Micha Riser wrote:
> Bill Hails wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi
>>Do any of you use linux for pov animations?
>>if so, what do you use to stitch together the frames into
>>a movie?
>>
> 
> 
> When I used to do animations with pov I used "mpeg_encode" to encode the ppm
> pictures into a movie. "mencoder" that comes with "mplayer" can also encode
> from png, tga, jpeg to various movie formats. I guess "transcode" will be
> able to do the job as well (I'm not very familar with that though).
> 
> So, now you've plenty of choice :)
> 
> - Micha
> 
Most times I used mencoder but transcode gives you more freedom to play 
around (this must not be a benefit ;-) )

For transcode you can do it this way:

1.) Create a list with all images
ls -1 *.png > list.lst
(or ls -1 *.jpg > list.lst)

2.) Let transcode convert them to a video (mpeg in this case)
transcode -i list.lst -x imlist,null -g 800x600 -y mpeg,null -f 15 -w 
1500 -o video.mpeg -H 0

-f sets the framerate
-w sets the bitrate
-x is the Inputmodule (Video,Audio)
-y is the Outputmodule (Video,Audio)

For multipass rendering (divx,xvid) one must use
the -R 1 or -R 2 option.

Sebastian

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