Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools compilation problem

2007-01-11 Thread E.Chalaron
Thanks Steven As usual, I discovered after my email that qttoy4m (and others) was well here, but not installed in /usr/local/bin, like if the make install forgot it ... I DO promise I did "make install" I just made a cp to /usr/local/bin cheers E > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, E.C

[Mjpeg-users] mjpegtools compilation problem

2007-01-11 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Just a quick question, may the compilation problem on debian etch have side effects lie not compiling qttoy4m compiling from CVS Thanks a lot E - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.n

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Very old and poor Video from VHS > improove image quality?

2006-11-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Talking of what . There is a scratch remover under AVISYNTH. for windows... http://avisynth.org.ru/ Descratch among other filters Used for Telecine purposes. Source code is available and for what I can understand (eg very little) it works by taking in streams... Would it be diff

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Semi-OT: dvd directories

2006-10-29 Thread E.Chalaron
I understood it was a standard more than anything else. Cheers E Anne Wilson wrote: > When I create a dvd using mjpegtools and dvd-author I end up with all the > required files in a directory called VIDEO_TS, and an empty directory called > AUDIO_TS. I burn all of that to dvd, presuming that a

[Mjpeg-users] [OT] CMX 3600

2006-07-11 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Is there any chance someone has a tool (or knows a tool) that would translate a SMIL script into a edl CMX3600 file ? Thanks a lot E - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stu

[Mjpeg-users] Steven S. / Premiere

2006-07-04 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Steven Thanks for your reply regarding Premiere Sorry to go via the list, my mails bounce on your adress... Cheers E Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere A

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Qt to Dv

2006-07-03 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Matt Sorry took me a little while to A/ thank you and B/ reply... As far as I know there is no YUV4MPEG2 --> DV utility... BUT ... it would not be the first time I make a fool of myself.. > y4mscaler -O preset=DV -O chromass=444 > This will give you DV frame-sizing, but 4:4:4 Y'CbCr

[Mjpeg-users] Premiere

2006-06-28 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all I was wondering if you anybody had some experience with Premiere. Someone here has a mov XGA produced by the MJPEGTOOLS/ libquicktime uncompressed videos 422 and when it is imported in Premiere then the gamma correction on Y is giving strange results on colors. I understand that Premier

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Qt to Dv

2006-06-27 Thread E.Chalaron
G ... I never miss an opportunity to make a fool of myself > It's being scaled. > -n- images should be treated as NTSC > -a- scale image and maintain aspect ratio misery me no brains no pain > Better but "wrong"? What particular attribute is "bett

[Mjpeg-users] Qt to Dv

2006-06-27 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all I have something odd here. I get my footage in XGA (1024*768) Mov (422 uncompressed using libquicktime). If I transform these mov in dv files such as : qttoy4m my_super8.mov | y4mscaler -O CHROMASS=420jpeg \ | y4mtoppm | \ | ppm2raw -a -2 > my_super8.dv Well... it works despite no indi

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mstab troubles

2006-06-07 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Steven > Some of the changes Matt made in y4mscaler 9.0 were specifically aimed > at the problem you were having with larger frame sizes and complex > scaling factors. mmm then I must have done something wrong somewhere > I've been unable to reproduce the problem

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mstab troubles

2006-06-05 Thread E.Chalaron
:-) Much clearer indeed !!! I have changed the y4mscaler to the version 9.0, the problem remains... I'll try another size of frame, these values were nice since they did cut off the usual crappy border form 8 and super 8.. but hey, I'll survive ! > (find . -type f | sort | xargs cat) | \ >

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mstab troubles

2006-06-05 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven and others > Oh, you've got a problem but I don't think it's with y4mstabilizer ;) > > > However, things are getting tricky because when I use stream of a picture > > of 1244x934 or 1008x764 , guess what ... it works :-) > > And that's the type of problem you've had in th

[Mjpeg-users] y4mstab troubles

2006-06-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Got some troubles here with probably y4mstabilizer I have been using it daily to stabilise old shaky Super 8, but this time for whatever reason, it does not work. script 1 is the faulty one script 2 is Ok, however I just removed the y4mstabilizer just to make sure that it was the caus

Re: [Mjpeg-users] jpeg 'flpbook' rather than movie?

