digikam-doc/supported_materials/movie_formats.rst

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0002    :description: Movie File Formats Supported by digiKam
0003    :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, movies, formats
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0007    :authors: - digiKam Team
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0009    :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html)
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0011 .. _movie_formats:
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0013 Movie Files
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0016 .. contents::
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0018 Introduction
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0021 Many digital cameras support taking of short movie clips. These clips are usually stored in AVI, MOV, or MP4 format. digiKam understands metadata from these formats and will generate thumbnails for the movie files.
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0023 However, digiKam is not a movie editing application and it does not have any built-in movie editing capabilities. If you double click on a movie file digiKam you can preview video or choose a dedicated viewing / editing application through your desktop settings. Viewing your movie files while a slideshow is also supported.
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0025 Video Formats
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0028 digiKam relies on `FFMpeg Multimedia framework <https://ffmpeg.org/>`_ to handle video files. FFmpeg is a powerful video toolkit, which include all codecs that digiKam needs to play video files.
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0030 FFmpeg codec is available under Linux® desktop, macOS, and Windows. You don't need to install extra video codecs on your computer.
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0032 .. figure:: images/ffmpeg_features_list.webp
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0034     :align: center
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0036     FFmpeg Features List is Available in digiKam :menuselection:`Help --> Components Info Dialog`
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0038 Video Features
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0041 With digiKam, you will be able to read video metadata, such as movie length, video frames per second, video size, and encoding options, in order to populate the database at scanning and to perform searches on your collection about video properties. You will be able to play video in embedded preview mode, and in a slideshow. This includes previewing video from your camera device before downloading (only with USB Mass Storage connection mode).
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0043 .. figure:: videos/preview_video_player.webp
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0045     :align: center
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0047     Screencast of digiKam Preview Mode Playing A Record Taken with An iPhone