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detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

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.bmp -> .avi ?

Heyho,
is there an app with which i can convert a bunch of .bmp files to a video file, preferred .avi?

smoon

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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Re: .bmp -> .avi ?

Mencoder is at least able to convert a sequence of jpeg or png files to a video stream. You could use convert (from the imagemagick package) to convert the bitmaps to jpegs (or pngs):

find /path/to/imagefiles/ -iname "*.bmp" -exec convert '{}' '{}.jpg' ;

Using mencoder on these files would look like this:

mencoder "mf://path/to/imagefiles/*.jpg" -mf fps=30 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4000:vhq:mpeg_quant:v4mv:mbd=2:trell -o /path/to/outfile.avi

auditek747

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Registered: 2006-06-05

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Re: .bmp -> .avi ?

Avidemux may do it.
If your bmp's are sequential, try:

avidemux2 *.bmp

detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

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Re: .bmp -> .avi ?

Hey thx you both! smoon you cli skills are awesome
and avidemux is really a nice app. never seen it before :shock: now video editing can begin.

cheers,
detto