"Paolo Bormida" <bor### [at] tinit> writes:

> - Utility name & version (ie Dave's Targa Animator 1.1)

Berkeley MPEG tools version 1, release 2.

> - Target OS & CPU (ie Linux on Intel, Windows NT on DECAlpha etc)

  Portable C.  I use it on a Linux PC.  The MPEG player only works for
X Window, though.

> - Format of the resulting animation (ie MPEG, FLC/FLI, AVI,
> QuickTime etc)

  MPEG 1 (video only alas, as far as I know).

> - Price (ie freeware, cardware, shareware with 200 USD registration fee,
> commercial for 5000 USD etc)

  From the COPYRIGHT file:

 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 * documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement is
 * hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following
 * two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.

> - Where to find it

  From the Announce file:

ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/bmt1r1.tar.gz

I guess you should replace bmt1r1.tar.gz by bmt1r2.tar.gz.

Note: no graphical user interface.  You write a text file containing
the parameters, then run the program, then you have the MPEG file.
Shouldn't be hard to code a little GUI, though.  I'd be interested in
one, if someone feels good.  Or I might even write one (Perl/Tk,
Python/Tk or Tcl/Tk).  Not right away, though.
-- 
Roland Mas

Oshitemo damedara, hiite mina.
  -- Proverbe japonais

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