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Re: READING MPEG FILES
- Subject: Re: READING MPEG FILES
- From: "Liam Gumley" <Liam.Gumley(at)ssec.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:51:55 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison
- References: <87g47f$757$1@bob.news.rcn.net>
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Bruce Barrow <bjbarrow@erols.com> wrote in message
news:87g47f$757$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
> I've found the various routines for animating an array of images and
placing
> them into an MPEG file. How do I read an MPEG file into an array of
images?
> How about the same with an AVI file?
I think that IDL can only *write* MPEG files: it cannot *read* them.
You might be able to convert an MPEG file to a sequence of images (e.g.
JPEG) using ImageMagick:
http://www.wizards.dupont.com/cristy/ImageMagick.html
I don't think IDL supports AVI files at all.
Cheers,
Liam.