I use bmp2avi and that works swell.  Even allows you to use your own codec.
Is a win32 command line tool, maybe lindows will run it????
-Zach
"Michael Yecchh" <som### [at] anywherecom> wrote in message
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> I tried to install TMPGEnc and it crashed some software on my computer.
> TMPGEnc never did work and I had to do a full restore to get my system
> straight.  I'm using Win2000 on a  1.4GHz P4.  Could be fluke, of course,
> but there seem to be enough encoder candidates out there such that it will
> be awhile before I try that one again.
> r
>
>
>
> "Nicolas Calimet" <pov### [at] freefr> wrote in message
> news:39FDB1CF.6DB2BD63@free.fr...
> > <french>
> > Salut Simon ;-)
> > </french>
> >
> > >         I have been using mpeg2encode for a few months now and this is
> the only tool
> > > I've used at all for encoding MPEG from pictures.
> > >
> > > I was wondering two things,
> > >  1) what are the software for linux that are capable of encrypting a
> good
> > > animation for the IRTC. (ie: valid encryption)
> > >  2) what are the software for linux that are capable of encrypting an
> animation
> > > with the Best quality of frames and still a bit of compression (I'm
> talking
> > > about mpeg, not avi...)
> >
> > What's wrong with the MSSG encoder ? What do you mean by valid encoding
?
> > The mpeg2encode tool is supposed to give you "valid" files since it has
> been
> > used for the test models of the MPEG Commitee.
> > There are several ways to improve quality of an encoding, in general
> > sense, not only with this tools. Parameters depend on which models you
> want
> > to use (MPEG-1 or 2), the bitrate you need, the type of source (TV caps,
> CG
> > animation, ...) and much more. I could manage having correct results in
> MPEG-2
> > with this tool while tweaking default parameters carefully.
> > Under Linux, I don't know much good softs for encoding, but there's
> > one that rules in Windows platform: TMPGEnc. It's free until now, best
> quality
> > ever - even commercial softs can't cope with it. Produces
> VCD/SVCD/DVD(NTSC)-
> > compliant video streams. It's a japanese soft, but there are english
> ressources
> > for it (patch) until the author switch to an english version (should be
> the
> > next release).
> >
> > Current TMPGEnc website:          www.yks.ne.jp/~hori/TMPGEnc.html
> > Future location (not ready yet):  www.tmpgenc.com
> > English ressources:               www.jamsoft.com/tmpgenc/ [check this
one
> first]
> >
> > Note: I posted similar infos in p.unix a few months ago in the
> > "mpeg_encode Berkeley" thread (2000-08-20)
> >
> > Believe me, you should try it, it's also very fast. Input in from AVI
> > stream, but you can easily make it from TGA files.
> > This soft, a few other tools, and DVD players are the only reason for
> > me to keep windoze on my PC ;-)
> >
> >
> > *** Nicolas Calimet
> > *** http://pov4grasp.free.fr
>
>

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