FredThompson
22nd June 2003, 00:22
VCDEasy can make single-frame MPEG stills which are very handy for menus. However, it wants a 640x480 source image which is then resized.
Well, what if you've got true resolutions like D1, 2/3 D1 or 1/2 D1?
Using VCDEasy requires resizing those twice; once to go to 640x480 then it resizes to 2/3 D1. (VCDEasy WILL accept proper source resolutions but then letterboxes and resizes to 704 wide. Thing is, 704 isn't always correct. It will slightly squash full frames like those from a camcorder.)
Is there a fairly easy to use, freely-available program to make proper stills? It would be really nice if such a program also generates an "empty" audio track so programs like Nero won't choke on the file.
This seems like a fairly easy thing to do, it's just an I-frame with an empty soundtrack. The program should take an image file as input and spit out a compliant MPEG-2 file.
Does anyone know of such a program and where to find it?
Well, what if you've got true resolutions like D1, 2/3 D1 or 1/2 D1?
Using VCDEasy requires resizing those twice; once to go to 640x480 then it resizes to 2/3 D1. (VCDEasy WILL accept proper source resolutions but then letterboxes and resizes to 704 wide. Thing is, 704 isn't always correct. It will slightly squash full frames like those from a camcorder.)
Is there a fairly easy to use, freely-available program to make proper stills? It would be really nice if such a program also generates an "empty" audio track so programs like Nero won't choke on the file.
This seems like a fairly easy thing to do, it's just an I-frame with an empty soundtrack. The program should take an image file as input and spit out a compliant MPEG-2 file.
Does anyone know of such a program and where to find it?