[Lunar-commits] CVS: moonbase/video/libmatroska DETAILS,1.3,1.4
Florin Braescu
florin at lunar-linux.org
Mon Feb 23 07:01:13 GMT 2004
Update of /var/cvs/lunar/moonbase/video/libmatroska
In directory dbguin.lunar-linux.org:/tmp/cvs-serv15155
Modified Files:
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RCS file: /var/cvs/lunar/moonbase/video/libmatroska/DETAILS,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -d -r1.3 -r1.4
--- DETAILS 21 Jan 2004 09:15:54 -0000 1.3
+++ DETAILS 23 Feb 2004 07:01:11 -0000 1.4
@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@
SHORT="This library implements a multimedia container format."
cat << EOF
-Matroska aims to become the Standard of Multimedia Container Formats. It is based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language), a binary derivative of XML. EBML enables the Matroska Development Team to gain significant advantages in terms of future format extensibility, without breaking file support in old parsers.
+Matroska aims to become the Standard of Multimedia Container Formats. It is
+based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language), a binary derivative of XML.
+EBML enables the Matroska Development Team to gain significant advantages in
+terms of future format extensibility, without breaking file support in old
+parsers.
-First, it is essential to clarify exactly "What an Audio/Video container is", to avoid any misunderstandings.
-
+First, it is essential to clarify exactly "What an Audio/Video container is",
+to avoid any misunderstandings.
- It is NOT a video compression format
- It cannot be used to compress music or pictures like MP3 or JPEG, as it is not a codec.
- It is an envelope for which there can be many audio, video and subtitles streams, allowing the user to store a complete movie in one single file. This ensures that the audio and video can be played in most Media players.
-Matroska is designed with the future in mind. It incorporates features you would expect from a modern container format, like:
-
+Matroska is designed with the future in mind. It incorporates features you
+would expect from a modern container format, like:
- Streamable over internet (HTTP and RTP)
- Fast seeking in the file
- High error recovery
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