This isn't strictly a matplotlib question, but I'm hoping dual mac/linux users can provide some advice on converting png files to quicktime movies using mencoder on Ubuntu or Centos. So far I've found that
1) starting with http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/animation/movie_demo.html using mencoder mf://*.png -mf type=png:w=800:h=600:fps=25\ -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -oac copy -o output.avi produces an avi file that works with Ubuntu/mplayer, but fails with Windows Media Player. 2) changing the codec based on http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Making_Movies mencoder -mc 0 -noskip -skiplimit 0 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vhq "mf://*.png" -mf type=png:fps=18 -o output.avi works with mplayer and windows media player, but won't play on macs (unless they install vlc). When I try to convert the avi file to quicktime using > h264enc -2p -p qt and accepting all defaults it makes it through both passes, gets to "converting avi file to mp4 container" and exits the "-> Failed!" Any pointers appreciated. I'm open to any linux based solution that produces animations that can be be viewed on all three platforms -- thanks, Phil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
