[Paraview] Paraview 3.6 compilation with animation in avi format

[Berk Geveci]

Hi Stephane,

There are two issues:

1) license - ffmpeg source has optional dependencies to GPL'ed code.
Hence it has GPL'ed code. Even though those are optional and we do not
use them, we cannot include them in the ParaView source.
2) patents - ffmpeg has support for patented algorithms that we do not
have licenses for. As of ParaView 3.6, we do not depend on any
patented algorithms. Including the ffmpeg source code would cause
issues even though we do not use its patented algorithms.

Because of the issues, we cannot include ffmpeg in the ParaView source.

PS: We are now using mjpeg for creating avi files.

-berk

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Stephane PLOIX <stephane.ploix at edf.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Could you include the needed ffmpeg library sources in the source code of
> ParaView, with an option to build it or use native ffmpeg for the system, or
> is there a licence issue?
>
> Stephane
>
>
>
> dave.demarle at kitware.com
> Envoyé par : paraview-bounces at paraview.org
>
> 04/06/2009 16:08
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> daviddoria at gmail.com
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> Objet
> Re: [Paraview] Paraview 3.6 compilation with animation in avi format
>
>
>
>
> A very good point. Thanks!
>
> I will fix that shortly.
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
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>
>
> 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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