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mplex(1) MJPEG tools manual mplex(1)
NAME
mplex - MPEG 1/2 program/system stream multiplexer
SYNOPSIS
mplex [-v|--verbose num] [-b|--video-buffer video_buffer_size_kB[,
video_buffer_size_kB...]] [-L|--lpcm-params params[, params...]]
[-r|--muxed-bitrate muxed_bitrate_kbps] [-l|--mux-limit num]
[-O|--sync-offset num[ms|s|pts]] [-f|--format format_code] [-V|--vbr]
[-s|--sector-size sector_size_B] [-p|--packets-per-pack num] [-h|--sys
tem-headers] [-S|--max-segment-size output_filesize_limit_MB]
[-M|--split-segment] [-?|--help] -o|--output output_filename_pat
tern input_file...
DESCRIPTION
Mplex is a general-purpose audio/video multiplexer for MPEG-1/MPEG-2.
It accepts one or more MPEG-1/2 video stream, MPEG layer I/II/III, DTS,
AC3 and LPCM audio streams and multiplexes them into a combined pro-
gram/system stream according to the constraints specified. Many dif-
ferent types of output structure are supported along with presets for
standard VCD and SVCD streams. These latter can be burned to CD using
tools such as vcdimager(1) and played in stand-alone players.
It is also capable of automatically splitting the output stream into
chunks of a specified size either independently or at sequence
end/start points in the input video stream.
GENERAL FUNCTION LETTERS
-o|--output output_filename_pattern
This mandatory option sets the pattern for the name(s) of output
files.
An integer format code (e.g. %d) in the name is replaced by the
number of the file generated (see printf(3)).
-v|--verbose num
Set verbosity level to num:
0 - warnings and errors only,
1 - information as well,
2 - really verbose.
-?|--help
Display a synopsis of the command syntax.
FUNCTION LETTERS
-f|--format format_code
This command allows one of a number of convenient preset output
formats or generic MPEG1 or MPEG2 output to be selected. For the
generic formats other function letters can be used to control
many aspects of the multiplexed stream. For VCD/SVCD/DVD com-
pliant output the corresponding formats must be used as the
standards require the multiplexer to enforce a variety of spe-
cial constraints on the structure of the output stream.
0 - Generic MPEG1. A simple general-purpose MPEG1 format pri-
marily suitable for software decoders. Buffer sizes and VBR
must be specified. Bit-rate can be auto-detected.
1 - VCD. Standard VCD. Overrides other option settings.
2 - User VCD. VCD format but buffer size, bit rate and VBR can
be set manually.
3 - Generic MPEG2. Like 0 except MPEG2.
4 - SVCD. Standard SVCD. Overrides other option settings.
5 - User-rate SVCD. SVCD format but buffer size bit rate and
VBR can be set.
6 - VCD Stills stream (mixed mode with hi-res and standard-res
image streams multiplexed are supported).
7 - SVCD Stills stream.
8 - DVD (with NAV sectors). Don't get too excited. This is
really a
very minimal mux format. It includes empty versions of the
peculiar
VOBU start sectors DVD VOB's include. This is enough to per-
suade some
hardware players to play the stream but is a long way from full
DVD authoring.
9 - DVD. As above but without the empty VOBU sectors.
-W|--workarounds workaround_flag [,workaround_flag...]
A comma-seperated list of flags that set special work-arounds
for what are suspected to be parser Bugs in widely used players.
No workarounds are (currently) implemented but history suggests
this may change quickly ;-)
-r|--mux-bitrate num
The total (non VBR) / peak (VBR) bit-rate of the output stream
in k Bits/sec. If unspecified and not set by a preset it is
automatically calculated from the input stream.
-b|--video-buffer numlist
A comma-seperateed list of video decoder buffer sizes in KB for
the video streams (given in the order the video streams appear
on the command line). The default is 46KB the (tiny) size spec-
ified for VCD. The size to use for SVCD is the (more reason-
able) 230KB. If you are encoding for a half-decent software
decoder it makes sense to push this up to 500K or more.
