png2yuv - Convert PNG images to the YUV4MPEG stream format.
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Bugs
The frame rate description does not seem to be up to date. The NTSC integer ratios are not supported (use
floating point instead). As workaround specify a PAL (25) or native FILM (24) and set the right frame
rate in mpeg2enc with the -F option. Interlaced handling is not implemented yet.
Description
png2yuv decompresses a sequence of PNG files and pipes the image data to stdout as a YUV4MPEG2 stream.
Any 8bit/pixel PNG format supported by libpng can be read. stdout will be filled with the YUV4MPEG movie
data stream, so be prepared to pipe it on to mpeg2enc or to write it into a file.
Thistoolisincomplete. The alternative utility you are probably looking for is ppmtoy4m(1), which is
also included in MJPEGtools.
Name
png2yuv - Convert PNG images to the YUV4MPEG stream format.
Options
png2yuv accepts the following options:
-bnum
Frame offset: skip output of the first 'num' frames. (default: 0)
-fnum
Set the frame rate of stream accepts the same numbers. Not default, this option has to be specified.
-Inum
interlacing mode: p = none / progressive
t = top field first
b = bottom field first
No default, this option has to be specified.
-Lnum
0 = non-interleaved (two successive fields per PNG file)
1 = interleaved fields
-lnum
Specifies the number of loops (default: 0 loops )
-Ssamp_mode
chroma subsampling mode, only for professionals, for more info see ppmtoy4m and the YUV guide on
http://www.mir.com/DMG/.
default: 420_jpeg
When this option is not used the given range of images is only processed once. If you use this
option and as number 1, jpeg2yv will loop forever writing the image to stdout. When you use n > 1 it
will loop. n-time till it finishes.
-nnum
Specifies the nummber of frames to process. (default: all = -1)
-j{1}%{2}d{3}
Read PNG frames with the name components as follows:
{1} PNG filename prefix (e g: picture_ )
{2} Counting placeholder (like in C, printf, eg 06 ))
{3} File extension. Something like this: .png A correct description of the files could look like
this: picture_%06d.png
-vnum
Verbosity level (0, 1 or 2)
See Also
mjpegtools(1), mpeg2enc(1), ppmtoy4m(1), yuv2lav(1), yuvdenoise(1), yuvmedianfilter(1), yuvscaler(1) MJPEG Tools Team 2 February 2003 png2yuv(1)
Synopsis
png2yuv [-bnum] [-fnum] [-Inum] [-Lnum] [-n num] [-lnum] [-jfilename]
