From 40299be39af8f5ce9af77d6eea272acca882ff99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niels Elburg Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:32:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] moved git-svn-id: svn://code.dyne.org/veejay/trunk@71 eb8d1916-c9e9-0310-b8de-cf0c9472ead5 --- veejay-current/README.quickstart | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+) create mode 100644 veejay-current/README.quickstart diff --git a/veejay-current/README.quickstart b/veejay-current/README.quickstart new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b311368e --- /dev/null +++ b/veejay-current/README.quickstart @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ + +It is advised to read the howto and the MAN page as well. + +You can launch veejay with + +$ veejay -d + +This should show some moving black/white footage. Most of the effects will be boring on this footage, +so you can try to open your video4linux device with + +(in veejay console) + +> vi video0 + +Or, to use mplayer, create a FIFO first: + +$ mkfifo stream.yuv + +Use something like 'mplayer -vo yuv4mpeg -x 352 -y 288 -vf scale -zoom' + +and open the stream in veejay's console: + +> fi stream.yuv + +Move your mouse pointer to the SDL window (so it dissapears) and press 'ESC' to +switch from the dummy footage to the last created or played video stream. + +Veejay supports MJPG, DV avi type 2, IYUV AVI and to a certain extend also MPEG4 and DivX. +Try loading an AVI file with something like: + +$ veejay -v mjpeg-video-file.avi + +The '-v' commandline option generates extra debugging output. Sometimes this can be a lot, +you can type 'de' in veejay's console to disable/enable these messages anytime. + +By default, veejay uses a SDL window for displaying video. You can specify veejay to +write to STDOUT : + +$ veejay -O3 -o stdout mjpeg-video-file.avi | yuvplay + +In this mode, the console input and SDL keyboard functions are disabled. You must use +the sendVIMS commandline utility to interact with veejay or with an alternative utility like sendOSC. +Refer to the howto for more information. + + +Once you have loaded veejay (preferably with a videofile) + + (see man veejay for an overview of both console input and SDL keyboard events) + + press 'KP 1' , 'left bracket', 'KP 3', 'right bracket' , 'F1' + + This will create a virtual clip (in memory) from your entire video file. + + If you press 'KP divide' , veejay will return to plain video mode so you can create more clips. + If you press 'ESC' , veejay will switch from playing streams to playing clips or vice versa + + Press F1 to F12 to select a clip, + press 1 to 9 to select a bank (1 = clips 1 to 12, 2 = clips 12 to 24, etc ) + + Once you are playing a clip/stream, simply press + 'Cursor UP' , 'ENTER' + + If you add a video effect, try pressing '-' and '=' to select another channel and '/' to + toggle between clip/stream sources + + + Veejay supports chaining of effects since day 0, a number of keys have some importance + + '-' ,'=' and '/' + + 'END' for enabling/disabling the chain + 'KP -' for selecting the previous entry + 'KP +' for selecting the next entry + 'ALT+END' for enabling/disabling the current selected entry + 'ENTER' for adding an effect from the list to the chain + 'DEL' for removing an effect from the chain + + + Also, you can press 'HOME' to see clip or stream information. + + Try the keys 'A' to 'L' to increase/decrease playback speed. + + +Also, you can load some predefined custom effect chain templates that +will put a template on your effect chain when you press SHIFT + some alphabetic character + +First, load an action file + +$ veejay -l test/livecinema/action-file.xml + +Or in veejay's console + +> al test/livecinema/action-file.xml + +(activate a stream or clip and) press SHIFT+S or SHIFT+B or SHIFT+ ... + + + Enjoy!