1guacenc(1) Apache Guacamole guacenc(1)
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6 guacenc - Guacamole video encoder
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9 guacenc [-s WIDTHxHEIGHT] [-r BITRATE] [-f] [FILE]...
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12 guacenc is a video encoder which accepts Guacamole protocol dumps, such
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14 tion, writing standard video files as output. guacenc is essentially
15 an implementation of a Guacamole client which accepts its input from
16 files instead of a network connection, and renders directly to video
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19 Each FILE specified will be encoded as MPEG-4 video to a new file named
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21 the output video will be 640x480 pixels, and will be saved with a bi‐
22 trate of 2000000 bits per second (2 Mbps). These defaults can be over‐
23 ridden with the -s and -r options respectively. Existing files will not
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27 Guacamole acquires a write lock on recordings as they are being writ‐
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47 -f Overrides the default behavior of guacenc such that input files
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56version 1.5.4 26 Jan 2018 guacenc(1)