Git commit 67eff8ef334ee22dbc5d5ecee54edf900cbd0aae by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 18/12/2016 at 08:39. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'.
adjust documentation about video support with last replacement of Qt5Multimedia by QtAV framework M +16 -10 digikam/intro-movieformats.docbook https://commits.kde.org/digikam-doc/67eff8ef334ee22dbc5d5ecee54edf900cbd0aae diff --git a/digikam/intro-movieformats.docbook b/digikam/intro-movieformats.docbook index 1cca914..e8b114b 100644 --- a/digikam/intro-movieformats.docbook +++ b/digikam/intro-movieformats.docbook @@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ <para> Many digital cameras support taking of short movie clips. - These clips are usually stored in AVI or MP4 format. + These clips are usually stored in AVI, MOV, or MP4 format. &digikam; understands metadata from these formats and will generate thumbnails for the movie files. </para> <para> However, &digikam; is not a movie editing application and it does not have any - built-in movie viewing or editing capabilities. + built-in movie editing capabilities. If you double click on a movie file &digikam; you can preview video - or choose a viewing application through your desktop settings. + or choose a dedicated viewing / editing application through your desktop settings. </para> </sect2> @@ -23,19 +23,25 @@ <title>Video Formats</title> <para> - &digikam; relies on <ulink url="http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/multimediaoverview.html";>Qt5 Multimedia framework</ulink> to handle video files. - You must take a care to have installed all parts of this frameworks on your computer, and especially the multimedia plugins interface. - This framework will able to play video files depending on the availability of video codecs - installed on your system. &digikam; do not include extra video codec. These codecs are loaded on demand at running time. + &digikam; relies on <ulink url="http://www.qtav.org/";>QtAV Multimedia framework</ulink> to handle video files. + In background, QtAV use the powerfull <ulink url="https://ffmpeg.org/";>FFmpeg</ulink> video tool-kit, witch include + all codecs that digiKam needs to play video files. </para> <para> - On &Linux; desktop, this framework will use GStreamer backends. You need to install GStreamer plugins named "Good", "Bad" and "Ugly", - to be sure that all video formats will be handled by Qt5 Multimedia interface. + FFmpeg codec is available under &Linux; desktop, MacOS, and Windows. You will don't need to install extra video codec on your computer. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Video Features</title> + <para> - On other desktop operating system, you will need to install extra video codecs, as KLite Codec Pack for <ulink url="http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm";>Microsoft Windows</ulink> or for <ulink url="http://www.techisky.com/tips/k-lite-codec-pack-for-mac.html";>Apple MacOS</ulink>. + With &digikam;, you will be able to read video metadata, as movies length, video frames per seconds, video size, and encoding options, + in goal to populate the database at scanning and to perform searches on your collection about video properties. + You will be able to play video in embeded preview mode, and while a slide-show. This include to preview video from your camera device before + downloading (only with USB Mass Storage connexion mode). </para> </sect2>
