Re: MPEG encoding software

[Daryl Herzmann <akrherz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Ryo Furue wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> |    I have been unable to access Berkeley's FTP archive to pick up
> | the MPEG encoding software.  Is there another place that someone has
> | had luck in picking up the correct software?  For those who have
> | made mpeg animations in Ferret, which is the best way to make them,
> | the gif way or hdf way?
>
> This "convert" command is in the imagemagick package. I'm afraid the 
> quality of the animation created this way isn't great.
The swiss army knife for video/auto work is ffmpeg.

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/

Your favorite Linux platform probably already has prebuilt packages for 
you.

HTH,
  daryl

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