@settitle Libavfilter Documentation
@titlepage
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@center @titlefont{Libavfilter Documentation}
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+@top
+
+@contents
@chapter Introduction
-Libavfilter is the filtering API of FFmpeg. It is the substitute of the
+Libavfilter is the filtering API of Libav. It is the substitute of the
now deprecated 'vhooks' and started as a Google Summer of Code project.
-Integrating libavfilter into the main FFmpeg repository is a work in
-progress. If you wish to try the unfinished development code of
-libavfilter then check it out from the libavfilter repository into
-some directory of your choice by:
-
-@example
- svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/soc/libavfilter
-@end example
-
-And then read the README file in the top directory to learn how to
-integrate it into ffmpeg and ffplay.
-
But note that there may still be serious bugs in the code and its API
and ABI should not be considered stable yet!
overlaying it on top. You can use the following command to achieve this:
@example
-./ffmpeg -i in.avi -s 240x320 -vfilters "[in] split [T1], fifo, [T2] overlay= 0:240 [out]; [T1] fifo, crop=0:0:-1:240, vflip [T2]
+./avconv -i input -vf "[in] split [T1], fifo, [T2] overlay=0:H/2 [out]; [T1] fifo, crop=iw:ih/2:0:ih/2, vflip [T2]" output
@end example
-where input_video.avi has a vertical resolution of 480 pixels. The
-result will be that in output the top half of the video is mirrored
+The result will be that in output the top half of the video is mirrored
onto the bottom half.
-Video filters are loaded using the @var{-vfilters} option passed to
-ffmpeg or to ffplay. Filters in the same linear chain are separated by
+Video filters are loaded using the @var{-vf} option passed to
+avconv or to avplay. Filters in the same linear chain are separated by
commas. In our example, @var{split, fifo, overlay} are in one linear
chain, and @var{fifo, crop, vflip} are in another. The points where
the linear chains join are labeled by names enclosed in square
input, and we expect in the future some @var{sink filters} that will
not have video output.
-@chapter Available video filters
+@chapter graph2dot
-When you configure your FFmpeg build, you can disable any of the
-existing video filters.
-The configure output will show the video filters included in your
-build.
+The @file{graph2dot} program included in the Libav @file{tools}
+directory can be used to parse a filter graph description and issue a
+corresponding textual representation in the dot language.
-Below is a description of the currently available video filters.
+Invoke the command:
+@example
+graph2dot -h
+@end example
+
+to see how to use @file{graph2dot}.
+
+You can then pass the dot description to the @file{dot} program (from
+the graphviz suite of programs) and obtain a graphical representation
+of the filter graph.
+
+For example the sequence of commands:
+@example
+echo @var{GRAPH_DESCRIPTION} | \
+tools/graph2dot -o graph.tmp && \
+dot -Tpng graph.tmp -o graph.png && \
+display graph.png
+@end example
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+can be used to create and display an image representing the graph
+described by the @var{GRAPH_DESCRIPTION} string.
-Pass the source unchanged to the output.
+@include filters.texi
@bye