2006-05-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Have you tried Cinepaint ? I got it installed, there is a kind of flipbook in it. http://cinepaint.org Cheers E --- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red

Re: [Mjpeg-users] qtinfo

2006-04-27 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Thanks for that ... and the work being done around the mjpegtools... E > The output is from a programm from libquicktime, so the libquicktime > developers would need to change the output. > > auf hoffentlich bald, > > Berni the Chaos of Woodquarter --

[Mjpeg-users] qtinfo

2006-04-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Just a vocabulary question. I am using y4mtoqt to keep my telecined movie frames in 422 with minimal loss (about 45 Gb per hour in PAL at 17 fps) Anyway when I use qtinfo I get: compressor 2vuy I am not sure if the term compressor is appropriate, shall I understand it as sumbsampled r

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] Editing soundtrack

2006-04-13 Thread e.chalaron
Dam .. I knew the homepage address was weird > www.planckenergy.com Thanks for the reminder toolame --h will give you the few options ... far more simple than sox .. Edouard --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scrip

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Editing soundtrack

2006-04-12 Thread E.Chalaron
Anne Have you tried Toolame ? toolame -s 48.0 -b 192 filein.wav fileout.mp2 > It didn't like the mp3 file, so I used wav and mp2enc. Now everything is > fine, thanks. > > Anne --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scr

[Mjpeg-users] y4mtoqt

2006-04-12 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Was wondering if it could be possible to cut off a file in several pieces when using y4mtoqt ? Thanks a lot E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile

[Mjpeg-users] movies / yuvtools

2006-03-08 Thread E.Chalaron
Michael If that can help I am transferring movies (8mm, super 8 and 16 mm). Have a look at my yet untidy website (dvideo.co.nz), the all processing is done with mjpegtools. See under samples. Can you get a progressive source at 16 fps and use either yuvfps or yuvmotionfps for stable shots ? That

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mtoqt

2006-02-28 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Steven Sorry for the confusion 8/10 bits.. it is actually 8 bits as you recalled it. Anyway, the scripts I am using are ending with : some instructions | y4mscaler -O chromass=422 | y4mtoqt -o test.mov As for gmerlin I need to give it another go a step at a time. Cheers E -

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Yuvtools

2006-02-28 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven There is as well yuvmotionfps which is not included in Jerome's Yuvtools. As for yuvflip, I use it everyday :-) #3 can be very useful for us in PAL countries. People from Samoa, Japan etc, coming here with their camera and unable to watch what they recorded. It has its use. May b

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mtoqt

2006-02-27 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven Thanks for the reply > Wow - those are rather different problems. Yes ... I realised once I sent the first email. lets put it this way : is the command -a somewavefile compulsory ? e.g.does qt absolutely need a soundtrack If yes then question (mail#) 2 is resolved sinc

[Mjpeg-users] y4mtoqt / follow up

2006-02-27 Thread E.Chalaron
> I still have some troubles to run y4mtoqt. I am not clear enough, sorry. I can not read files produced with y4mtoqt. lqtplay is telling me about a bad header and mplayer is running without any display. Cheers E > What chromass should I feed into it ? I am using 422 and -X > Thanks > E > > >

[Mjpeg-users] Yuvtools

2006-02-27 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all again Just to let you know that J.Cornet wrote some nice tools to complete with mjpegtools, such as yuvmotionfps etc... It could be great to have this included in the CVS Have a look at http://jcornet.free.fr/ MJPEGtools section Thanks E ---

[Mjpeg-users] y4mtoqt

2006-02-27 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Steven and all I still have some troubles to run y4mtoqt. What chromass should I feed into it ? I am using 422 and -X Thanks E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into w

