| Guido van Rossum | e4bddea | 1991-10-30 11:52:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | This directory contains Python and C code we wrote while we had a |
| 2 | framegrabber board on loan from SGI. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | --Guido and Jack |
| 5 | |
| 6 | cam.py network real-time tv broadcast; see tv.py |
| 7 | usage: cam [packfactor [host]] |
| 8 | specifying 'all' for host broadcasts |
| 9 | |
| 10 | camcorder.py record video movies or make snapshots (in movie format) |
| 11 | usage: camcorder [-c] [-a audiohost [-s]] [moviefile] |
| 12 | -c color (default b/w, packfactor = 2) |
| 13 | -a audiohost syncaudio is running on audiohost |
| 14 | -s start syncaudio (on audiohost) |
| 15 | moviefile (default film.video) |
| 16 | keyboard commands: |
| 17 | s stop grabbing (single step if already stopped) |
| 18 | c continuous grabbing |
| 19 | r start recording |
| 20 | p pause recording (record single frame if paused) |
| 21 | ESC quit |
| 22 | |
| 23 | statit.py various statistics operations on movie files |
| 24 | |
| 25 | syncaudio.py record audio synchronized with camcorder -a |
| 26 | usage: syncaudio videohost soundfile |
| 27 | soundfile format: 16 bits, 16khz, mono |
| 28 | |
| 29 | tv.py receiver for transmissions from cam.py |
| 30 | |
| 31 | video.py player for movies recorded by camcorder.py |
| 32 | usage: video [moviefile [soundfile]] |
| 33 | default moviefile is film.video |
| 34 | default sound is no sound |
| 35 | |
| 36 | vinfo.py print a summary of a movie file |
| 37 | |
| 38 | vtime.py virtual time module imported by syncaudio.py and camcorder.py |
| 39 | |
| 40 | |
| 41 | These are C programs, either for efficiency or because they need to |
| 42 | link with a C library. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | squash.c make a movie smaller by averaging pixels |
| 45 | usage: squash factor [bits] <moviefile >newmoviefile |
| 46 | factor x and y compression factor |
| 47 | bits #bits left per sample in result (default 8) |
| 48 | |
| 49 | squash2.c make a movie smaller by dropping pixels |
| 50 | usage: squash2 factor <moviefile >newmoviefile |
| 51 | factor x and y compression factor |
| 52 | |
| 53 | tomono.c like squash2 but outputs a monochrome movie |
| 54 | |
| 55 | v2i.c convert the first image of a movie file to SGI .rgb format |
| 56 | link with -limage |