veejay/veejay-30aug04/veejay-0.6

Veejay - Video Mixing/Editing Instrument
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Requirements
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Must have:

    XML library for Gnome
        http://libxml.gnome.org

    SDL (simple direct media layer)
	http://www.libsdl.org

    	
Optional:

    Quasar DV codec
	http://libdv.sourceforge.net

    DirectFB (for output on secundary head/TV-Out) 
    
	http://www.directfb.org
	

	JACK, (a low latency audio server)

	http://jackit.sourceforge.net

		
	    
QUICK OVERVIEW
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Read the HOWTO if you a new user , see doc/veejay-HOWTO.html 

Use the console command '?' , 'H' or 'h' to see a list
of options , use the keyboard (with mouse pointer on your SDL video window) to
use the keys. 

To see a list of key events, type 'man veejay' in your shell or try 
'cat veejay/vj-event.c |grep SDLK' for a more up to date version.        

For users with Intel Pentium 4 processors with Hyper Threading, benefit
if they enable SMP in their kernel 2.6.x  


INSTALLING
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    In general, ./configure && make && make install if you meet 
    all requirements.
    
    

WORKARROUNDS
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If you experience problems using MJPEG video files (especially when mixing with other codecs)
you can use the commandline option -j/--no-ffmpeg

Note that you can run Jack with a specified sample rate (to match
the samplerate in your editlist). There is no resampling for 44100 -> 48000
rate conversions yet.

Running Veejay
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Start the core with
	
'veejay <options> <filename 1 ,... , filename N>'

examples:

1. have a small SDL window (for the keybindings) and DirectFB:

   'veejay -O2 -S171x144 /video/video.avi'


2. run veejay without a video file

   'veejay -d'



CONTACT / FEEDBACK & HELP
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Niels Elburg <elburg@hio.hen.nl / nielselburg@yahoo.de >

For usage related questions:

http://veejay.sourceforge.net




ENJOY!