[ale] generate streaming videos.

[arxaaron at gmail.com (arxion)]

On 2009, May, 05, , at 12:01 PM, Robert Reese~ wrote:

>> Just as it is possible to generate an image with programically with
>> perl and image magick.  Does anyone know how to generate videos
>> dynamically.  think of generating a graph and seeing how the graph
>> changes over time. I'd prefer .mov file format generation.
>
>
> Since any video is either a sequence of still frames or a sequence  
> of formula
> output, you can either render individual images and put them  
> together, or you
> can generate still images from a formula or series of formulas,  
> such as a
> Mandelbrot, and create a video from those.  There are plenty of  
> tools out there
> that will take a series of images and create a video from them.
>
> You might also try creating an SVG and converting it.
>
> FFMPEG is my favorite converter on both Windows and Linux.
>

And on Mac OSeX, too, on those occasional occasions when Qucktime
doesn't quite fit the bill.

I'm looking forward to playing with avidemux, though, as soon
as I have a project to justify the tinkering.  Thanks to whoever
it was mentioned that here on a recent thread.

peace
aaron