Hi
    I'm having trouble making a standard windows playable animation file
like AVI or Mpeg Is there an Off line program avaiable to do this from POV
output files?. If so where can I get it from? Exesive cost might be an
issue.

I have tryed DTA but when ever I try to make an AVI it performs an illegal
operation and shuts down, just as it tryes to make the AVI

Any clean surgestion greatfully execpted

Thankx

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Depends in some ways on how many frames that you have...

To just combine frames into an animation, Fast Movie Processor
(http://www.bigfoot.com/~rapidi) is very easy to use and supports standard
codec output. However I found that it got a bit 'scratchy' on a 256Mb RAM
system when using approx 10,000+ frames... So it's not great for dealing
with film length...

There are others that no-doubt other people know the URLs for...

Regards,

Luke

"^" <div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>     I'm having trouble making a standard windows playable animation file
> like AVI or Mpeg Is there an Off line program avaiable to do this from POV
> output files?. If so where can I get it from? Exesive cost might be an
> issue.
>
> I have tryed DTA but when ever I try to make an AVI it performs an illegal
> operation and shuts down, just as it tryes to make the AVI
>
> Any clean surgestion greatfully execpted
>
> Thankx
>
> --
> div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk
>
> A great Politician:- "There are no such things as problems,
> only opportunities. However we must be careful not to
> create any insoluble opportunities."
>
>

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Fast Movie Processor was long ago replaced by VideoMach - also free for
non-commercial use.
www.gromada.com

All the best,

Andy Cocker


"Luke Church" <luk### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Depends in some ways on how many frames that you have...
>
> To just combine frames into an animation, Fast Movie Processor
> (http://www.bigfoot.com/~rapidi) is very easy to use and supports standard
> codec output. However I found that it got a bit 'scratchy' on a 256Mb RAM
> system when using approx 10,000+ frames... So it's not great for dealing
> with film length...
>
> There are others that no-doubt other people know the URLs for...
>
> Regards,
>
> Luke
>
> "^" <div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:3c8a283d$1@news.povray.org...
> > Hi
> >     I'm having trouble making a standard windows playable animation file
> > like AVI or Mpeg Is there an Off line program avaiable to do this from
POV
> > output files?. If so where can I get it from? Exesive cost might be an
> > issue.
> >
> > I have tryed DTA but when ever I try to make an AVI it performs an
illegal
> > operation and shuts down, just as it tryes to make the AVI
> >
> > Any clean surgestion greatfully execpted
> >
> > Thankx
> >
> > --
> > div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk
> >
> > A great Politician:- "There are no such things as problems,
> > only opportunities. However we must be careful not to
> > create any insoluble opportunities."
> >
> >
>
>

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"Andrew Cocker" <big### [at] mariner9fsnetcouk> wrote in message
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> Fast Movie Processor was long ago replaced by VideoMach - also free for
> non-commercial use.
> www.gromada.com
>
> All the best,
>

Or...

You could try TMPEnc (MPG encoder).  Free, and getting better all the time:
http://www.tmpgenc.com/

Virtual Dub is a very nice AVI encoder with lots of filters - you can add
watermarks to your anims, and (with a bit of work) even add subtitles!  You
can even set it up to 'stream' frames to TMPGEnc so that you can encode your
animation as an MPG (with your filters intact) without having to turn it
into an AVI first:
http://www.virtualdub.org/

Wa-hey!

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Excellent, I get a new toy to do my encoding with :-)

Many thanks,

Luke

"Andrew Cocker" <big### [at] mariner9fsnetcouk> wrote in message
news:3c8cb150@news.povray.org...
> Fast Movie Processor was long ago replaced by VideoMach - also free for
> non-commercial use.
> www.gromada.com
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy Cocker
>
>
> "Luke Church" <luk### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:3c8a89bf@news.povray.org...
> > Depends in some ways on how many frames that you have...
> >
> > To just combine frames into an animation, Fast Movie Processor
> > (http://www.bigfoot.com/~rapidi) is very easy to use and supports
standard
> > codec output. However I found that it got a bit 'scratchy' on a 256Mb
RAM
> > system when using approx 10,000+ frames... So it's not great for dealing
> > with film length...
> >
> > There are others that no-doubt other people know the URLs for...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > "^" <div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk> wrote in message
> > news:3c8a283d$1@news.povray.org...
> > > Hi
> > >     I'm having trouble making a standard windows playable animation
file
> > > like AVI or Mpeg Is there an Off line program avaiable to do this from
> POV
> > > output files?. If so where can I get it from? Exesive cost might be an
> > > issue.
> > >
> > > I have tryed DTA but when ever I try to make an AVI it performs an
> illegal
> > > operation and shuts down, just as it tryes to make the AVI
> > >
> > > Any clean surgestion greatfully execpted
> > >
> > > Thankx
> > >
> > > --
> > > div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk
> > >
> > > A great Politician:- "There are no such things as problems,
> > > only opportunities. However we must be careful not to
> > > create any insoluble opportunities."
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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> You could try TMPEnc (MPG encoder).  Free, and getting better all the
time:
> http://www.tmpgenc.com/
>
> Virtual Dub is a very nice AVI encoder with lots of filters - you can add
> watermarks to your anims, and (with a bit of work) even add subtitles!
You
> can even set it up to 'stream' frames to TMPGEnc so that you can encode
your
> animation as an MPG (with your filters intact) without having to turn it
> into an AVI first:
> http://www.virtualdub.org/

Correct, but will either of these assemble an AVI out of seperate frames?
That's usually all I use VideoMach for anyway, then use VirtualDub to
frameserve (applying effects) and TMPEnc to encode and multiplex my video
and audio to VCD format ( my best purchase of recent years was a Zenix DVD

widescreen TV!!)

All the best,

Andy Cocker

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"Andrew Cocker" <big### [at] mariner9fsnetcouk> wrote in message
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>
> Correct, but will either of these assemble an AVI out of seperate frames?

Yup.  Virtual Dub can from sequentially numbered BMPs and TMPGEnc from
numbered BMPs, PPMs, JPGs and TGAs, though you have to 'export as file' to
make an AVI from TMPEnc as its mainly for encoding, er, MPGs.

>...can now watch my anims on widescreen TV!!

Me too.  I've done a compilation of anims downloaded from the net over the
years to watch on the telly in the comfy chair (not the comfy chair!)
instead of the scrunched up in front the monitor.

What a lazy fat pig I am.

Wa-hey!

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"^" <div### [at] rscratcherfreeservecouk> wrote in message
news:3c8a283d$1@news.povray.org...
> Hi
>     I'm having trouble making a standard windows playable animation file
> like AVI or Mpeg Is there an Off line program avaiable to do this from POV
> output files?. If so where can I get it from? Exesive cost might be an
> issue.
>
> I have tryed DTA but when ever I try to make an AVI it performs an illegal
> operation and shuts down, just as it tryes to make the AVI
>
> Any clean surgestion greatfully execpted
>
> Thankx
>
TMPEGenc does a nice job of converting AVI files to mpeg files as well as
blending a sound track. And for the AVI files I usually use Animation Shop
Pro

www.tmpegenc.net


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