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Hi all!
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.
Now, on the PC I used TMPEGenc to encode my little videos, anything as
easy, free and simple as that available that anyone knows by chance? I'm
googling around, finding various things, but I haven't hit on anything I
immediately liked so far.
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).
Any suggestions are appreciated, sorting through the web is kinda
tedious... :-)
Regards,
Tim
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aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>
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> with a nice one-week-hell of a cancer-misdiagnosis)
Eek!
> Now, on the PC I used TMPEGenc to encode my little videos, anything as
> easy, free and simple as that available that anyone knows by chance? I'm
> googling around, finding various things, but I haven't hit on anything I
> immediately liked so far.
>
> 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).
I usually use VirtualDub on Windows, and the XviD codec. Or ffmpeg
(cross-platform, but command-line). ffmpeg seems to need some tweaking
to make it produce a working MPEG2 video; but for MPEG1 it works fine.
There is a GUI for Mac (ffmpegX), but I don't even have a Mac, so I
don't know if it's good :)
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Tim Nikias <JUS### [at] gmx netWARE> 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...
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 which includes the GCC
compilers and such, so if you don't have that you may need to go on the Apple
Developer Connection site at http://developer.apple.com/ , sign up for a free
account, and download that. Nice to have anyway.
Next, head on over to the Fink website at http://www.finkproject.org/ and
download and install that. It's a GREAT way to install a whole lot of free
programs. Just type 'fink list' the Terminal. Wow. Unfortunately to get all
the more current software you will need to enable the 'unstable' branch,
described in detail at http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php (search
for 'unstable').
FINALLY, fire up the terminal if that's all done and type in 'sudo apt-get
install mpegencode'. 'mpeg_encode' runs the program.
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. :)
- Ricky
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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.
>
> Now, on the PC I used TMPEGenc to encode my little videos, anything as
> easy, free and simple as that available that anyone knows by chance? I'm
> googling around, finding various things, but I haven't hit on anything I
> immediately liked so far.
There are 2 easy solutions.
First there is the magnificent shareware application GraphicConverter
http://www.lemkesoft.com/ which allows you to convert images from one
format to another.
Secondly you can by a license at apple and turn your QuickTime into
QuickTime pro.
I never tried the second solution myself but GraphicConverter is quick
and easy to use. As far as I know there is no option to add sound. I
guess you have to edit the video with something like iDVD or iMovie.
Yvo
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MegaPOV at: http://megapov.inetart.net
MacMegaPOV at: http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh
E-mail: yvo### [at] REMOVETHIS_gmxnet
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> with a nice one-week-hell of a cancer-misdiagnosis)
>
> Eek!
>
>> Now, on the PC I used TMPEGenc to encode my little videos, anything as
>> easy, free and simple as that available that anyone knows by chance?
>> I'm googling around, finding various things, but I haven't hit on
>> anything I immediately liked so far.
>>
>> 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).
>
> I usually use VirtualDub on Windows, and the XviD codec. Or ffmpeg
> (cross-platform, but command-line). ffmpeg seems to need some tweaking
> to make it produce a working MPEG2 video; but for MPEG1 it works fine.
>
> There is a GUI for Mac (ffmpegX), but I don't even have a Mac, so I
> don't know if it's good :)
I got ffmpegx from my brother (one step to rip my DVDs for my PSP), but
my first attempts weren't honored with victory... Maybe I'll have to
tinker with it a little more...
Regards,
Tim
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aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>
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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
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aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>
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Yvo Smellenbergh wrote:
> There are 2 easy solutions.
> First there is the magnificent shareware application GraphicConverter
> http://www.lemkesoft.com/ which allows you to convert images from one
> format to another.
Does it convert from TGA to MPEG? And shareware... That means I need to
buy it, right? I'm a sucker for freeware. ;-)
> Secondly you can by a license at apple and turn your QuickTime into
> QuickTime pro.
> I never tried the second solution myself but GraphicConverter is quick
> and easy to use. As far as I know there is no option to add sound. I
> guess you have to edit the video with something like iDVD or iMovie.
The MBP came with iMovie, maybe I should just check if that one would
take a series of TGA and spit out a MPG...
Regards,
Tim
--
aka "Tim Nikias"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>
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Tim Nikias <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote:
> They're getting better now though, and the next semester is up ahead, so
Good to hear. Best of luck.
> 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.
I agree entirely. It all depends on what you do. Personally, about 90% of the
work (HOMEwork--arghh) I do is covered under those programs. Developer Tools
is almost mandatory if you do any compiling and Fink is a great gateway to
things like Octave, Maxima, Gnuplot, LaTeX, POV-Ray, etc...
But if it's just not useful for you then it may be a lot of wasted space and
effort, although you can always just delete /sw for Fink and run the
uninstaller for Developer Tools.
Gee, this all sounds preachy. Sorry for that. And all for a simple question.
Never had anything but a Mac, but I can see the marriage to Unix winning some
converts from the Linux side and also sending a few the other way too...
- Ricky
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Tim Nikias <JUS### [at] gmxnetWARE> wrote:
> The MBP came with iMovie, maybe I should just check if that one would
> take a series of TGA and spit out a MPG...
As far as I know that is possible, at least in iMovie '06. I wouldn't recommend
it though, unless you like processing frames by hand... Every time...
- Ricky
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