I have a problem with avirecompress from avifile-0.7.22-20021129.tgz
(and with all older but recent versions). Perhaps someone can give
me a clue as to the error of my ways...
I'm running on RedHat 8.0, and have unpacked the Windows Codec dlls
from binaries-011002.tgz into /usr/lib/win32.
I'm trying to recompress uncompressed RGB avi files (produced from
a series of *.ppm images by a Linux program called mkavi) into
*any* compressed format that can be imported into PowerPoint.
Avirecompress successfully reads my "input" avi movie, (albeit
upside down - no big deal) but refuses to write out any recompressed
output to dest.avi. I get the following type of error message with
all of the "known" codecs (DIVX, DivX5.0, FFMPEG DivX5, Brooktree
ProSummer, Brooktree YUV411, Indeo 5.04, Indeo 4.1, M$ Motion JPEG,
AVID, TechSmith, Huffyuv, VP31, Ciepak, I263, U263, Motion Wavelets,
AVI Mszh, AVI Zlib, MS RLE, OS Motion JPEG, XviD, as well as the
uncompressed YUY2, YV12, I420 and UYVY formats):
Compresor start fourcc: DIVX
<exception> : WriteFile: FATAL: No known video codecs for this VideoEncoderInfo
In addition, all of the DivX ;-) VK1 Low-Motion/Fast-Motion codecs
produce the additional warning messages:
<Win32 plugin> : win32_GetRegValue: no such value for Software\LinuxLoader\ BitRate
<Win32 plugin> : win32_GetRegValue: no such value for Software\LinuxLoader\ Crispness
<Win32 plugin> : win32_GetRegValue: no such value for Software\LinuxLoader\ KeyFrames
It sounds like the stuff in /usr/lib/win32 isn't being found. Yet
this stuff *does* seem to be found when I'm *playing* compressed AVIs
using aviplay!
How do I know this? I've also tried using im2avi, which creates compressed
AVI files via the avifile package (somehow). Oddly, this seems to work!
In particular, the motion wavelets codec produces *stunningly* better
results (for my application) than any of the others im2avi supports.
Naturally, PowerPoint won't read the motion wavelets AVIs 8-(.
Another problem is that im2avi won't compile on RedHat 8.0, since its
version of ImageMagick is incompatible (too new).
I'd appreciate any help offered.
Stuart DeGraaf
--
This message was posted from a blessedly Microsoft-free PC
.^. /^\
/v\ G N U / L I N U X 0 0
// \\ Phear the Penguin / V \
/( )\ Live Free or Die! / \
^^-^^ / |_ _| \
Stuart R. DeGraaf Columbia, MD / / \ \
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (410) 531-0061 (VV) (VV)
\/'---'\/
<*) <*) <*)
/ \ / \ / \
/\ \ /\ \ /\ \
| \ \ | \ \ | \ \
\_\\ \_\\ \_\\
^^^ ^^^ ^^^
Break the cycle of addiction!
Get off the pointless Mega$loth "upgrade" treadmill
with its punitive licensing and proprietary lock-in.
Who owns your data? You or Mega$loth?
Don't let another generation be poisoned by M$ pushers.
Use Open-Source GNU/Linux!
Live Free or Die!
_______________________________________________
Avifile mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://prak.org/mailman/listinfo/avifile