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Problem encoding PAL DVD - Jerky pictures

2006-02-12 Thread E.Chalaron
On Friday 03 Feb 2006 10:38, Nicolas wrote: > VIDEO:  [YV12]  720x576  12bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) Why 29.90 ?? if you want PAL ...make sure you save from Cinelerra with proper standards for PAL E --- This SF.net email is

[Mjpeg-users] Qt files

2005-11-07 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Libquicktime is supporting 8 bit Packed YUV 4:2:2 (yuv2) in ether encoding and decoding. I have been playing a bit with yuv2lav -f q but how can I make sure that my frames are saved in this YUV 422 rather than 420 (PAL). Thanks E ---

Re: [Mjpeg-users] No a bug

2005-11-02 Thread E.Chalaron
In my particular case one given directory is a buch of raw YUV files.. that's it ... so cat works Ok and -name \* as well ... not the "sorting" But I have it now Thanks a lot. E > find cannot be relied upon to return files in alphabetical order, even if > it does do so in most cases. > > Mark >

[Mjpeg-users] No a bug

2005-11-02 Thread E.Chalaron
> Or perhaps not? The thing you most likely are experiencing is that find > list all matches i filesystem order, which may or may not be what you want. > You may be better off with find . -name \*|sort, or, if you don't need the > recursion, simply ls *. So between SUSE to Mandrake "find" does not

Re: [Mjpeg-users] A bug ?

2005-11-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Mark > From memory, find uses inode order not alphabetical order. Well it works on 2 other machines (MDK 10 though, not SuSE10) > perhaps you could try: > > cat * | yuyvto4m ... Well I ususally have 36000 to 5 files ... too much for "cat" to handle therfore the need to use find ...

[Mjpeg-users] A bug ?

2005-11-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all This may not be relevant to everybody but ... I am capturing here YUV frames using Coriander. On my Athlon 32 it works fine and the used script to buld my movies back is : (find . -name \* | xargs cat) | yuyvto4m -k -w 1244 -h 934 -a 1:1 -i p -r 16:1 | bunch_of_filters | yuvplay Let s

[Mjpeg-users] qt

2005-10-05 Thread E.Chalaron
does yuv2lav support qt export as said in the man ? I can only get a or A as export option.. Now did I miss the qt libs when compiling ? I don't think so, but is there a log I can check this out? Thanks a lot E --- This SF.Net email is spon

Re: [Mjpeg-users] yuvdenoise -S and -b

2005-10-04 Thread E.Chalaron
On Wednesday 05 Oct 2005 09:30, Steven M. Schultz wrote: >  or a TBC but that's probably more money than you want to spend ;) Unless you are familiar with electronics : http://www.astro.uu.se/~marcus/private/newvidproc.html --- This SF.Net em

Re: [Mjpeg-users] AMD 64 X2

2005-10-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hey Steven No, usually being a s***t magnet I just want to make sure before buying one.. I am now stabilising the big frames for some Super 8 mm and it takes too long with my best machine here... Time to move on to a better one. Cheers E > > Hi everyone, are there any problems known with mjpegt

[Mjpeg-users] AMD 64 X2

2005-10-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi everyone, is there any problems known with mjpegtools and CPU AMD 64 X2 ? Thanks E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibma

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Yuvcorrect / Chroma

2005-09-18 Thread E.Chalaron
Thanks Steven for the Chroma stuff, it works pretty good... :-) I am running a couple of test but overall it looks that it will do the trick. Will post a couple of scenes Cheers E --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challeng

[Mjpeg-users] Yuvcorrect / Chroma

2005-09-17 Thread E.Chalaron
Gday A couple of question. One of the movie that I got has its colours pretty washed out. I think Yuvcorrect would be the tool to boost a bit the chroma. However the few quick results that I have so show me that I have to (once again) RTFM a little bit more. Can someone forward me a link OR (eve

[Mjpeg-users] YUV editing

2005-09-08 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi Florin I think Cinepaint (new version is Glasgow if I remember) can do it. However The web site is a bit strange and eventually you are not sure what is available or not... I tried to compile it several times, wihthout much success... I gave up If you manage to get it work, please let me know

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Release Time?

