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They are very confusing for people, and more often than not also just not very accurate. Seeing 'last reviewed: 2005' in your docs is not very confidence-inspiring. Let's just remove those comments.
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/* Quicktime muxer documentation
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* Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Thiago Santos <thiagoss@embedded.ufcg.edu.br>
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* Copyright (C) 2008 Mark Nauwelaerts <mnauw@users.sf.net>
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* Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
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* Contact: Stefan Kost <stefan.kost@nokia.com>
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*
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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* Library General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the
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* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
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* Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*/
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/*
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* Unless otherwise indicated, Source Code is licensed under MIT license.
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* See further explanation attached in License Statement (distributed in the file
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* LICENSE).
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*
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* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
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* this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
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* the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
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* use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
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* of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
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* so, subject to the following conditions:
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*
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* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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* copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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*
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* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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* SOFTWARE.
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*/
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/* ============================= mp4mux ==================================== */
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/**
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* SECTION:element-mp4mux
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* @short_description: Muxer for ISO MPEG-4 (.mp4) files
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*
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* This element merges streams (audio and video) into ISO MPEG-4 (.mp4) files.
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*
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* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
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* are present in this plugin.
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*
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* The <ulink url="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf">
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* QuickTime file format specification</ulink> served as basis for the MP4 file
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* format specification (mp4mux), and as such the QuickTime file structure is
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* nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base Media file format defined in
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* ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific parts).
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* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
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* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
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* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
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* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
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* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
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*
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* A few properties (#GstMp4Mux:movie-timescale, #GstMp4Mux:trak-timescale)
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* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
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* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
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*
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* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
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* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the
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* file, somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header".
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* However, a #GstMp4Mux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to
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* be located near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played
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* while downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at
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* start (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other
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* data can be spread out into fragments of #GstMp4Mux:fragment-duration.
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* If such fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
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* #GstMp4Mux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
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* file).
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*
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* <refsect2>
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* <title>Example pipelines</title>
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* |[
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* gst-launch-1.0 gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! x264enc ! mp4mux ! filesink location=video.mp4
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* ]|
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* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into H.264
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* and muxes it into an mp4 file.
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* </refsect2>
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*/
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/* ============================= 3gppmux ==================================== */
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/**
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* SECTION:element-3gppmux
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* @short_description: Muxer for 3GPP (.3gp) files
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*
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* This element merges streams (audio and video) into 3GPP (.3gp) files.
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*
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* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
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* are present in this plugin.
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*
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* The <ulink url="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf">
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* QuickTime file format specification</ulink> served as basis for the MP4 file
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* format specification (mp4mux), and as such the QuickTime file structure is
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* nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base Media file format defined in
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* ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific parts).
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* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
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* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
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* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
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* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
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* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
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*
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* A few properties (#Gst3GPPMux:movie-timescale, #Gst3GPPMux:trak-timescale)
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* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
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* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
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*
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* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
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* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
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* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
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* #Gst3GPPMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
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* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
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* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
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* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
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* be spread out into fragments of #Gst3GPPMux:fragment-duration. If such
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* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
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* #Gst3GPPMux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
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* file).
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*
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* <refsect2>
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* <title>Example pipelines</title>
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* |[
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* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! ffenc_h263 ! 3gppmux ! filesink location=video.3gp
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* ]|
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* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into H.263
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* and muxes it into an 3gp file.
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* </refsect2>
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*
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* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
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*/
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/* ============================= mj2pmux ==================================== */
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/**
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* SECTION:element-mj2mux
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* @short_description: Muxer for Motion JPEG-2000 (.mj2) files
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*
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* This element merges streams (audio and video) into MJ2 (.mj2) files.
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*
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* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
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* are present in this plugin.
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*
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* The <ulink url="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf">
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* QuickTime file format specification</ulink> served as basis for the MP4 file
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* format specification (mp4mux), and as such the QuickTime file structure is
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* nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base Media file format defined in
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* ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific parts).
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* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
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* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
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* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
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* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
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* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
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*
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* A few properties (#GstMJ2Mux:movie-timescale, #GstMJ2Mux:trak-timescale)
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* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
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* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
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*
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* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
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* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
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* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
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* #GstMJ2Mux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
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* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
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* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
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* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
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* be spread out into fragments of #GstMJ2Mux:fragment-duration. If such
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* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
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* #GstMJ2Mux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
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* file).
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*
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* <refsect2>
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* <title>Example pipelines</title>
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* |[
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* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! jp2kenc ! mj2mux ! filesink location=video.mj2
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* ]|
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* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into JPEG-2000
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* and muxes it into an mj2 file.
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* </refsect2>
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*
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* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
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*/
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/* ============================= ismlmux ==================================== */
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/**
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* SECTION:element-ismlmux
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* @short_description: Muxer for ISML smooth streaming (.isml) files
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*
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* This element merges streams (audio and video) into MJ2 (.mj2) files.
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*
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* The following background intends to explain why various similar muxers
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* are present in this plugin.
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*
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* The <ulink url="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/qtfileformat.pdf">
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* QuickTime file format specification</ulink> served as basis for the MP4 file
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* format specification (mp4mux), and as such the QuickTime file structure is
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* nearly identical to the so-called ISO Base Media file format defined in
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* ISO 14496-12 (except for some media specific parts).
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* In turn, the latter ISO Base Media format was further specialized as a
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* Motion JPEG-2000 file format in ISO 15444-3 (mj2mux)
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* and in various 3GPP(2) specs (3gppmux).
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* The fragmented file features defined (only) in ISO Base Media are used by
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* ISMV files making up (a.o.) Smooth Streaming (ismlmux).
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*
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* A few properties (#GstISMLMux:movie-timescale, #GstISMLMux:trak-timescale)
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* allow adjusting some technical parameters, which might be useful in (rare)
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* cases to resolve compatibility issues in some situations.
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*
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* Some other properties influence the result more fundamentally.
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* A typical mov/mp4 file's metadata (aka moov) is located at the end of the file,
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* somewhat contrary to this usually being called "the header". However, a
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* #GstISMLMux:faststart file will (with some effort) arrange this to be located
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* near start of the file, which then allows it e.g. to be played while
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* downloading. Alternatively, rather than having one chunk of metadata at start
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* (or end), there can be some metadata at start and most of the other data can
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* be spread out into fragments of #GstISMLMux:fragment-duration. If such
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* fragmented layout is intended for streaming purposes, then
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* #GstISMLMux:streamable allows foregoing to add index metadata (at the end of
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* file).
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*
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* <refsect2>
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* <title>Example pipelines</title>
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* |[
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* gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=50 ! queue ! jp2kenc ! mj2mux ! filesink location=video.mj2
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* ]|
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* Records a video stream captured from a v4l2 device, encodes it into JPEG-2000
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* and muxes it into an mj2 file.
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* </refsect2>
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*
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* Documentation last reviewed on 2011-04-21
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*/
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