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Warp wrote:
> stbenge <stb### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>> So I *finally* got around to obtaining a bmp->avi animation program by
>> the name of AviCreator.
>
> I hope that's not the one which loads *all* the input images into memory
> (in raw format) before even attempting to write the avi file...
Yes, it's the one. I know this because I have to unload/reload all the
images after writing new ones from POV, or else the animation is not
changed. For being a simple program, it's not very user-friendly.
> I don't know about your problem, but I bet there are better programs
> for what you want to do. VirtualDub is a popular free program for creating
> and converting avis (using any codec installed in your system). While it's
> not completely intuitive at first how you convert a series of image files
> into an avi with VirtualDub, it's perfectly possible.
I'll give VD a try (that sounds a little wrong...).
> Another free alternative, which is the de-facto encoder in linux,
> is mencoder (its Windows port, to be more precise). Of course it's a
> powerful "hacker tool" and thus not designed for maximum user
> friendliness, so you might find it quite daunting at first. OTOH once
> you learn to use it, it can be quite handy.
> (OTOH, VirtualDub probably meets your needs, and it's a bit easier
> to use, so you might want to check that first.)
By "hacker tool," do you mean it has some sort of command-line
interface? I'm not too fond of having to type out several commands and
paths every time I need to do something, unless I can save the text as a
batch file command sequence. Or is it as difficult as Blender? If so,
that will be no problem.
I'll look up both of these apps. Thanks!
Sam
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