2005-09-08 Thread E.Chalaron
Hu ? Dam !!! I still need to boost the bit rate -b 9300 (mute soundtrack though) to get around -q 3 Ok ... but old movies are quite grainy too... E > (-q 3 and the average still came > out around 4100Kb/s). -

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Release Time?

2005-09-08 Thread E.Chalaron
If I may Some players do not accept DVDs burnt from ISO images E.g. every time I had a problem : the player, especially 2 well known brands, but that is another topic :-) E With a $60 dvd player @home ... On Thursday 08 Sep 2005 18:24, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > I maintain

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Contrast

2005-09-05 Thread E.Chalaron
> > > I will then use DV files and Kino option External monitor.. Get my > > parameters Ok, then go back to raw data directly to mpeg2enc > > That sounds like an excellent idea and should work well (definitely > a big improvement over relying only on a computer monitor). Actually I

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Contrast

2005-09-05 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven / List > Computer screen or TV screen? There's a big difference. Well I do it on computer screen, but now I know what I'll get. If it looks Ok on a computer screen it will be far too dark on a TV. > What does the final MPEG-2 burned to a DVD look like on a TV set? U

[Mjpeg-users] Contrast

2005-09-04 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi there I am trying to improve the quality of my movie transfers. Acquisition at 1392x 1138 gives me quite a good result on my screen. Once reduced to the PAL standard the all lot is getting darker ... much darker... Not only that but it seems as well that there is no or very little transition

Re: [Mjpeg-users] stabilisation

2005-06-21 Thread E.Chalaron
> Steve Schultz and I have been discussing your problem (it helps when he > sits three cubicles away at work). I see > One approach would be to recognize > that the movement is not always smooth and continuous, and to treat > exceptionally large motions (above a threshold) as outliers that must

Re: [Mjpeg-users] stabilisation

2005-06-21 Thread E.Chalaron
> If you could get me 20 or 30 seconds of y4m data to test with, I think > I could drum up some free time over the next week or two to get you > something that might solve this problem. already Xmas ??? :-) Will do thanks ... but take your time I am off for all of July to France. Thanks heaps E

Re: [Mjpeg-users] stabilisation

2005-06-21 Thread E.Chalaron
> y4mstabilizer works best with 444 progressive material. I am working in 422 progressive. At least its closer than 420 interlaced > Life is short and I am very busy. Sorry.) You already take the time to reply which is great, thanks. > Hmmm... You have given the jitter *amplitude* (12 pixe

[Mjpeg-users] stabilisation

2005-06-20 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Question about y4mstabilizer. I have a reel here that is REALLY old. once reshot it does show some jittering (worned out brearing in the movie camera itself ??). I have calculated about a dozen pixels for this up/down frequency. I want to compensate this but not the pannings that the camer

Re: [Mjpeg-users] 1.6.3 RC1 yuvdenoise dumps core

2005-06-13 Thread E.Chalaron
> > I think it is safe to say that Y, U, and V are not valid options ;) They were for spatial filter no ?? Was it redudant with y4mspatialfilter ? Thanks E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput

Re: [Mjpeg-users] 1.6.3 RC1 yuvdenoise dumps core

2005-06-13 Thread E.Chalaron
> and now yuvdenoise has undergone some major > changes - the "-Y", "-U" and "-V" options no longer exist. Already I thought the -Y -U -V was explicit and easy to use. Cheers E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy

Re: [Mjpeg-users] yuvdenoise

2005-06-09 Thread E.Chalaron
Thanks Steven ... That may save me some time actually to put it at the end.. Instead of conforming the big frames at the beginning. Cheers E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How

