Creating a movie from a series of images
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:46 pm
I’m experimenting with LiveCode and some GPS data from RunKeeper. The plan is to make a movie of a route using Google Maps.
So far, I've got the data from the GPS XML file, and a hint of the map in a window. The next step is to grab a screen shot of this window for each data point. What I want to do is put these screen shots together and dump out a movie file. I know I can do this in something like QuickTime Player, or iMovie (I’m on a Mac here), but it would be nice of LiveCode could build the movie - either as the screen grabs are done, or afterwards by grabbing saved images in a folder.
Is this possible? I’d prefer to have access to QuickTime’s saving options - codecs, compression settings etc., but even of this is not possible, being able to dump out an MP4 would be nice.
So far, everything I’ve found about LiveCode in the area of movies has been about playing them, not making them.
If I can get my test application running, I can add in more features - frame rate, dimensions, and so on.
My goal is to make a movie that can match footage from my GoPro - so there’s a map overlay. My attempts to do this by hand have been more laborious than I expected.
So far, I've got the data from the GPS XML file, and a hint of the map in a window. The next step is to grab a screen shot of this window for each data point. What I want to do is put these screen shots together and dump out a movie file. I know I can do this in something like QuickTime Player, or iMovie (I’m on a Mac here), but it would be nice of LiveCode could build the movie - either as the screen grabs are done, or afterwards by grabbing saved images in a folder.
Is this possible? I’d prefer to have access to QuickTime’s saving options - codecs, compression settings etc., but even of this is not possible, being able to dump out an MP4 would be nice.
So far, everything I’ve found about LiveCode in the area of movies has been about playing them, not making them.
If I can get my test application running, I can add in more features - frame rate, dimensions, and so on.
My goal is to make a movie that can match footage from my GoPro - so there’s a map overlay. My attempts to do this by hand have been more laborious than I expected.