Comments for image2mpeg
Excellent Program
I was very happy with this program. I contacted the developer about adding more options about how to handle aspect ratios of the images and he implemented new functions right away.
I used the program to make DVD formatted mpegs and the program did everything I wanted.
The documentation could be more substantial. For example, it wasn't clear to me that you could write directly to a .mpg since the documentation suggests you write to a .ppm. Also, more information on working with index files would be helpful. I expect that as the project matures, the documentation will be improved and a user's forum or mailiing list will be made available.
Works great + great service too!
This program is truly excellent and works very well. It gives me the results that I am looking for and comes with many different effects. I highly recommend it.
When I first tried out this program, it didn't work. So I contacted the author and he VERY promptly contacted me and we soon discovered that newer versions of FFMPEG work a little differently so the author showed me how to modify my image2mpeg script and then he released a new package the next day with the modifications built-in. The author gives better service than any software company out there.
I've been using this program for several years, and I still say that this program produces the best results compared to anything else out there, on any platform.
Recently, after a system upgrade, image2mpeg, to my dismay, stopped working. So, again, I contacted the author, and after a couple of emails, he was able to solve the problem.
If your image2mpeg suddenly stops working, it is a problem with the newer Imagemagick releases. The fix is simple. With an editor, open the image2mpeg script and look for the following line:
THREADS=$( cat /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | grep -c ^processor )
and change it to: THREADS=1
I believe it is located at line 51
Thank you again for your great service & for making this great piece of software!