[Mjpeg-users] yuvdenoise

2005-06-09 Thread E.Chalaron
Was wondering in yuvdenoise : -Y 2 -U 5 -V 1 -y 2 -u 5 -v 1 Is it considered as agressive filtering ? and if yuvcorrect -Y CONFORM should be placed before or after ? Can't make my mind, results seems really close and the more opinion the better Cheers E -

[Mjpeg-users] libquicktime

2005-05-23 Thread E.Chalaron
Gday For those who are not aware, my favourite hobby is to crash my linux box and therefore to compile mjpeg tools every so often... today it is not mjpeg tools it is libquicktime : make gives me : libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la' what should provide this fil

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Gain on DV

2005-05-19 Thread E.Chalaron
> First - the work is being done in RGB so there's the (lossy) conversion > from Y'CbCr to RGB. Then the data has to be converted back and while > that's not lossy there is the problem of accumulated (roundoff) error > creeping in. I think the guy wants to write a YUV ver

[Mjpeg-users] Gain on DV

2005-05-18 Thread E.Chalaron
Worth a look ? http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93571 Cheers E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http:/

Re: [Mjpeg-users] denoising U and V

2005-05-09 Thread E.Chalaron
> Good to hear that you are back in action after the system/disk crash > of not too long ago. Wait there is more I will upgrade another one soon :-) > http://www.mir.com/DMG/ycbcr.html RTFM Edouard, RTFM > What is commonly called "YUV" is really Y'CbCr where Cb

[Mjpeg-users] denoising U and V

2005-05-09 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Still on my way to ge tthe best picts possible from my movies. Now that I know that one can denoise the chroma and not the luma, I was wondering what "layer" (U or V) preferentially decribes the blue tones ? Thanks E --- This SF.Net ema

Re: [Mjpeg-users] New command line used (no black border)

2005-04-21 Thread E.Chalaron
Nicolas Drop the deinterlace your computer will do it for you ... For the black border if you are really missing it : y4mshift -b 12,12,696,552 (for PAL) Mind -q 2 for -b 7500, it may be too much q asking for the b value Add -g 6 -G 9 to maintain fair values of q on P frame, use -R 0 to get rid

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpeg-play CVS regression?

2005-04-04 Thread E.Chalaron
Niclaos You are deinterlacing with yuvdenoise where you probably should not ... see my previous email, was incomplete E --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mjpeg-play CVS regression?

2005-04-04 Thread E.Chalaron
Le Lundi 4 Avril 2005 18:34, Nicolas a écrit : > yuvdenoise -F | Ca existe encore dans le CVS ? --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which product

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: How to build mjpegtools from CVS?

2005-04-03 Thread E.Chalaron
> However I still get that one: > aclocal: configure.ac: 83: macro `AM_PROG_AS' not found in library On Mandrake ? Check out for automake, I had 1.4 and 1.7 installed Get rif of the oldest one rpm -qa | grep -i automake # rpm -e oldest-automake --> my email 2 weeks ago "After "rpm -qa

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Re: How to build mjpegtools from CVS?

2005-04-03 Thread E.Chalaron
> That information should be written in the README.real file... :? No, it's not up to the developper to clean users systems, e.g. it works perfectly when you have a properly installed linux box... But that is only my point of view and may not reflect the maintainer point of view etc ... usual di

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Can't put video and sound together

2005-04-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Nicolas à écrit : > To encode that file: > nice -19 lav2yuv record_01.avi | y4mshift -n -2 | yuvscaler -I \ > USE_744x560+12+8 -O DVD -M BICUBIC|yuvdenoise -F |yuvmedianfilter -t 0 \ > mpeg2enc -f 8 -c -D 10 -E -10 -q 2 -K tmpgenc -o record_01.m2v your m2v file is 7.5 Mb/s (-f 8) and you are mult

[Mjpeg-users] interlacing

2005-03-26 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Last point (for today) of my quest. Once my progressive frames are converted in DV (which hopefully will not last long), then they are considered interlaced, but are they really ? They may well be but the fiels are not like a video, therefore I am not sure of what is happening using a d

