This document provides information about the SGI OpenML Media Library Software Development Kit (ML). ML provides a cross-platform library for controlling digital media hardware. It supports audio and video I/O devices and transcoders.
This document is a general user's guide. For a more detailed treatment of a particular function, see the online reference pages for ML.
This guide tells you how to use the ML function calls It contains the following chapters:
For details about ML, see following man pages:
| mlAudioParameters(3dm) |
| mlBeginTransfer(3dm) |
| mlClose(3dm) |
| mlEndTransfer(3dm) |
| mlFreeCapabilities(3dm) |
| mlGetCapabilities(3dm) |
| mlGetControls(3dm) |
| mlGetMessageCount(3dm) |
| mlGetSystemUST(3dm) |
| mlGetVersion(3dm) |
| mlGetWaitHandle(3dm) |
| mlImageParameters(3dm) |
| mlIntro(3dm) |
| mlMessageName(3dm) |
| mlOpen(3dm) |
| mlParameters(3dm) |
| mlPixel(3dm) |
| mlPvCopy(3dm) |
| mlPvFind(3dm) |
| mlPvGetCapabilities(3dm) |
| mlPvToString(3dm) |
| mlQueryControls(3dm) |
| mlReceiveMessage(3dm) |
| mlSendBuffers(3dm) |
| mlSendControls(3dm) |
| mlSetControls(3dm) |
| mlStatusName(3dm) |
| mlSynchronization(3dm) |
| mlVideoParameters(3dm) |
| mlXcodeGetOpenPipe(3dm) |
| mlXcodeWork(3dm) |
| mluCapabilities(3dm) |
| mluDefaults(3dm) |
| mluImageBufferSize(3dm) |
| mluPv(3dm) |
| mluSizes(3dm) |
| mluTCAddTC(3dm) |
| mluTCFramesBetween(3dm) |
| mluTCFramesPerDay(3dm) |
| mluTCToSeconds(3dm) |
| mluTCToString(3dm) |
Also see the following:
ISO/IEC 13818-2 GENERIC CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND ASSOCIATED AUDIO: SYSTEMS.
IEC 61834-1 (1997). Recording - Helical-Scan Digital Video Cassette Recording System Using 6.35 mm Magnetic Tape for Consumer Use (525-60, 625-50, 1125-60, and 1250-50 Systems) - Part 1: General Specifications
IEC 61834-2 (1997). Recording - Helical-Scan Digital Video Cassette Recording System Using 6.35 mm Magnetic Tape for Consumer Use (525-60, 625-50, 1125-60, and 1250-50 Systems) - Part 2: SD Format for 525-60 and 625-50 Systems
SMPTE 314M Television - Data Structure for DV-Based Audio, Data and Compressed Video - 25 and 50 Mb/s THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS, 1997
A Technical Introduction to Digital Video by Charles Poynton, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1996 (ISBN 0-471-12253-X, hardcover.
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