[vtkusers] Install FFMPEG

[Janny Dong]

Hey David,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am using MSVC++. Before I turned to ffmpeg, I
had tried to use vtkAVIWriter to create my animation. However, I don't know
how to control the size and speed of the avi file. I got a avi file of 18MB
with 50 frames, which is too large. When I play it, it's only 3-sec long,
and it seems to be displaying the same frame.

Any suggestion to use AVI writer?

Thanks!
Janny



On 5/26/07, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Janny,
>
> I think that you are navigating uncharted territory. We intended the
> ffmpeg library to be used on Linux and Mac platforms and for windows users
> to use the native AVI writing library. I do not know of anyone else who has
> tried to get the library to compile and link to VTK on windows. Also we have
> not tested VTK against a more recent version of ffmpeg. I would guess that
> the ffmpeg library has changed significantly since we first started using
> it, which is why cmake can not find what it needs in the up to date version
> that you have.
>
> sorry,
> Dave DeMarle
>
> On 5/25/07, Janny Dong <janny.dong at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have tried to download and install FFMPEG through
> > http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php
> > but failed.
> >
> > * FFMPEG Source Code
> > *
> >
> > The FFMPEG multimedia library source code can be obtained either from
> > the sourceforge web site <http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/download.php> or
> > by downloading ffmpeg_source.tar.gz<http://www.vtk.org/files/support/ffmpeg_source.tar.gz>
> >
> > The instruction included in the zipped file seems to be outdated. It
> > suggests CVS update but the CVS server already retired according to sourceforge
> > web site. <http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/download.php>
> > I searched the web and installed MINGW. I used MINGW to install and
> > compile the library with source files in the zipped file but it keeps
> > complaining after 'make' command:
> >
> > make -C libavutil all
> > make[1]: Entering directory '/C/ffmpeg/libavutil'
> > Makefile:36 *** missing separator. Stop
> > make[1]: Leaving directory '/C/ffmpeg/libavutil'
> > make: *** [lib] Error 2.
> >
> > I also tried to install with nightly Subversion snapshots from http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/download.html
> > . No error this time but I couldn't make VTK find the library by setting
> > CMAKE variables.
> >
> > Anyone can share some successful experience with me?
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> > Janny
> >
> >
> > <http://www.vtk.org/files/support/vtkmpeg2encode.tar.gz>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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