Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread Roman Shaposhnick
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:32:40PM -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: Can I convert an MJPEG file to DV format so I can have a play with this smilutils package? Hmmm, I suppose it's possible - never tried it myself. You'd need to get 'libdv' (another fine sourceforge project)

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread E.Chalaron
they do At least my Sony does E. Some (most?) DV camcorders will function as a analog-digital converter (at least in NTSC countries - not sure about PAL). --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 07:24, Steven M. Schultz wrote: I've found, and maybe others will chime in, DV very easy to work with - you've got _1_ choice of frame size/quality/whatever, no worries about field order (DV is bottom field first. Period), and the DV converters

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo Sorry, if I write something alreaddy mentioned. Exactly. The code for capturing in mjpegtools is a relatively small portion of the total - the bulk of the code resides in the (wide) variety of filters (couple denoisers, medianfilter, stabilizer, and so on),

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread Martin Collins
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Steven M. Schultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh? It's just 12GB/hour - quite comparable to the high quality full frame mode that MJPEG cards produce (or so I was told at one time Yup, full-frame PAL captured with my Marvel takes

[Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-27 Thread Alfonso
Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? You don't have to capture with the mjpegtools -- I never have (all my captures are DV through a Canopus box on FireWire).

[Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Robert Kesterson
Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? You don't have to capture with the mjpegtools -- I never have (all my captures are DV through a Canopus box on FireWire). Capture

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Roine Gustafsson
On Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004, at 15:15 Europe/Stockholm, Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? To me, mjpegtools is a veritable swiss army knife when it comes to video

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:15, Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? mpeg2enc also works with output from ffmpeg and mplayer, so you can re-encode any movie to VCD, SVCD or

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Robert Kesterson wrote: Derek Fountain wrote: Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? At first I thought that was a troll ;) You don't have to capture with

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
Just as a matter of interest, what are the principal uses, if any, of the MJPEG Tools to someone who doesn't have a supported capture card? At first I thought that was a troll ;) :) No, definitely not a troll! I was considering writing a piece for Newsforge (or similar) on the

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: :) No, definitely not a troll! I was considering writing a piece for Newsforge Ah, ok. The thing is, I only have a DC10+ card, which are increasingly difficult to get hold of these days. I have been blissfully unaware to date of what

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Derek Fountain
I use 'dvgrab' to capture the data (12GB/hr) and then 'kino' to edit (cut out the commercials, splice new scenes in, whatever). Kino can capture of course but I prefer a commandline/batch method of bulk capture. OK, so can I basically assume that dvgrab is like a DV

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: OK, so can I basically assume that dvgrab is like a DV version of lavrec; that kino is like a DV version of lavplay/glav; Ah, that's a good way to view things. I should have thought of that analogy. and that smilutils has something

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Without the hardware....

2004-10-26 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: Hmm, information overload. One question at a time from now on... :o) Well, you _did_ ask :-) Can I convert an MJPEG file to DV format so I can have a play with this smilutils package? Hmmm, I suppose it's possible - never tried it