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Helix DNA Producer SDK Overview
Here is an overview of what is available today:
A/V Data Type Input Support
Source code is provided for support of these input types:
- Uncompressed AVI files
- Uncompressed QuickTime files
- WAV files
Binary-only support (Binary Licensees only) is provided for these input types:
- Live audio and video capture devices
- Uncompressed Wav
- Uncompressed QuickTime
- Uncompressed AVI
- Compressed AVI (Windows Only/Requires DirectShow)
- Digital Video (DV) files (Windows Only/Requires DirectShow)
- MPEG1, MPEG4 (Windows Only/Requires DirectShow)
- MPEG2 (Windows Only/Requires DirectShow. Requires DirectShow MPEG2 decoder which are installed by many PC DVD Players.)
- Compressed QuickTime (Windows Only. Requires QuickTime Player 5 or later.)
- NeXT Sound files
- Sun audio files
- AIFF files
In the future, source code for additional input types may be posted by RealNetworks or other community members.
A/V Data Type Output Support
Source code is provided for support of these input types:
- Vorbis Audio
Binary-only support (Binary Licensees only) is provided for:
- RealMedia streaming broadcast
- File output in RealMedia format (*.rm and *.rmvb.)
In the future, RealNetworks and other community members may release source code for file output in additional formats, such as:
- MP3
- MPEG4/3GPP
Other Features Provided as Source Code
- Logging
- Audio resampling
- Audio format conversion
- Audio monitoring
- Video black level correction
- Video color conversion
- Video cropping
- Video inverse telecine correction and deinterlacing
- Audio gain
Other Features Provided as Binaries
- Video resizing
- Video noise reduction
Platforms
Helix DNA Producer SDK can currently be compiled on the following platforms:
- Windows NT4, 2000, and XP with MSVC 7.0
- x86 Linux 2.2 with gcc 3.2
- Macintosh OS X with Project Builder 2.1 and gcc 3.1
Helix DNA Producer command line application currently will run the following platforms:
- Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, and XP
- Linux 2.2, 2.4 with glibc 2.1 or greater
- Macintosh OS X
Other platforms may be added over time by various members of the Helix community, including RealNetworks.