Re: (semi-OT) JPG files -> Movie file

["Michael D. Crawford" <crawford@goingware.com>]

Try a google search for:

"motion jpeg"

Motion JPEG is a variety of movie format where each frame is made from a 
separate JPEG file, where they are all concatenated together.  I understand it 
is popular for video editing because it doesn't use frame differencing, so it 
is easy to insert and remove frames into or from a movie.

However, I don't think there is a single standard for motion jpeg format.  I 
believe there are several motion jpeg file formats in use which are all meant 
for the same purpose, but differ in the low-level details.

The second search result I get in the above google search gives Loki's SDL 
Motion JPEG Library:

http://www.lokigames.com/development/smjpeg.php3

however I get the impression from the page that it's not ready for production 
use yet.

There are also motion jpeg hardware cards available on the market.

Michael D. Crawford
GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
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