This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about GAnSO and their answers.


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Q: What formats does Ganso take in and put out?

A: At this moment GAnSO is able to read PPM and PNG files, last ones with
full alpha channel support. Work is being done in using some library, maybe
gdk-pixbuf, to load more formats.

And it can produce any video format wich has a GAnSO associated codec. By
default you can only write MPEG-1 files, but check out the GAnSO homepage at
http://www.gpul.org/proyectos/ganso to find more codecs.

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Q: I have just downloaded ganso source package and unarchived it. How do I
install it?

A: Read the INSTALL file, it contains all the information needed to compile
and install.

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Q: Some items on the menu doesn't work, what happens?

A: Not all the interface is implemented yet, there can be some functions on
the interface that does nothing.

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Q: I've started the pattern template, filled in all the information, but
after creating the stream, no one image is in the project tree...

A: GAnSO won't add any image to the project that isn't available. All the
image files that you add to your project must exist.

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Q: When I compile ganso I get the following error:
ld: cant find -ldb

A: You must install an extra package into your system, in Debian it's called
libdb2-dev, in other systems should have a similar name.

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Q: With some MPEG files GANSO only uses the first frame.

A: The problem is that these files are encoded with poor tools, and
GANSO can't calculate their size. Patches to fix it are welcome.