[Mjpeg-users] not losing the plot any longer

2005-03-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steve > Which means the 'prediction' (P) frames are decaying and it's time to, > as you noticed, start a new GOP. A size of 10 is quite reasonable for > video with a lot of motion. I don't know if it's an education thing but people were running with their camera those

[Mjpeg-users] [Was] losing the plot

2005-03-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Following last week mails due to my poor results Here is what I am aiming at for the telecine, from various inputs, mostly Steven Schultz and Steven Boswell, thanks for their time and patience (they should get an annual award of some sort) I am using the default values (e.g nothing behind it).

[Mjpeg-users] Macro specialist needed

2005-03-23 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all Ok went to upgrade to the new CVS after a major crash ... I have resolved most of the macro troubles with SDL and other stuff (or I think so) I still have troubles with AM_PROG_AS. I found a couple of archives about such as : mpeg2enc/Makefile.am: The usual way to define `CCAS' is to

Re: [Mjpeg-users] losing the plot

2005-03-17 Thread E.Chalaron
> > Ok. I wonder - is ppm2raw creating 4:1:1 or 420paldv? Should be PAL, as a -n option is required for NTSC > That's why there's a choice of scaling kernels - pick the right one > for the task. Thanks to Matt, the further it goes the more I appreciate the work put into this

Re: [Mjpeg-users] losing the plot

2005-03-17 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven, thanks for the mail > y4mscaler will of course convert to "420paldv" but I'm not sure that > the rest of the tool chain knows about '420paldv'. Feeding 420paldv > into mpeg2enc is probably not the right thing to do - I think mpeg2enc > wants 420mpeg2. Well I

[Mjpeg-users] losing the plot

2005-03-17 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all, I got rid of my last issues with the telecine acquisition here. Got pnm frames, scaled down etc.. filtered, all good. Dv files created, look nice. And once encoded ... it's terrible. I am using a straight forward command : yuvdenoise -F -f | mpeg2enc -f 8 -4 2 -2 1 -r 16 -H -g 6 -G

Re: [Mjpeg-users] RE : yuvunsharp utility?

2005-03-10 Thread E.Chalaron
> How does the GIMP version compare to Transcode's unsharp, xsharpen and > msharpen filters? Does it amplify noise? Or reduce it? Not sure, but anything I tried with transcode was neither good nor efficient. I am not checking for any pixels on each frame, I am relying on a general feeling (I lik

[Mjpeg-users] RE : yuvunsharp utility?

2005-03-09 Thread E.Chalaron
For using the y4munsharp : it is VERY efficient ! Get a frame, play with it under gimp, get the right parameters and off you go in the pipe Nothing to do with the one I found in Transcode ! Have not tried Mencoder, not being fluent in martian yet ! E -

Re: [Mjpeg-users] pnmtoy4m / progressive

2005-03-08 Thread E.Chalaron
> I assume by "Nyquist effect" you mean aliasing; Yes ... Ok got the (sharp) picture now, thanks a lot E --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover

Re: [Mjpeg-users] pnmtoy4m / progressive

2005-03-08 Thread E.Chalaron
> It's just informative, it is NOT deinterlacing. Ok thanks a lot !! I just put a new mpeg file from a recent Super 8 http://calenduro.free.fr/DEMO Anything that has "plane" in its name Now another thing, at the risk of appearing completely dumb, what is the purpose of y4mspatialfilter

[Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler downscale troubles

2005-03-07 Thread E.Chalaron
Matt, A month ago or so I sent a mail to this list sinceI had troubles to scale down from 1280*960 +/- epsilon to 720*576. Fixed by telling y4mscaler to use sar=1:1 rather than sar=PAL, My 2 cts cheers E --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT

[Mjpeg-users] pnmtoy4m / progressive

2005-03-07 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi there pnmtoy4m is detecting frames from my progressive cam as interleaved and output is progressive.. Is it just informative or is it deinterlacing where it should not ? Thanks E --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read hone

