JM Reference Software Manual
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1. Compilation
2. Command line parameters
3. Input/Output file format
4. Configuration files
5. Platform specific notes
1. Compilation
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1.1 Windows
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A workspace for MS Visual C++ is provided with the name "tml.dsw". It contains
the encoder and decoder projects.
1.2 Unix
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Before compiling in a UNIX environment please run the "unixprep.sh" script which
will remove the DOS LF characters from the files and create object directories.
Makefiles for GNU make are provided in the lencod and ldecod directory.
2. Command line parameters
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2.1 Encoder
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lencod.exe [-h] [-d default-file] [-f file] [-p parameter=value]
All Parameters are initially taken from DEFAULTCONFIGFILENAME, defined in
configfile.h (typically: "encoder.cfg")
-h
Show help on parameters.
-d default-file
Use the specified file as default configuration instead of the file in
DEFAULTCONFIGFILENAME.
-f file
If an -f <config> parameter is present in the command line then
this file is used to update the defaults of DEFAULTCONFIGFILENAME.
There can be more than one -f parameters present.
-p parameter=value
If -p <ParameterName = ParameterValue> parameters are present then
these overide the default and the additional config file's settings,
and are themselfes overridden by future -p parameters. There must
be whitespace between -f and -p commands and their respecitive
parameters.
2.2 Decoder
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ldecod.exe decoder.cfg
The decoder configuration file name must be provided as the first parameter. All
decoding parameters are read from this file.
3. Input/Output file format
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The source video material is read from raw YUV 4:2:0 data files.
For output the same format is used.
4. Configuration files
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Sample encoder and decode configuration files are provided in the bin/ directory.
These contain explanatory comments for each parameter.
The generic structure is explained here.
4.1 Encoder
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<ParameterName> = <ParameterValue> # Comments
Whitespace is space and \t
<ParameterName> are the predefined names for Parameters and are case sensitive.
See configfile.h for the definition of those names and their
mapping to configinput->values.
<ParameterValue> are either integers [0..9]* or strings.
Integers must fit into the wordlengths, signed values are generally
assumed. Strings containing no whitespace characters can be used directly.
Strings containing whitespace characters are to be inclosed in double
quotes ("string with whitespace")
The double quote character is forbidden (may want to implement something
smarter here).
Any Parameters whose ParameterName is undefined lead to the termination of the program
with an error message.
Known bug/Shortcoming: zero-length strings (i.e. to signal an non-existing file
have to be coded as "".
4.2 Decoder
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<value> #comment
The values are read in a predefined order. See the example file for details.
5. Platform specific notes
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This section contains hints for compiling and running the JM software on different
operating systems.
5.1 MacOS X
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MacOs X has a UNIX core so most of the UNIX compile process will work. You might need
the following modifications:
a) in Makefile change "CC = $(shell which gcc)" to "CC = gcc"
(it seems "which" doesn't work)
b) MacOS X (before "Tiger") doesn't come with ftime. We suggest using a third party ftime
implementation, e.g. from:
http://darwinsource.opendarwin.org/10.3.4/OpenSSL096-3/openssl/crypto/ftime.c
5.2 FreeBSD
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You might need to add "-lcompat" to LIBS in the Makefiles for correct linking.