IBP support for transcode

This is the web page about IBP and related tools
http://loci.cs.utk.edu/

Binary utilities can user lors URI for input and/or output file.

If we want to access file in the IBP depot then URI in form

lors://host:port/local_path/file?bs=number&duration=number&copies=number&threads=number&timeout=number&servers=number&size=number

is used. User can also use the short form URI

lors:///local_path/file

When we want to read an IBP file, the local_path/file specifies local file
where is stored exNode with XML specification. When writing an IBP file the
local_path/file specifies local file where to store exNode with XML
specification of IBP depots used.

The paremeters in the full form of URI mean as follows:

host 	 specification of L-Bone server location
port 	 specification of L-Bone server port (default 6767)
bs 	 specification of block-size for transfer in megabytes (default 10)
duration specification of allocation duration in seconds (default 3600s)
copies   specification of number of copies (default 1)
threads  specification of number of threads (concurrent TCP streams) (default 1)
timeout  specification of timeout in seconds (default 100)
servers  specification of number of unique IBP depots (default 1)
size     specification of assumed file size in bytes (default 10MB)

There are environment variables that can be used instead of URI parameters for
the LoRS layer.

LBONE_SERVER   specifies L-Bone server location
LBONE_PORT     specifies L-Bone server port (default 6767)
LORS_BLOCKSIZE specifies block-size for transfer in megabytes (default 10)
LORS_DURATION  specifies duration of allocation in seconds (default 3600s)
LORS_COPIES    specifies number of copies (default 1)
LORS_THREADS   specifies number of threads (concurrent TCP streams) (default 1)
LORS_TIMEOUT   specifies timeout in seconds (default 100)
LORS_SERVERS   specifies number of unique IBP depots (default 1)
LORS_SIZE      specifies assumed file size in bytes (default 10MB)

At least LBONE_SERVER or host must be set.

Transcode program can be used in almost traditional way. If we want to store
the file to the IBP depot then URI in form lors:///local_path/file is used
instead of local file name. The environment variables should be set unless user
specifies URI in its full form. The same form of URI can be used for loading
the file from the IBP depot. Transcode can read and write ordinary local files
as well. The prefix lors:// is required for accessing IBP, otherwise local file
is used.

For example:

LBONE_SERVER=our.ibp.host;
transcode -i lors:///video.dv.xnd -P1 -N 0x1 -y raw -o lors:///temp1-remux.avi.xnd -E 44100,16,2 -J resample

Transcode will use source file identified by serialized description of IBP
exNode stored in video.dv.xnd file on local disc in the current directory. The
L-Bone server location is taken from environment variable (referring to
our.ibp.host) and resulting serialized exNode XML description will be
stored in the current directory as temp1-remux.avi.xnd