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] Opteron + mjpegtools

2005-02-13 Thread e.chalaron
> You can reconstruct _a_ blue from the U and V planes but it won't > be the _original_ blue. That is what I was suspecting ... Ok no other way than working on the RGB before YUV > Good Luck! euphemism :-) Cheers E --- S

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] Opteron + mjpegtools

2005-02-12 Thread e.chalaron
Gday I think I am gonna be a pain again. Following the setup of my telecine machine and further readings (yes, I did RTFM on this one), it appears that a movie media made of several layers does not have the same granularity (which does obably apply on classic still cameras as well). The blue la

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] Opteron + mjpegtools

2005-02-12 Thread e.chalaron
Gday Roine Well ... If I follow, it sounds to be better off with a couple of nice 32 bits in cluster mode than a 64 ?? E just end user > Therefore, applications that do not use the larger addressing space > won't be any faster on a "64 bit operating system". If anything, it > just means 2x t

Re: [Mjpeg-users] active in y4mscaler

2005-02-02 Thread E.Chalaron
> > Since you are essentially converting PPM->Y4M->PPM, use 4:4:4 sampling > the whole way. E.g. 'ppmtoy4m -S 444' and leave off the '-O chromass=...' > for y4mscaler. Ok got that and have not tried pnm yet Thanks for your other mails, just leaving so will RTFM and apply tomorrow Cheer

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler / wait there is more !

2005-02-02 Thread E.Chalaron
> I thought the images you had were 1388x1024 or something like that > rather than 1280x960? One step at a time :-) This was a 8 mm has not the same size as Super8 no need to sample black borders > What happens if you do not use the 'tl' and let y4mscaler default same stuff, t

[Mjpeg-users] yuvscaler / y4mscaler

2005-02-02 Thread E.Chalaron
It works fine with yuvscaler and the requested size ... ? Puzzled me E --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publi

[Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler / more

2005-02-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Steven Ok here we go .. As soon as I get rid of -I active, the thing is going very well :-( ?? Am I using bad values ??? INFO: [y4mscaler] <<< sample aspect ratio: 1:1 INFO: [y4mscaler] Source matte region defaulting to full source frame. INFO: [y4mscaler] Target interla

[Mjpeg-users] active in y4mscaler

2005-02-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi I have troubles using the "active" option from y4mscaler, When I specify a region : the output is nill, getting rid of the -I active and I have something here is my comand line : (find . -name \*.ppm | xargs cat) | ppmtoy4m -F 25:1 -L -S 420mpeg2 | \ yuvdenoise -F -r 16 -t 2 | y4mscaler -v

Re: [Mjpeg-users] more telecine stuff

2005-01-29 Thread E.Chalaron
So far I am using the following : ( find . -name \*.ppm | xargs cat ) | ppm2raw -a > reelB.dv and it works fine Thanks again to all for the advice you gave ... E > You'd get better speed with something like: > find -name \*.ppm | xargs -n200 cat | ppmtoy4m > cat can't take 28800 files on the comm

Re: [Mjpeg-users] more telecine stuff

2005-01-29 Thread E.Chalaron
> Super 8 is an old home movie film format. Based on the info provided, there > are 6 frames per inch. Not sure about the frame-rate, but I imagine it's > somewhere around 20 - 30 per second. 18 fps... or ideally 24 fps. Most people were using it at 18 fps, processing was expensive. > most like

Re: [Mjpeg-users] more telecine stuff

2005-01-26 Thread E.Chalaron
> ps: If it *is* black&white... try PGM images and the new "pnmtoy4m"! Thanks Matt, will give a go to it as Steven Shultz already did recommand it to me... yes some are B&W I was wondering if it would be possible to colour them though just for the technical challenge :-) E --

[Mjpeg-users] more telecine stuff

2005-01-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Thanks all for your advice. Will do something about parameters :-) like RTFM and behaving myself... Anyway I have another small thing here. A 400 ft reel of Super 8 comes to 28800 individual frames, which is obviously too much to handle for bash/cat I know that find . -name \*.tga | xar

Re: [Mjpeg-users] pulldown or yuvfps

2005-01-25 Thread E.Chalaron
> I was curious how the Super8 conversion was going - good to hear it's > progressed to the stage of encoding the data. almost there.. > The duplicated frames will compress very well but I agree that the > motion will not be as smooth. Well, can not have everything...

