triple_r wrote:
> Tim Nikias <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote:
>> After a looooooong hiatus from POV-Ray (sick with various things, along
>> with a nice one-week-hell of a cancer-misdiagnosis) I'm trying to get
>> everything tracing-related working properly on my Intel MacBook Pro.
> 
>> All it really needs to do is convert a series of TGA images into an
>> MPEG-Animation, no sound (for the time being ;-), 25fps, along with a
>> couple of options for quality/kbps and such (if you know TMPEGenc, you
>> know what I mean).
> 
> Glad to here you're alright.  MacBook Pro, too.  Guess that's not quite as
> important as health though...

Yeah, I just got the MBP when my hip made some problems, and once that 
settled down, I found a swollen lymphnode on my neck. At first I just 
figured to have a cold or such (I knew that lymphnode very well, it 
always "told" me if I'm sick, cause it would swell a little, but that 
thing was as big as a hazelnut), but when it was decided to be removed 
surgically, things started to get messy.
They're getting better now though, and the next semester is up ahead, so 
I'm figuring to get my MBP up to speed for all the stuff I want/need to do.

> My advice would be 'mpeg_encode'.  Does pretty much exactly what you're
> describing, although I've never tried sound with it.  I'm afraid it's not quite
> as simple a solution as you're looking for, but once you get this working once,
> it's REALLY simple.  I use it all the time.  But here's my advice anyway
> (forgive me if I'm telling you things you already know or just things you don't
> care to hear):
> 
> First of all just to get things set up, you'll need XCode...
[...]
> Next, head on over to the Fink website at http://www.finkproject.org/ and
> download and install that...
[...]
> FINALLY, fire up the terminal if that's all done and type in 'sudo apt-get
> install mpegencode'.  'mpeg_encode' runs the program.

I'll have a look at all those things, but installing 2 apps just to get 
a third, small one? ;-) I'll have to check the other 2 apps for their 
usability to me, I don't like cluttering my Laptop with tons of apps I 
don't use, just to get a single application working.
But maybe I'll give it a try just the same. You're right about the 
console part, I should definitely get more into that.

> This is a very simple and configurable way to compile a sequence of frames into
> a mpeg animation in the true Unix way.  It takes a parameter file that I could
> post if you're interested, but it's really pretty simple.  You only have to set
> it up once.
> 
> This isn't really the GUI solution you may be looking for, but since Mac OS X
> came out I've managed to get pretty familiar with the Unix/Linux stuff and as
> far as productivity goes, I've never looked back.  If that's not your cup of
> tea, just disregard this reply, but it seems to me that ignoring the Unix side
> of Mac OS X is missing out on at least half of what it has to offer.  At least.
>  Let me know if you want more details or if I should just shut up already. :)

Don't shut up just yet, but I'll have to look into it first to see if I 
need more advice. I'm also the kind of guy that likes to work things out 
by himself, at least when concerned with software stuff, cause I find it 
to be the better learning experience for me. So don't be sad if I don't 
come asking. :-)

Regards,
Tim

-- 
aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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