[Paraview] Paraview 3.6 compilation with animation in avi format

[David E DeMarle]

A very good point. Thanks!

I will fix that shortly.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109



On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:28 AM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> You need the ffmpeg library to create .avi files within ParaView on
>> Mac and Linux. More exactly, you need a specific (old) version of
>> ffmpeg.
>>
>> You can get that version, and instructions for how to compile it and
>> link to it, here:
>> http://www.vtk.org/VTK/resources/software.html#addons
>>
>> For the specific config parameters that we used when making the binaries
>> see:
>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView_Binaries
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 28 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>
> David,
> Regarding this line on the link you sent:
> "The FFMPEG multimedia library source code can be obtained either from the
> sourceforge web site or by downloading ffmpeg_source.tar.gz "
>
> I didn't understand that that contained the source as well as instructions
> on how to link to it until I downloaded it and found the README. Maybe it
> can be changed to something like
>
> "The FFMPEG multimedia library source code can be obtained either from the
> sourceforge web site or by downloading ffmpeg_source.tar.gz. The tar file
> also contains instructions on how to link Paraview to the library."
>
> Just my $.02.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
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