pjBmp2Avi documentation.
Version 1.0

Description

pjBmp2Avi is a 32 bit windows program designed to stitch sequentially numbered (or lettered!) Windows Bitmap, or Targa Image files into a windows RIFF .avi file.

Usage

It should be relatively straight forward to use but there are some caveat's

It was not programmed defensively with respect to errors. There are some places in the code where an error will not be immediately detected this can cause corrupt .avi files to be produced.
It was written and tested exclusively on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4. I have not tested it on Windows 98 or using the win32S. I have had no reports either way from people using these setups. I assume, therefore, that it works on Windows 98 or people would have complained
All frames must be the same size and color depth.
bmp2avi does no palette management, palette based bmp files should all use the same palette. (this is not true for TGA which are converted to 24 bit internally)
bmp2avi doesn't like RLE encoded bitmaps as its source files. You have been warned!
TGA support should be considered experimental, only TGA types 1,2,9 and 10 are currently supported (8 and 24 bit uncompressed and compressed)

The Main Dialog

Directory :: This is the directory in which pjBmp2Avi looks for source images
Input Name :: This name is used to create the wildcard for source image names. The content of this edit box (in the example "img") has *.bmp or *.tga added to it, depending on which check box is checked.
Wav File :: Wav file to be used as a soundtrack for the avi.
Avi File :: Name of Avi file to create.
Frame Rate :: Number of frames per second that the output avi should have.
Key Rate :: Frequency of key frames in the output avi (0 = no key frames).

Other Stuff

For the latest version of this program, check http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/cherryjam/utilities.html

This application is based entirely on and shares a codebase with bmp2avi

This program is licensed free of charge and can be freely distributed provided this file is distributed with it and that there are no charges beyond those necessary for administrative purposes.

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

I wrote this

Paul Roberts

bmp2avi@cherryjam.prestel.co.uk