-L|--lpcm-params
samples_per_sec:channels:bits_per_sample
[, samples_per_sec:channels:bits_per_sample
A comma-seperated list of paramter sets for the lpcm audio
streams (given in the order the lpcm streams appear on the com-
mand line). Each parameter set comprises the sampling rate in
Hz, the number of channels, and the number of bits per sample
seperated by colons. For example, the default 48kHz two-channel
16-bit audio would be specified as 48000:2:16.
Note: these parameters are necessary because mplex expects raw
LPCM audio data without any headers. That is: for each sample
point a group of 16,20, or 24 bit amplitude values, one for each
channel. Amplitude values are signed with the constituent bytes
in big-endian (most significant bytes first) order. For 20 bit
samples I am not sure but what documentation I have suggests
such samples are padded at the lsb end so that they byte-align
at the most significant bits.
-l|--mux-limit num
Multiplex limit. Multiplex only the specified number of sec-
onds. Useful for tuning and debugging.
-O|--sync-offset num[ms|s|0.ft R
Set the presentation timestamp offset of video stream w.r.t.
audio stream (video-audio) in mSec. This flag is used to pro-
duce a stream with synchronised audio/video when one stream
started before/after the other. This is common when transcoding
as the synchronisation information is typically lost during the
(seperate) decoding/encoding of audio and video.
By appending 's', 'ms' or 'mpt' the offset can given in seconds,
milliseconds or MPEG clock ticks (1/90000th of a second) respec-
tively. If no suffix is given milliseconds are assumed.
-V|--vbr
Set variable bit rate multiplexing. This is needed to multiplex
variable bit-rate video streams correctly.
-s|--sector-size num
This option specifies the sector size of the output stream in
bytes.
-p|--packets-per-pack num
This option specifies the number of packets per pack in the out-
put stream.
-S|--max-segment-size num
This option specifies the maximum size of output files in MBytes
(2^10) When the limit is reached a new file is started. The
default is (0) unlimited.
Note: This option is not for splitting a long video across mul-
tiple VCD's or SVCD's.
It simply splits a single long sequence into in a way that pre-
vents bits of a video GOP(group of pictures) or audio frame
being split between chunks. This is fine for formats like that
used for DVDs where all stream parameters appear every GOP.
However, for VCD / SVCD it won't work as the players expect each
file to start a new MPEG sequence.
For VCD / SVCD a different technique is used. If mplex encoun-
ters a sequence break (sequence end followed by start) in the
input video stream it starts a new output stream and file at the
sequence start. Thus to split a long video across VCD's/SVCD's
you have to get the MPEG video encoder to introduce sequence
splits at the right points (see mpeg2enc(1) for details of how
to do this).
-M|--ignore-seqend-markers
This flag makes mplex ignore sequence end markers embedded in
the first video stream instead of switching to a new output
file. This is sometimes useful splitting a long stream in files
based on a -S limit that doesn't need a run-in/run-out like
(S)VCD.
-h|--system-headers
A system header is generated in every pack rather than just in
the first.
DIAGNOSTIC OUTPUT
When multiplexing using mplex you may get warning or error messages
complaining about buffer underflow. This means that the bit-rate you
have specified is simply too low to permit the video and audio to be
played back without skipping. The fix is to either reduce the data-
rate of the input material or increased the output stream bit-rate.
BUGS
The multiplexer should handle MPEG(5.1) audio.
AUTHOR
This man page was written by Andrew Stevens.
If you have questions, remarks, problems or you just want to contact
the developers, the main mailing list for the MJPEG-tools is:
mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net
For more info, see our website at
http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net
SEE ALSO
mpeg2enc(1), mp2enc(1), lavrec(1), lavplay(1), lav2yuv(1), lav2wav(1),
yuvscaler(1)
MJPEG Tools Team 2 June 2001 mplex(1)
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