Multimedia Services for
DIGITAL UNIX
Application User's Guide
Contents
Preface
Chapter
1 — Introduction
Multimedia Services for Digital
UNIX
What is Multimedia Services?
Applications Included with
Multimedia Services
Architectural Overview of the
Digital UNIX MMS Run-Time Environment
The MMS Server
MMS and the X Window System
The MMS Model and Performance
Data Flow in MMS
Multimedia Services and CDE
Common Desktop Environment
(CDE)
The CDE Multimedia Program
Group
Launching MMS Applications from
within the CDE Desktop
CDE Multimedia Data Files and
Icons
Chapter 2 — The Audio Control Application
Audio Control
What is Audio Control?
Launching Audio Control
The Control Panel
Displaying Audio Device
Information
Monitoring the Input Level
Changing a Device
Chapter 3 — The DECsound Application
DECsound — Overview, UI,
and Step-by-Step
What is DECsound?
About DECsound Files
Launching DECsound
The DECsound Control Panel
DECsound Settings Dialog
Box
DECsound Default Resources
Making a Recording
Playing a Recording
Editing a Recording
Performing Other Functions
Getting Help
DECsound Command Line Syntax
Chapter 4 — The AlphaVCR Application
AlphaVCR Overview and Concepts
What is AlphaVCR?
About AlphaVCR Files
AlphaVCR: Graphical User
Interface
Launching AlphaVCR
AlphaVCR: Main Window and
Menus
Using Optional AlphaVCR
Configurations
Preferences Dialog Box
Playing a File
Checking Preferences
Playing a File to the
Screen
Playing a File to an
Output Device
Recording a File
Checking Preferences
Recording a File
Recording Single Frames
to a File
Displaying Live Video
Checking Preferences
Displaying Live Video
Converting an AVI File
Compressing an
Uncompressed AVI File
Transcoding to an MPEG File
Saving a Single Frame
Displaying Video-File
Information
AlphaVCR Command Line Syntax
Chapter 5 — The Transcode Application
Transcode Overview and Concepts
What is the Transcode
Application?
About Transcode Files
Transcode Command Line Syntax
Chapter 6 — The Video Odyssey Screen Saver
Video Odyssey: Overview and
Concepts
What is Video Odyssey?
About Video Odyssey Files
Video Odyssey: Graphical User
Interface
Launching Video Odyssey
The Video Odyssey Control
Panel
Video Odyssey: Step-by-Step
Enabling and Disabling
Video Odyssey
Selecting a Screen Saver
Effect From Video Odyssey
Selecting a Video File
for Video Odyssey
Video Odyssey Defaults
Video Odyssey Command Line
Syntax
Video Odyssey Command
Line Syntax
Chapter 7 —Multimedia Services Command Line
Applications
The audiodevices Application
What is audiodevices?
Command Line Syntax for
audiodevices
The audioplay Application
What is audioplay?
Command Line Syntax for
audioplay
The audiorecord Application
What is audiorecord?
Command Line Syntax for
audiorecord
The audioselectports
Application
What is audioselectports?
Command Line Syntax for
audioselectports
The jpegconvert Application
What is jpegconvert?
Command Line Syntax for
jpegconvert
Glossary