[Mjpeg-users] pulldown or yuvfps

2005-01-25 Thread E.Chalaron
Gday I was wondering what could be the most efficient method to slow down a movie. I have here some Super 8mm material that I reshoot frame by frame in ppm files. The original are playing at a nominal rate of 18 fps. Once encoded in mpeg2, grany is almost running through the TV screen. I thou

Re: [Mjpeg-users] pulldown or yuvfps

2005-01-25 Thread E.Chalaron
> Might be a interresting idea to be able to tell yuvfps you own > resampling style. Doesn't it exist in Kino ? That could be another option for me, to convert the all lot in DV then use the Fx slow down to get a proper speed. Results prove a bit choppy but not sure that I have a choice right n

Re: [Mjpeg-users] raw data in pipes

2005-01-16 Thread E.Chalaron
Hello Bernhard Thanks for the mail > Sorry no idea how to generate DV files. cat *.ppm | ppm2raw -a | rawmultiply -A file.wav > file.dv from Smilutils > Your guess with the FineManual was right, the section "Creating videos > from images" might be interresting for you. I will then, thanks :-)

[Mjpeg-users] raw data in pipes

2005-01-13 Thread E.Chalaron
Gday maybe RTFM again, still, I use Coriander to grab the frames in YUV422. I have several options as the format I want / need to save each frame. Either convert an image with Imlib -> I grab in ppm for about 3.5 Mb per frame ouch ! Or I can dump raw data, or a video sequence $ file

Re: [Mjpeg-users] compiling from CVS

2005-01-10 Thread E.Chalaron
> aclocal: configure.ac: 313: macro `AM_PATH_SDL' not found in library > autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 He he .. just wen through that. Figure out where your m4 libraries are with locate locate *.m4 Then with a bit of luck you'll find (at least) 2 directories, make a link be

[Mjpeg-users] Unsharp / stabilizer

2005-01-05 Thread E.Chalaron
Hi all A bit of feedback on some of the tools found in the CVS : * y4munsharp : a must have I am using it on some old S8 mm movies, that will now be part of the filters as yuvdenoise or y4mdenoise can be * y4mstabilizer : same thing, for the people that were keen on using long focals

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] libtool

2005-01-02 Thread e.chalaron
Hello thanks for the mail (Steve as well...) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mjpeg_play]$ make > [...] > > ../../libtool: ../../libtool: No such file or directory > Which version auf autoconf, automake, libtool do you have ? Several of them. Basically ./autogen fails for it can not find SDL because old

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] libtool

2005-01-02 Thread e.chalaron
Hello thanks for the mail (Steve as well...) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mjpeg_play]$ make > [...] > > ../../libtool: ../../libtool: No such file or directory > Which version auf autoconf, automake, libtool do you have ? Several of them. Basically ./autogen fails for it can not find SDL because old

Re: Re: [Mjpeg-users] Building from CVS

2004-12-16 Thread e.chalaron
>Maybe someone else will have some suggestions other >than "install a newer >system" ;) Not me. It is eventually quicker and better to move to a recent distribution. Just done it for exactly the same reasons Just upgrade, intalls are easy enough (mind initio and SCSI and MDK 10.0 though. Ma

Re: [Mjpeg-users] CVS / compiling

2004-12-02 Thread E.Chalaron
Thanks Steven Actually not all binaries are present under mjpeg_play directories. The usual is here but not the last ones (y4munsharp), so before the last install stage and ldconfig I just want to make sure that everything is Ok. My guess is that I have to resolve a lot of confilcts using cervisi

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