The Digital Media (DM) Library, libdmedia.so, is a library that currently supports parameter setting and ring buffering for applications that use the IRIS Digital Media software. Currently, you can use the DM routines with the Movie Library and the Video Library.

The DM Library features:

Silicon Graphics offers a collection of libraries designed for developers of digital audio and MIDI software, as well as those seeking to integrate audio into their existing applications:

The digital audio libraries can be used separately or in combination. Each library is tailored to a particular set of tasks, as follows:

The Video Library (VL) is a collection of device-independent C language calls for Silicon Graphics workstations equipped with video options, such as Sirius Video™, Indigo² Video™, Indy Video™, or Galileo Video ™, or workstations equipped with on-board video, such as Indy™.

The VL provides generic video tools, including simple tools for importing and exporting digital data to and from current and future Silicon Graphics video hardware, as well as to and from third-party video devices that adhere to the Silicon Graphics architectural model for video devices. Video tools are described in the Media Control Panels User's Guide, which you can view using the IRIS InSight viewer; similar applications are supplied in source-code form as examples in the 4Dgifts directory (/usr/people/4Dgifts/examples/dmedia/video/vl).

The VL provides an API that enables applications to:

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Note: The range of VL capabilities you can use depends on the capabilities of your workstation and the video options installed in it.

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The IndigoVideo board provides video input and output for IRIS Indigo workstations equipped with Entry graphics. The IndigoVideo Library provides a software interface to the IndigoVideo board, enabling applications to:

The Compression Library, libcl.so, provides a flexible, extensible, and algorithm-independent software interface for compressing and decompressing audio, video, and image data.

The Compression Library features:

The Compression Library provides facilities for working with audio, still images, sequential frames of data (movies), and a buffering mechanism for nonsequential compression and decompression.

You can query the Compression Library for the available algorithms, and you can add your own algorithms and parameters. A pass-through capability allows you to pass data through the routines without using an algorithm.

The Compression Library can be used with the Audio File Library, and with data used by the IRIS Movie Player and Movie Maker tools.

The Movie Library, libmovie, is a collection of routines that provides a C language API for reading, writing, editing, and playing movies on Silicon Graphics workstations. The API provides a uniform interface to movies of various formats and lets you convert movies from one format to another.

The Movie Library features: