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### Welcome to DASHEncoder
We (http://dash.itec.aau.at and http://www.bitmovin.net) developed a new content generation tool – on top of GPAC’s MP4Box and x264 – for MPEG-DASH content generation, called DASHEncoder.

Alternatively it is possible to generate MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS content with the cloud based transcoding service [bitcodin](http://www.bitcodin.com). Visit [www.bitcodin.com](http://www.bitcodin.com) and experience the fastest way of MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS video transcoding with $ 25 transcoding credit's for free.
Alternatively, it is possible to generate MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS content with the cloud based transcoding service [bitcodin](http://www.bitcodin.com). Visit [www.bitcodin.com](http://www.bitcodin.com) and experience easy access to MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS video transcoding with $ 25 of transcoding credits for free.

[![bitcodin](http://www.bitmovin.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/General-Try-Now-1024x538.jpg)](http://www.bitcodin.com)

### How it works?
### How does it work?
The DASHEncoder steps are depicted here:
DASHEncoder generates the desired representations (quality/bitrate levels), fragmented MP4 files, and MPD file based on a given config file or by command line parameters respectively. Given the set of parameters the user has a wide range of possibilities for the content generation, including the variation of the segment size, bitrate, resolution, encoding settings, URL , etc., which is shown by the example of a DASHEncoder config file in the git repository of DASHEncoder.
DASHEncoder generates the desired representations (quality/bitrate levels), fragmented MP4 files, and a MPD file based on a given config file or by command line parameters respectively. Given the set of parameters the user has a wide range of possibilities for the content generation, including the variation of the segment size, bitrate, resolution, encoding settings, URL , etc., which is shown by the example of a DASHEncoder config file in the git repository of DASHEncoder.

The DASHEncoder is available as open source with the aim that other developers will join this project. The content generated by DASHEncoder is compatible with our DASH VLC plugin which can be used as a decoder and player respectively.

### Current features and restrictions
* Generation of video only, audio only or audio+video DASH content
* h.264 encoding based on x264: Constant and variable bitrate encoding
* PSNR logging and MySQL interface for storing in a database(only for common resoltution representations)
* H.264 encoding based on x264: Constant and variable bitrate encoding
* PSNR logging and MySQL interface for storing in a database (only for common resolution representations)
* There are currently problems with the playback of the content containing Audio with the DASH VLC plugin

### Compilation and installation
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* Finished!

Run:
* Edit the paramters of the example config file
* Edit the parameters of the example config file
* run: ./DASHEncoder

If you're using the GitHub for Mac, simply sync your repository and you'll see the new branch.

### Dependencies
* x264: use a version with scaling enabled. To be sure, get the latest version from the x264 git repository and compile it by your own.
* x264: use a version with scaling enabled. To be sure, get the latest version from the x264 git repository and compile it on your own.
* MP4Box: use the actual version from the SVN repository of GPAC (this will support dash multiplexing)
http://gpac.wp.institut-telecom.fr/2011/04/20/compiling-gpac-on-ubuntu/
* ffmepg (optional): if you use other input source formats than YUV, may use ffmpeg for the pipe to x264
* mysql (optional) client libraries (may needs some changes in the make file of DASHEncoder because of the paths)
* FFmpeg (optional): if you use other input source formats than YUV, may use FFmpeg for the pipe to x264
* MySQL (optional) client libraries (may needs some changes in the make file of DASHEncoder because of the paths)

### Authors and Contributors
We kindly ask you to refer the following paper in any publication mentioning DASHEncoder:

Stefan Lederer, Christopher Müller and Christian Timmerer, “Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP Dataset”, In Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia Systems Conference 2012, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 22-24, 2012. [[PDF]](http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/bib/files/p89-lederer.pdf)

### Support or Contact
Having trouble with Pages? Check out the documentation at [http://dash.itec.aau.at](http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/dash/?page_id=282). We also offer professional services via [www.bitmovin.net](http://www.bitmovin.net), so you are welcome to contact [email protected] and we’ll get in touch with you.
Having trouble? Check out the documentation at [http://dash.itec.aau.at](http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/dash/?page_id=282). We also offer professional services via [www.bitmovin.net](http://www.bitmovin.net), so you are warmly invited to contact [email protected] and we’ll get in touch with you.


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