Ubuntu Manpage: oggCat - concatenates two ogg video files (.ogv, .ogg or oga)

NAME

       oggCat - concatenates two ogg video files (.ogv, .ogg or oga)

SYNOPSIS

       oggCat [options] outfile.ogv file1.ogv file2.ogv [ file3.ogv [...] ]

DESCRIPTION

       oggCat concatenates two or more ogg files.

       The parameters of the resulting ogg file is defined by the first file in the concatenation
       list. The parameters could be changed by some options, explained below.

       All subsequent files that does not match these video  file  parameters  are  automatically
       transcoded.

       A concatenation will fail in case that there are not enought streams available. This could
       happen e.g. if the first file consists of one audio and one video stream  and  the  second
       file only carries a video stream.

       If there is more than one video or audio stream within the file, the first stream is used.

OPTIONS

-s Sets the size of the video frame. The size is given as <width>x<height>. At
default, the video frame size is the size of the first video stream.

Example: -s 320x240

-d Sets the datarate in byte per seconds for the video encoder (theora). This meant to
be a upper threshold. So the file may be smaller than assumed. If not set, the
datarate of the first file is used.

Example: -d 1024000

-D Sets the datarate in byte per seconds for the audio encoder (vorbis). If not set,
the datarate of the first file is used.

Example: -D 64000

-f Sets the frame rate of the video with numinator and demoninator and is the pictures
per second. If only one number is given, the denominator is set to 1. If not set,
the framerate of the first file is used.

Example: -f 25:2

-F Sets the sample frequency (sample rate) of the audio data in Hertz. If the sample
frequency does not match the one with the original file, resamling is invoked.

Example: -F 32000

-c Adds comments to the video (theora) stream. Comments are given by a pair of type
and value in the form 'type=value'. More than one comment can be concatenated with
a semicolon. It is recommended to use apostrophes as the command line may use the
semicolon as a separator.

Example: -c 'AUTHOR=yorn;DATE=03.07.09'

-C Adds comments to the audio (vorbis) stream. Comments are given by a pair of type
and value in the form 'type=value'. More than one comment can be concatenated with
a semicolon. It is recommended to use apostrophes as the command line may use the
semicolon as a separator.

Example: -C 'AUTHOR=yorn;DATE=03.07.09'

-q Specifies the video quality for the newly created stream. Valid values can be
chosen between 0 and 63 (best).

Example: -q 63

-rv Force to re-encode the video stream. This is sometimes necessary, if the video
stream match in video parameters, but not in the theora version. In that case,
reencoding the video stream helps creating good results.

-x Force to overwrite the output file, even if it exists. This is mainly helpful if
the oggCat is server controlled.

EXAMPLES

       oggCat concatFile.ogv myfile1.ogv myfile2.ogv myfile3.ogv

       or

       oggCat -o concatFile.ogv myfile1.ogv myfile2.ogv myfile3.ogv

       This command creates a cancatenated file concatFile.ogv that consists of the  three  files
       myfile1.ogv myfile2.ogv myfile3.ogv

       oggCat -s320x240 -q63 concatFile.ogv myfile1.ogv myfile2.ogv myfile3.ogv

       This command connects the three files myfile[1-3].ogv to file concatFile.ogv with the size
       of 320x240 and best quality.

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