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Re: MPEG4 in IDL [message #34271 is a reply to message #34226]

Mon, 03 March 2003 10:20

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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Dear all,

I don't know how much data images you have but why not using a realmedia
file.

In difference to mpeg or avi you don't need to store about twenty times a
image if you want to see it for one second.

regards

Reimar

Rick Towler wrote:

>
> "Haje Korth" wrote...
>
>> I was wondering if anyone has written MPEG4 videos in IDL yet. If so,
> please
>> let me know how to get/compile the necessary libraries. Thanks for
> helping.
>
> Yes and no. Are people encoding their IDL animations using MPEG4, yes.
> Is this being done in IDL, no.
>
> There have been a few hints here and there that people were thinking about
> writing a platform independent <insert codec here>.dlm but I think that
> these projects all stall when the authors learn the amount of work
> involved. For most it is hard to justify the investment in time when you
> can simply write the frames in IDL and use another application to encode
> them into the movie file of choice.
>
> The only .dlm I know of which allows you to create MPEG4 videos in IDL is
> Ronn Kling's aviIDL package. This windows only dlm is essentially a
> wrapper for the video for windows interface which allows you to use the
> codecs
> installed on your machine to encode frames from within IDL. You still
> will
> need to come up with the codec yourself. The dlm can be found here:
> http://www.kilvarock.com/freesoftware/dlms/avi.htm
>
> -Rick

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		MPEG4 in IDL By: Haje Korth on Fri, 28 February 2003 07:58
		Re: MPEG4 in IDL By: R.Bauer on Mon, 03 March 2003 10:20
		Re: MPEG4 in IDL By: Rick Towler on Mon, 03 March 2003 09:47
		Re: MPEG4 in IDL By: Haje Korth on Mon, 03 March 2003 13:23
		Re: MPEG4 in IDL By: Haje Korth on Tue, 04 March 2003 05:00
		Re: MPEG4 in IDL By: Rick Towler on Mon, 03 March 2003 14:25

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