From bc40e65008f32b9b3117d8bb9893df03403a6115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deva Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:22:05 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- man/miav.conf.5 | 187 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 187 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/miav.conf.5 (limited to 'man/miav.conf.5') diff --git a/man/miav.conf.5 b/man/miav.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1719ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/miav.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +.\" Process this file with +.\" groff -man -Tascii miav.conf.1 +.\" +.TH MIAV.CONF 1 "June 2005" Linux "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +MIaV \- The Multicast Image and Video project. Configuration file. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /etc/miav.conf +.SH FORMAT +.RS +.RE +.I [property] = [value] +.SH FORMAT EXPLANATION +.TP +.B property +is a string without quotes, containing only normal characters. It is +case sensitive. +.TP +.B value +is one of the following: +.RS +.I string +.RS +A string is a sequence of characters, double quoted, and not +containgning newlines. +.RE +.I integer +.RS +An integer is a normal number, without qoutations, it may only +contain the characters 0-9. +.RE +.I float +.RS +A float is a floating point value, written without qoutations and +using a dot as the decimal indetifier. +.RE +.I boolean +.RS +A boolean is a string written without quotation, the following +three is equivalent: +.I 1, true, yes. +The following three are equivalent: +.I 0, false, no. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.RS +.RE +MIaV \- The Multicast Image and Video project. + +The MIaV configuration file: + +.B Log files of the server and the client. +.RE +The values +.I client_log_file +and +.I server_log_file +needs to be set to a string (double qouted) containing a filename, +which is writable by the user the program is run by. Please note that +the +.I user +and +.I group +properties do not apply to the client. + +.B Cpr Database configuration. +.RE +The +.I cpr_host +property must be set to a string (double quoted) sontaining a valid +dns name for a cpr server. +The +.I cpr_port +is the port number on which to contact the cpr server, and the +.I cpr_timeout +property is the number of miliseconds before bailing out, if the cpr +server does not reply. + +.B Video source. +.RE +The +.I video_width +and +.I video_height +properties are integers setting the width and height of the client +window. + +.B Size of the screen in inches. +.RE +.I screensize +.I pixel_width +.I pixel_height + +.B Skip frames in the player. +.RE +.I player_skip_frames +Set to 1 if client is slow ( less than 1.5 ghz ) + +.B How and where to connect to the miav server? +.RE +.I server_addr +.I server_port + +.B Run the server as the following user: +.RE +.I server_user +.I server_group + +.B Where to store the files recieved by the server +.RE +.I server_root + +.B Video output controls. +.RE +.I frame_sequence +A sequence of I and P, where I is keyframes +which is fast to create, but uses a lot of discspace. +P uses changes since last frame, is more cpu intensive, but uses a +lot less diskspace than I frames + +.B Frame quality. +.RE +.I frame_quality +in % - 100% is best quality + +.B Encoder threads. +.RE +The number of threads started for parallel encoding on the server +(for multiprocessor systems) +.I encoding_threads + +.B Encoder codec. +.RE +Codec is one of the following: +"mpeg1" For use with mpeg1 encoding. +"mpeg4" for use with mpeg4 encoding +default is "mpeg1" +.I encoding_codec +.SH EXAMPLE +.RS +.RE +client_log_file = "/var/log/miav_client.log" +.RE +server_log_file = "/var/log/miav_server.log" + +cpr_host = "cpr.example.com" +.RE +cpr_port = 10301 +.RE +cpr_timeout = 10000 + +video_width = 720 +.RE +video_height = 576 + +screensize = 19.0 +.RE +pixel_width = 1024 +.RE +pixel_height = 768 + +player_skip_frames = no + +server_addr = "miav.example.com" +.RE +server_port = 18120 + +server_user = "miav" +.RE +server_group = "miav" + +server_root = "/var/miav_files" + +frame_sequence = "IPPPP" + +frame_quality = 85 + +encoding_threads = 1 + +encoding_codec = "mpeg4" +.SH FILES +.I /etc/miav.conf +.RS +The system wide configuration file. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR miav (1) +.SH AUTHOR +Bent Bisballe -- cgit v1.2.3