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- Hi all you eager MPEG Encoders,
-
- Here is a short guide to using the DOS port of PVRG MPEG, these guide lines
- should apply to other platforms as well.
-
- I will concentrate my explanation on making XING compatible files as this
- would appear to be the most popular player on DOS platforms. These files only
- include I frames but are viewable by all the players I have used.
-
- The tools required to make the sample movie on a DOS platform are as follows:
-
- 1) The DOS port of PVRG MPEG CODEC called pvrgmpeg.exe
- 2) The DOS port of PPM2CYUV called ppm2cyuv.exe
- 3) Image Alchemy from a number of ftp sites.
- eg /mirrors4/garbo.uwasa.fi/graphics/alch16.zip
- at wuarchive.wustl.edu
-
-
- Image Alchemy may be replaced with giftoppm.exe from the pbmplus set of
- graphics tools.
-
-
- The description is centred around creating a movie called short which consists
- of 10 frames. In the zip file of the binaries of the DOS port you find 6 GIF
- files, these are reduced to 160*120 from the movie supplied with the PVRG
- source code.
- short0.gif.........short5.gif
-
- Step 1
- Create the 160 by 120 PPM files
- alchemy -k -X160 -Y120 short*.gif
-
- Note Image Alchemy use the extension PNM.
-
- Step 2
- Split the images into Y, U and V files.
-
- ppm2cyuv short0.ppm short -CCIR601
-
- Repeat for each frame.
-
- Step 3
- Create a copy of the middle frames to form a ping-pong effect.(See
- note later on)
-
- copy short4.? short6.?
- copy short3.? short7.?
- copy short2.? short8.?
- copy short1.? short9.?
- Step 3
- Create the movie.
-
- pvrgmpeg -XING -a 0 -b 9 short -s short.mpg
-
-
- Step 4
- Play the movie.
-
-
- The PVRG MPEG CODEC (pvrgmpeg.exe) has many command line settings, you will
- really need to read the full documentation supplied by PVRG to see what they
- all do.
-
-
- Directing Your Movies:
-
- Hint 1
-
- Select your video clip carefully. It is best if the sequence is suited to a
- ping-pong approach, this simply means that you grab say 5 frames of motion and
- make a movie which consists of the following frame order.
-
- 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2
- The XING player loops the movie and this frame order means there is continous
- movement, this is not such a problem for longer movies but for short 5-10
- second clips it is important.
-
- Hint 2
-
- The XING player files must be 160*120 and this is not give a very clear picture
- for objetcs/people that are in the distance of the shot. Stick to sequences
- where the object fills the screen rather than lots of still background.
-
- Hint 3
-
- If the object/person is entering the shot try to get it such that they are
- approaching the camera so that they gradually fill the shot.
-
- Hint 4
-
- Remember the images stored are compressed and some image quality is lost. Start
- with a good quality video source.
-
-
- Enjoy the Movies and don't each too much PopCorn.
-
- Graham Logan
- June 15th 1993
- mitgml@dct.ac.uk
-
- "You can't fool me there ain't no Sanity Clause", Chico Marx
-
-