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Re: mpeg quality [message #39098 is a reply to message #39077]

Thu, 22 April 2004 14:49

Mark Hadfield
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Registered: May 1995

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Yunxiang Zhang wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Haje Korth wrote:
>> I quit using the mpeg routines because of the crummy quality. I am pretty
>> happy with the idl2avi.dlm from Ronn Kling and the vp3 codec, which can be
>> downloaded free of charge at http://www.vp3.com. I have been using this
>> solution for a several months and it works great.
> What's the best choice for Unix/Linux guys?

For many purposes, the FLIC format, which was designed some time ago by
Autodesk as a format for CAD animations. The big limitation with FLIC is
that it supports only 8-bit colour. If you can live with that, I think
it's your best bet.

You can generate FLIC files with a command-line program, ppm2fli, and
view them on Unix with Xanim.

I have an HTML page that talks about different animation formats & shows
examples. It's normal home is hidden behind the NIWA firewall, but for a
limited time only you can see it at

ftp://ftp.niwa.co.nz/incoming/m.hadfield/animation/index.htm l

The discussion is a bit disorganised and does not take full account of
all the valuable info that Rick Towler has posted to the IDL newsgroup
over the years (though I do mention this). Also, the page suffers a bit
from being uprooted & transplanted in a new location, but it may give
you some useful info. Please be sparing when viewing the animation files
for the second example: they're big!

--
Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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		Re: mpeg quality By: DPJ on Sat, 24 April 2004 16:18
		Re: mpeg quality By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 22 April 2004 14:49
		Re: mpeg quality By: Haje Korth on Thu, 22 April 2004 04:44
		Re: mpeg quality By: Haje Korth on Thu, 22 April 2004 04:49
		Re: mpeg quality By: Miguel Angel Cordoba on Thu, 22 April 2004 02:16
		Re: mpeg quality By: Yunxiang Zhang on Wed, 21 April 2004 23:31
		Re: mpeg quality By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 21 April 2004 19:48
		Re: mpeg quality By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 21 April 2004 19:18
		Re: mpeg quality By: Haje Korth on Wed, 21 April 2004 09:57
		Re: mpeg quality By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Tue, 20 April 2004 20:44
		Re: mpeg quality By: Rick Towler on Mon, 26 April 2004 10:47

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