[vtkusers] vtkAVIWriter doesn't work

[Amy Squillacote]

Yes, you're correct. The vtkAVIWriter only works (and is only built) on 
Windows. You can't use it on linux. VTK does have FFMPEG and MPEG2 
writers that can be used in a unix / linux environment, but you will 
have to build VTK yourself in order to use either of them. They are not 
compiled into VTK by default because there are licensing issues with 
both of them: FFMPEG uses the LGPL license, which is incompatible with 
VTK's BSD-style license; portions of MPEG2 are patented, so this writer 
is not built by default in an effort to keep VTK patent-free. See 
http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkFFMPEGWriter.html and 
http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkMPEG2Writer.html for more 
information.

- Amy

Moritz Bernard Fricke wrote:
> Thanks you for your answers. I'm using ubuntu 7.1 . It seems like that is the problem. Am i right?
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
> Von: William E Lucarell <welucarell at equityeng.com>
> Datum: Montag, Mai 12, 2008 3:29 pm
> Betreff: Re: [vtkusers] vtkAVIWriter doesn't work
> An: vtkusers at vtk.org
>
>   
>> Do you have any additional code to configure the AVI Writer? I've
>> implemented it before so I may be able to help.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] On 
>> BehalfOf Moritz Bernard Fricke
>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:06 AM
>> To: vtkusers at vtk.org
>> Subject: [vtkusers] vtkAVIWriter doesn't work
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to use vtkAVIWriter using vtk 5.0.3. I always get the error:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "particle_interactiv.py", line 3, in <module>
>>    AviWriter=vtk.vtkAVIWriter()
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'vtkAVIWriter'
>>
>> I just don't see the problem. Can it be that  vtk 5.0.3 isn't 
>> containigvtkAVIWriter ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Moritz
>>
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