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.TH ARISTA-TRANSCODE 1 "June 23, 2011"
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.SH NAME
arista-transcode \-  multimedia transcoding tool for the GNOME Desktop
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B arista-transcode
.RI [ options ] " infile outfile" ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B arista-transcode
command.
.PP
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\fBarista\fP is a multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop which allows
user to encode audio and video streams for a wide variety of devices.
.PP
.B arista-transcode
is a command line program which allows user to encode audio and video stream
for various devices.
.PP
Features include automatic discovery of DVD media and V4L devices, ripping
from DVD or files, a live quality preview, and included presets for the
most popular devices currently in use.
.SH OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Show version of program.
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-info
Show information about available devices.
.TP
.B \-S SUBTITLE, \-\-subtitle=SUBTITLE
Subtitle file to render.
.TP
.B \-e, \-\-ssa
Render embedded SSA subtitles.
.TP
.B \-f FONT, \-\-font=FONT
Font to use when rendering subtitles.
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-crop
Amount of pixels to crop before transcoding.
Specify as: Top Right Bottom Left, default: None.
.TP
.B \-p PRESET, \-\-preset=PRESET
Preset to encode to [default].
.TP
.B \-d DEVICE, \-\-device=DEVICE
Device to encode to [computer].
.TP
.B \-o FILENAME, \-\-output=FILENAME
Output file name [auto].
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-source-info
Show information about input file and exit.
.TP
.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Don't show status and time remaining.
.TP
.B -v, \-\-verbose
Show verbose (debug) output.
.TP
.B \-\-install\-preset FILENAME
Install a downloaded device preset file.
.TP
.B \-\-reset\-presets
Reset presets to factory defaults.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR arista-gtk (1).
.SH AUTHOR
arista-transcode was written by Daniel G. Taylor <dan@programmer-art.org>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).