We're using FrameCycler here and it supports playing quicktimes, avis etc,
as well as image sequences and you can link any audio file with frame
sequences, offset it etc... so far it's the only player we've found that
will enable you (other than the XSI and Shake flipbooks) to step frame by
frame and gives you all the control and more than the quicktime player
does... the only hiccup though is the audio doesn't scrub when you're
stepping through frames.
It's awesome to have A/B compare, side by side, applying custom LUTs, etc...
it's really easy to create tools to automate its use depending on your
fileSpec so you can review individual shots, shots with their preceding and
trailing counterparts, whole sequences, etc automatically associating the
correct audio files with them and adding the correct frame offsets etc, all
from the command line... it seriously leaves quicktime player in the dust
especially when dealing with 1 and 2k image files...
On 6/29/06, Greg Smith <greg(at)stanwinston.com> wrote:
> thanks for the clarification
>
> Greg
>
> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 23:51 +0200, Stefan Andersson wrote:
> > it's in the Application/bin of your xsi directory.
> >
> > regards
> > stefan
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/06, Greg Smith <greg(at)stanwinston.com> wrote:
> > > is '/usr/Application/bin' the exact path, or is it supposed to be your
> > > xsi Application/bin directory? Just curious before I have our systems
> > > guys do anything with it.
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 21:32 +0200, Stefan Andersson wrote:
> > > > You can also try this (taken from XSIbase Linux thread)
> > > > --------------------------------------------
> > > > Openquicktime -
> > > > Allows you to create Quicktime previews via XSI (extract to
> > > > /usr/Application/bin)
> > > >
> > > >
http://www.xsimontreal.com/images/openquicktime4.tar.bz2
> > > > Note: This is not Officially supported by Softimage
> > > > --------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > That way you can at least create quicktimes from the flipbook... But
> > > > it's not really a good solution.
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > > stefan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/28/06, Greg Smith <greg(at)stanwinston.com> wrote:
> > > > > Not sure if its how we are setup here, but the only thing we can
get to
> > > > > work in Flipbook are image sequences. Any type of video format
seems to
> > > > > not work, I get "No file parser to read this image type".
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 12:49 -0500, Joe Laffey wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Greg Smith a écrit :
> > > > > > >> Is it me or is there a severe lack of multimedia
functionality in Linux.
> > > > > > >> It seems that most of the video players for linux are just
simple
> > > > > > >> players, none extended functionality that us visual effects
people,
> > > > > > >> desire. I can't fathom the idea that there is no decent high
end media
> > > > > > >> player for linux that supports all the common file formats,
that allows
> > > > > > >> for both audio and video, frame stepping (front and back), or
frame rate
> > > > > > >> change, looping, pretty much all the necessary tools that any
animator
> > > > > > >> would need for referencing video footage for, oh lets say,
facial
> > > > > > >> animation. Hell I would even appreciate a working flipbook in
Linux, but
> > > > > > >> anything other than image sequences, and it just doesn't
work. We've
> > > > > > >> tried VLC, pfPlay, MPlayer, as well as some others, but none
seem to
> > > > > > >> yield to our desires. Major bummer..
> > > > > > >> How abouts does everyone else go about this?? is Wine or
CrossOver the
> > > > > > >> only options. Thats a big WTF.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does Flipbook not work on linux? I know it doesn't do sound, but
aside
> > > > > > from the lasck of an A/B compare, it does most everything I
need. I like
> > > > > > simple, consise apps that do one thing--well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
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