Re: [pygame] SDL_ffmpeg vs ffmpeg

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

A follow up. I finally built ffplay for Windows. It played the sample 
Motion-JPEG file. So this confirms that stock ffmpeg recognizes the 
format. It also means Motion-JPEG will be supported in the new movie module.

Lenard


Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> Well I fed black_duck.mov to my Windows build of ffmpeg and got a .avi 
> file out. I don't know if ffmpeg actually understood the codec, or 
> simply swapped wrappers.
[snip]
> For some reason ffplay didn't build for Windows. But the linux version 
> I built did play the Motion-JPEG file. So it looks like the format 
> will be supported for free.
>
> Lenard
>
>
> Alexandre Quessy wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > Don't worry, Tyler and Lenard. I am glad if I can help you guys
> > developing a better support for such formats in Pygame. I really think
> > it worths it for the reason I mentioned earlier.
> >
> > Here is an example of a motion-JPEG movie file :
> > http://toonloop.com/static/black_duck.mov It was made with ToonLoop, a
> > Python application using Pygame. (exporting JPEG and using mencoder to
> > convert it to Motion-JPEG)
> >
> > I will most likely set up a Windows box this summer, for
> > cross-platform development. For now, I only have Linux and Mac
> > computers around. I can test on those platform any code you ask me to
> > test. I know C and C++ as well.