[MPlayer-users] convert bmp to avi

[Adrian Boeing]

Hi,

Thanks Giacomo for the quick reply.
I'll convert the bmp to png's then try again...

Can I make a feature request:
support loading BMP!

...it's not the worlds trickiest format! (Hello TGA!!!)

Cheers,
-Adrian


Giacomo Comes wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 01:23:26AM +0800, Adrian Boeing wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to convert a sequence of bmp files into an AVI, preferably divx.
>>
>> At the moment I'm just trying to make an mpeg1 out of them using this:
>> mencoder mf://frame*.bmp -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=bmp -ovc lavc 
>> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy -o output.avi
>>     
>
> >From the doc:
>    -mf <option1:option2:...>
>           Used when decoding from multiple PNG or JPEG files.
>
>           Available options are:
>
>              w=<value>
>                   input file width (default: autodetect)
>              h=<value>
>                   input file height (default: autodetect)
>              fps=<value>
>                   output fps (default: 25)
>              type=<value>
>                   input file type (available: jpeg, png, tga, sgi)
>
> bmp is not mentioned so I would assume it's not supported.
>
>   
>> However I get this error message:
>> MF file format detected.
>> [mf] search expr: frame*.bmp
>> [mf] number of files: 13 (52)
>> [demux_mf] unknown input file type.
>> ============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported 
>>     
>
> mencoder is telling you the same thing.
>
>   
>> =============
>> === If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the 
>> author! ===
>> Cannot open demuxer.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong? Would anyone be able to tell me what the 
>> correct command line should be?
>>     
>
> Convert the picture to a supported format and mencoder will work.
>
> Ciao
> Giacomo
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