In article <web.40b22b6e27c58a6aadee2da00@news.povray.org>, nomail@nomail 
says...
> > Yes. POV-Ray can't place anything into a single file. There is no version
> > that I know of that can or does do so. It is intended only to generate
> > each separate 'frame', requiring you to connect them all together in a
> > movie.
> >
> > Don't worry about secluding the images. You could copy them all into a
> > separate folder if you want, but it isn't necessary. The one merely
> > called 'clockdemo.bmp' may be a problem though. In general if the image
> > doesn't have a number, then it is a 'still' image, not part of an
> > animation. What likely happened is that you ran clockdemo.pov without
> > animation turn on, so POV-Ray generated a single still image from it.
> > This image is "identical" to clockdemo00. This will be a problem when you
> > run TMPGEnc, since that program looks for 'all' files that start with a
> > name + numbers. The result will be:
> >
> > clockdemo.bmp
> > clockdemo00.bmp
> > clockdemo01.bmp
> > ...
> >
> > In other words, it will incorrectly believe that the one without any
> > number is the 'first' frame in the animation, even though it is actually
> > a duplicate of clockdemo00.bmp. So, unless you move all the rest of them
> > into a separate folder, you will need to delete the one that only shows
> > 'clockdemo', with no numbers.
> >
> > Now, when TMPGEnc loads and you pick a movie type is will ask you:
> >
> > Video File:                    [Browse...] <- click this button
> > Audio File:                    [Browse...]
> >
> > Select 'clockdemo00.bmp' from the folder with all the images in it.
> > TMPGEnc will automatically shorten it to 'clockdemo.bmp', so when it is
> > making the movie, it will first look for 'clockdemo.bmp, then
> > 'clockdemo00.bmp' and so on, until it runs out of files with that name.
> > Basically it is asking you for either a) an existing movie file to import
> > or b) the first 'frame' of a series of numbered images to make into one,
> > which is what you are trying to do. ;) Don't bother with the audio
> > option, it will automatically set that to the same file(s), unless you
> > specifically need to use one. Click "next" until you get to a page that
> > asks for the "Output File:". The other pages have a bunch of setting that
> > only an expert will likely know how to manage. At this point you can
> > change where it will place the file or the name it is going to use, just
> > make sure it has the right extension (.mpg for normal movies or .m2v +
> > .wav) for DVD).
> >
> > By default it will put the finished movie in the same place as the images
> > used to make it, so you can probably leave this alone to and just click
> > the "OK" button. It will them tell you that 'clockdemo.mpg does not
> > exist' (or something similar) and ask you if it should create it. Click
> > OK. It should then pop to a screen that will show frames being loaded and
> > put into the file. This screen will also show the Input, Audio and Output
> > files it is using. Just sit back and watch it build the file. Once the it
> > shows 100%, your movie is finished. ;)
> >
> > You can also use the Setting button and other options on this page to
> > fiddle with how the movie is made, but all this stuff is automatically
> > set by the wizard, which is generally good enough, unless you know what
> > you are doing. In any case, now all you need to do is open up the new
> > clockdemo.mpg file in your favorite player and watch the animation. ;) Is
> > is going to be short though, it takes a lot more images to make something
> > that runs for any length of time. The pentmap.pov demo (assuming they
> > didn't rename it. My own copy of clockdemo is called clockd, so they may
> > have renamed some of the files) has 300 images in is and is only 1 minute
> > in length. The clockdemo will be 0.4 seconds in length. lol
> >
> > Clockdemo is only intended to give a basic example of how animation
> > works, not a full length animation. In fact, the longest animation of any
> > of them is Life.pov at 1 minute, 40 seconds. The rest are on average only
> > about 12 seconds in length.
> >
> > --
> > void main () {

> >     call functional_code()
> >   else
> >     call crash_windows();
> > }
> Well, I went to the TMPGEnc file, and went to the Select Source File window,
> clicked the browse button next to the Video File box, and entered
> clockdemo00 into the open box. I clicked Open, but got an error window
> saying, "Invalid Video Source." What did I miss?
> 
> 

Did you actually go to the right directory and click on the file to 
select it? If not then it won't automatically add .bmp to the end. You 
have to tell it the 'full' name, not just 'clockdemo00'. If that isn't 
the problem.. Then I have no idea, unless the files are something TMPGEnc 
doesn't recognize. If they are .BMP then it should not be a problem. If 
they are .PNG, then you need the plugin I mentioned before. If something 
else, then you may need to tell POV-Ray to output in a different format. 
but the key issue here is it needs to know both the directory and the 
'complete' file name to look for, so actually browsing to that directory 
and clicking on the files is probably safer than typing it in.
-- 
void main () {

    call functional_code()
  else
    call crash_windows();
}

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