Hi Brent, I've had much better results in creating animations under Linux by using mjpeg-tools or mencoder rather than mpegvidcodec.
Just my $0.02, Tom On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 01:06:08PM -0700, David Thompson wrote: > There is no way to create an MPEG directly from DX. We've always used > ImageMagick or other post-processing tools to create them from stills > or miffs. > > David > > >I have ImageMagick and mpegvidcodec installed, and would like to create > >a mpeg movie of the data sequences without the need to create a lot of > >stills first. I have found that transforming them into jpeg or such, > >then creating a movie out of those results in poor picture quality. Is > >there a way to say the output directly as a movie file? I tried, but it > >does not seem to append the image but rewrite the image. Therefore, > >this results in a single frame movie file. I believe that this is what > >the writeimage matrix in the reference guide is stating, but I would > >like to double check with someone more in the know. > > > >I can save the output as a miff series, but when I try to transform the > >miff to mpeg using convert, I get a vbv_delay overflow error. If I > >can't generate a mpeg directly from dx (which would be ideal), then I > >talk to the ImageMagick people about what a vbv_delay overflow error > >is... > > > >Thanks for the help, > > > >-- > >Brent Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > ............................................................................. > David L. Thompson Visualization and Imagery Solutions, > Inc. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5515 Skyway Drive, Missoula, MT 59804 > Phone : (406)756-7472 >
