
||||
UYVY: packed, U-Y-V-Y order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
|
||||
Y41P: packed, UYVYUYVYYYYY order, U/V hor 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:1, 12 bpp)
|
||||
IUY2: packed, U-Y-V order, not subsampled (YUV-1:1:1, 24 bpp)
|
||||
|
||||
Y42B: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:2, 16 bpp)
|
||||
YV12: planar, Y-V-U order, U/V hor+ver 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:0, 12 bpp)
|
||||
I420: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor+ver 2x subsampled (YUV-4:2:0, 12 bpp)
|
||||
Y41B: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:1, 12bpp)
|
||||
YUV9: planar, Y-U-V order, U/V hor+ver 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:0, 9bpp)
|
||||
YVU9: planar, Y-V-U order, U/V hor+ver 4x subsampled (YUV-4:1:0, 9bpp)
|
||||
|
||||
Y800: one-plane (Y-only, YUV-4:0:0, 8bpp)
|
||||
|
||||
See http://www.fourcc.org/ for more information.
|
||||
|
||||
Note: YUV-4:4:4 (both planar and packed, in multiple orders) are missing.
|
||||
|
||||
2 - Raw video (RGB)
|
||||
MIME type: video/x-raw-rgb
|
||||
Properties: endianness = 1234/4321 (INT) <- use G_LITTLE/BIG_ENDIAN
|
||||
depth = 15/16/24 (INT, color depth)
|
||||
bpp = 16/24/32 (INT, bits used to store each pixel)
|
||||
red_mask = bitmask (0x..) (INT)
|
||||
green_mask = bitmask (0x..) (INT)
|
||||
blue_mask = bitmask (0x..) (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
24 and 32 bit RGB should always be specified as big endian, since any little
|
||||
endian format can be transformed into big endian by rearranging the color
|
||||
masks. 15 and 16 bit formats should generally have the same byte order as
|
||||
the CPU.
|
||||
|
||||
Color masks are interpreted by loading 'bpp' number of bits using the given
|
||||
'endianness', and masking and shifting by each color mask. Loading a 24-bit
|
||||
value cannot be done directly, but one can perform an equivalent operation.
|
||||
|
||||
Examples:
|
||||
msb .. lsb
|
||||
- memory: RRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG BBBBBBBB RRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG ...
|
||||
bpp = 24
|
||||
depth = 24
|
||||
endianness = 4321 (G_BIG_ENDIAN)
|
||||
red_mask = 0xff0000
|
||||
green_mask = 0x00ff00
|
||||
blue_mask = 0x0000ff
|
||||
|
||||
- memory: xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG ...
|
||||
bpp = 16
|
||||
depth = 15
|
||||
endianness = 4321 (G_BIG_ENDIAN)
|
||||
red_mask = 0x7c00
|
||||
green_mask = 0x03e0
|
||||
blue_mask = 0x003f
|
||||
|
||||
- memory: GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB xRRRRRGG GGGBBBBB ...
|
||||
bpp = 16
|
||||
depth = 15
|
||||
endianness = 1234 (G_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
|
||||
red_mask = 0x7c00
|
||||
green_mask = 0x03e0
|
||||
blue_mask = 0x003f
|
||||
|
||||
The raw audio formats require the following common properties, in addition to
|
||||
format-specific properties:
|
||||
|
||||
rate = 1 - MAXINT (INT, sampling rate)
|
||||
channels = 1 - MAXINT (INT, number of audio channels)
|
||||
buffer-frames = 1 - MAXINT (INT, number of frames per buffer)
|
||||
endianness = 1234/4321 (INT) <- use G_BIG/LITTLE_ENDIAN
|
||||
|
||||
3 - Raw audio (integer format)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-raw-int
|
||||
properties: width = 8/16/32 (INT, bits used to store each sample)
|
||||
depth = 8 - 32 (INT, bits actually used per sample)
|
||||
signed = TRUE/FALSE (BOOLEAN)
|
||||
|
||||
4 - Raw audio (floating point format)
|
||||
MIME type: audio/x-raw-float
|
||||
Properties: width = 32/64 (INT)
|
||||
|
||||
Plugin Guidelines
|
||||
=================
|
||||
|
||||
So, a short bit on what plugins should do. Above, I've stated that audio
|
||||
properties like 'channels' and 'rate' or video properties like 'width' and
|
||||
'height' are all optional. This doesn't mean you can just simply omit them and
|
||||
everything will still work!
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An example is the best way to explain all this. AVI needs the width, height,
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rate and channels for the AVI header. So if these properties are missing, the
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avimux element cannot properly create the AVI header. On the other hand, MPEG
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doesn't have such properties in its header, so the mpegdemux element would need
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to parse the separate streams in order to find them out. We don't want that
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either, because a plugin only does one job. So normally, mpegdemux and avimux
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wouldn't allow transcoding. To solve this problem, there are stream parser
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elements (such as mpegaudioparse, ac3parse and mpeg1videoparse).
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Conclusions to draw from here: a plugin gives info it can provide as seen from
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its own task/job. If it can't, other elements might still need it and a stream
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parser needs to be written if it doesn't already exist.
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On properties that can be described by one of these (properties such as 'width',
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'height', 'fps', etc.): they're forbidden and should be handled using filtered
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caps.
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Status of this document
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Not all plugins strictly follow these guidelines yet, but these are the official
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types. Plugins not following these specs either use extensions that should be
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documented, or are buggy (and should be fixed).
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Blame Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net> aka BBB for any mistakes in
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this document.
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