
mv2mpeg is a tool to convert a SGI-movie-file into a mpeg-movie.

It consists of a shell-script ('mv2mpeg') and two binaries:

	mpeg_encode
	mv2frames

mpeg_encode has been compiled with the '-mips2' switch, so if you are
using a R3000 machine get the mpeg_encode package and compile it yourself.
(shouldn't be much of a problem)
It can be found at:
   qiclab.scn.rain.com:/pub/graphics/mpeg_encode-1.2.tar.Z
   liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/graphics/mpeg/mpeg_encode-1.2.tar.gz
If you don't find it there use 'archie' to locate the nearest site that has it.

mv2frames was not compiled with '-mips2', so it should work on R3000 machines.
If you do have the media-development-option installed on your system you may
recompile the source with your prefered compiler switches.

Installation:
 Place mv2mpeg, mv2frames and mpeg_encode in a directory that's included in
 your $PATH variable.

Strategy:
 The script call's mpeg_encode with properly set parameters. mpeg_encode then
 extracts the frames it needs from the SGI-Movie-file with the help of
 mv2frames.
 Note: This removes the need to write all the frames to disk, before calling
       mpeg_encode !!!

Example:
 To convert capture.mv to capture.mpg do:

               mv2mpeg capture.mv

 If that's too complicated for you I can't help you ;)


About the programms:

mpeg_encode: this is version 1.2 ... the file README_mpeg_encode contains
             the readme distributed with the mpeg_encode source.

mv2frames: This one I had to do myself ...
           (Since SGI doesn't deliver a tool that can extract the frames from
            a movie-file via commandline with Irix 5.2.)


Copyright: copy/use as you wish, but as soon as somebody figures out a way to
           make money out of this, I'd like a fair share ;)
           Also: make sure the contents of the README-files provided with this
           distribution stay's intact and the software is only copied together
           with those README-files ... thank you.

Send bug reports to paula@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
(flames as usual to /dev/null ;)


            Andreas Paul (1994)

P.S.: If you have no Idea what all this is about, please don't bother me, but
      read all the FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) you can find ... ;)

P.P.S.: I just found this neat passage and thought it might apply here:

    This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

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