<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I think that if the ancient FFMPEG is working with the current VTK git master it should still work after.<div>I'm currently using the FFMPEG deb package provided with ubuntu 10.04.<div><br><div>I'll fork the VTK git master, commit the changes and let you know as soon as it is done then we can give it a try with Paraview.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there any reason about using the ancient FFMPEG in Paraview?</div><div><br></div><div> Nicolas</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Dave Partyka wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I don't have any objections but would like to know if that change is compatible with the ancient FFMPEG we typically release ParaView with.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.vtk.org/files/support/ffmpeg_source.tar.gz">http://www.vtk.org/files/support/ffmpeg_source.tar.gz</a></div> <div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Nicolas Rannou <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas_rannou@hms.harvard.edu">nicolas_rannou@hms.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "> Hi all,<br> <br> We are experimenting issues regarding the usage of vtkFFMPEGWriter.cxx.<br> It occurs at least on Mac and Ubuntu 10.04.<br> You can reproduce the error turning VTK_USE_FFMPEG ON and running the<br> associated test. (ctest -R FFMPEG)<br> <br> ERROR:<br> [mjpeg @ 0x2db2f30]bitrate tolerance too small for bitrate<br> Generic Warning: In /home/nr52/GITROOT/VTK/IO/vtkFFMPEGWriter.cxx, line 197<br> Could not open codec.<br> <br> The problem is located at /VTK/IO/vtkFFMPEGWriter.cxx:179, where the bit_rate_tolerance is defined as:<br> c->bit_rate_tolerance = c->bit_rate/this->FrameRate;<br> <br> Then, this error ("bitrate tolerance too small for bit-rate") can easily be solved decreasing the FrameRate.<br> <br> Moreover, there is no convenient method to set the bit-rate.<br> So far, can only choose between 3 predefined bit-rates, which is quite restrictive.<br> <br> So here is my question: Is there any reason for not creating variables BitRate and BitRateTolerance?<br> If there is no objection, I can take care of it.<br> <br> Thanks<br> <br> <br> Nicolas<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com" target="_blank">www.kitware.com</a><br> <br> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><br> <br> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br> <a href="http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtk-developers" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtk-developers</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>