PCL: Blink module

[Juan Conejero]

You are great Nikolay!

This is a wonderful feature. I'm going to see if we can distribute ffmpeg with PixInsight on FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The problem is not with ffmpeg (which is LGPLed). I am concerned about legal issues with some codecs such as MPEG-4 and H256. If someone can help with this, any information or ideas will be very welcome.

In the worst scenario, the end user would have to install ffmpeg on his or her machine...

[NKV]

I am concerned about legal issues with some codecs such as MPEG-4 and H256.

Juan, the Blink module independent from any legal issues, because user can use any processing software which installed in system. So, legal issues is problem of user.
You can distribute the Blink module without ffmpeg and user can choose coder which convenient for him.

[NKV]

solar eclipse 2008
The video made in Blink module.

[FunTomas]

Hi Nikolay. Maybe offtopic question, but how are you registered Moon disc?

[NKV]

Hi Nikolay. Maybe offtopic question, but how are you registered Moon disc?

See that topic http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=6662.0

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi Nikolay, thank you for the improvement!. Blink is a great module.

I wonder if it is possible to generate a video that reproduce indefinitely

Saludos, Alejandro.

[NKV]

I wonder if it is possible to generate a video that reproduce indefinitely

Are you mean loop gif ?
The module just run external codec. So, if yours codec can, Blink module can too.

Try this:
Program: convert
Arguments: -delay 5 -loop 0 Blink*.png Blink.gif

or this:
Program: ffmpeg
Arguments: -y -r 5 -i Blink%05d.png -pix_fmt rgb24 Blink.gif

PS: convert it's Command-line Tools
my result via convert in attachment.

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi Nikolay, Thank you!, that is what I need. I will make a try

[NKV]

Hi Nikolay, Thank you!, that is what I need. I will make a try

Welcome!

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi, I need some help with Blink again.

I am trying to make a video with 360 images. It worked perfectly with the following command for .avi extension using ffmpeg

-y -r 18 -i Blink%05d.png -qscale 1 Blink.avi 

But I need the video in .mp4 and webm. Then use the following command

-y -r 18 -i Blink%05d.png -qscale 1 Blink.mp4

and beside the quality is lower than .avi, it is good enough for what I need. The problem here is that it seems that some frames disappear, at least the latest are not present. Am I using the correct command for mp4?

For .webm, If use:

-y -r 18 -i Blink%05d.png -qscale 1 Blink.webm

the result is very low in quality. I changed -qscale values and also delete it, but the result is allways the same. Any help in which command line should I use?

Thanks,
Alejandro.

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Solved. I used -y -r 18 -i Blink%05d.png -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 9600k Blink.mp4 and then converted to .webm

Saludos, Alejandro.

[pfile]

Nikolay,

is there any way to load files into blink except for the "file open" dialog? i was hoping that i could create an xpsm for blink, but there's no way to save a process icon for blink.

thanks

rob

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi Nikolay, I have another wish to your fantastic tool. Could be possible to have a drop down menu in "Program" and "Arguments" that remember the latest commands used?
Thank you!
Alejandro.

[NKV]

Added new mode into AutoHT: Link/UnLink RGB channels.

PS Juan, see GitHub

[msmythers]

Just thought I'd link a thread that is going on in the General section about an issue with the move files function in the latest Blink module. This should probably be in the Bug Reports section.

http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=9773.0


Mike