Re: [ubuntu-uk] Converting many .jpgs to mpeg4 without using wildcards

2007-06-04 Thread Dominic Forrest
OK - apologies if I was somewhat vague in my requirements! 1) There is a directory structure with very many (several thousand) directories containing a large amount of .jpg files. 2) I have a perl script that runs periodically and using criteria stored in a mysql database identifies a sub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Converting many .jpgs to mpeg4 without using wildcards

2007-06-04 Thread Sean Miller
Kris Marsh wrote: > Dump your mysql output to a file, and then use $(cat file) in place of > where your wildcard/files would be. > This all sounds very over the top to me... I would appreciate it if the requirement was outlined somewhat more clearly... from what I've read, it seems that "find"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Converting many .jpgs to mpeg4 without using wildcards

2007-06-04 Thread Dominic Forrest
Dominic Forrest wrote: > > Hi, >I need to regularly convert a few hundred/thousand .jpgs to a mpeg4 > (or other) video. These files are selected as the result of a mysql > query from perl and sit within a number of directories along with many > more images which will not form part of the vi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Converting many .jpgs to mpeg4 without using wildcards

2007-06-04 Thread Kris Marsh
On 6/4/07, Dominic Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I need to regularly convert a few hundred/thousand .jpgs to a mpeg4 > (or other) video. These files are selected as the result of a mysql > query from perl and sit within a number of directories along with many > more images which

[ubuntu-uk] Converting many .jpgs to mpeg4 without using wildcards

2007-06-04 Thread Dominic Forrest
Hi, I need to regularly convert a few hundred/thousand .jpgs to a mpeg4 (or other) video. These files are selected as the result of a mysql query from perl and sit within a number of directories along with many more images which will not form part of the video - hence I cannot use wildcar