Chapter 4: Using the Command Line

You use the command line for all functions associated with RealProducer Plus. You can set up your input/output options, encoding options, preferences, and video codec options using the command line.

Command Line Description

The command line gives you the conversion and broadcasting capability of the RealProducer Plus main interface, but also allows you to create a batch file and record multiple .rm files with a single command.

To use the command line encoder:

1. Open a command line window.

2. Change the directory to the main RealProducer Plus directory.

3. Type realproducer <options> where <options> are the recording options you specify to record your media. See the tables below for more details.

   	Note
   	You must specify an input by using one of the -i or -l options.

4. The command line RealProducer Plus converts the specified input into RealAudio or RealVideo once you press Enter.

Options

The following tables describe each flag that you can use on the command line. These flags are divided into Input/Output options, Encoding options, and Preferences options..

-i /tmp/sample.avi

-l 3,1

-o /tmp/sample.rm

-s "myserver:6060/sample.rm"

-u myname

-p mypassword

-x 01:20:30

-tp 1

-t 1,2,3

-a 2

-v 2

-f 0

-m mysettings.txt

-b "The Title"

-h "Joe Schmoe"

-c "My Company 2000"

-y 0

-z 0

-vx 160,120

-os 144,32

-q "a gripping
 story about a
 man and his pet
 banana slug"

-n "pets slugs"

-k 1

-ar 3

-in 0

-r 1

-w 1

-g 5

-sc 1

-j 0,0,200,150

-vb 1

-vl 30

-lp 1

-kf 20000

Examples

The following example records foo.wav into a RealMedia file for 28 and 56 Kbps audiences, audio set to voice only, file type set to SureStream, and "The Title" as the title of the clip. The output file defaults to foo.rm.

realproducer -i foo.wav -t 0,1 -a 0 -f 1 -b "The Title"

The next example records from a live video source to a RealServer with the same settings as above.

realproducer -l 3:1 -s myserver:4040/foo.rm -t 0,1 -a 0 -v 0 -f 1 -b "The Title"

Settings Configuration File

The Settings Configuration File option (-m) allows the user to specify a text file that contains the necessary target audience settings for the recording. Using a settings file allows you to save different settings that you use all the time, plus you can specify the exact codec used.

The parameters contained used for each target audience are as follows:

	Warning
	Parameters must be in upper case.

The settings file contains a line for each target audience that the user wishes to record for. A sample configuration settings file for a SureStream recording would be as follows:

TARGET=0,TOTAL_BIT_RATE=20,AUDIO_CODEC=sipr0,VIDEO_CODEC=RV300,MAX_FRAME_RATE=7.5

TARGET=2,TOTAL_BIT_RATE=45,AUDIO_CODEC=sipr1,VIDEO_CODEC=RV300,MAX_FRAME_RATE=10

RealProducer Plus then takes these values and creates a RealMedia stream for the target audience specified in each line.

	Warning
	Using a settings configuration file overrides the audio format switch (-a) and the video codec switch (-vc).

Target Audience Values

Audio Codec IDs

Video Codec IDs

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