Video -> VirtualStack Question...

[Jeffrey B. Woodward]

ImageJ'ers,

I have an upcoming project to do image processing on [relatively] short
video sequences (AVI and MPEG I believe). At this point, my game plan is
to open the video sequence and create a virtual image stack consisting
of 1 slice per [decoded] video frame. Any general
comments/recommendations are welcome; however, I have particular
interest in information regarding:
1) References to any freely available to obtain/use/distribute
cross-platform Java libraries for decoding common video formats.
2) References to existing ImageJ plugins that deal with video files.
3) References to existing ImageJ plugins that deal with virtual image
stacks.

Many thanks,

-Jeff Woodward

[Wayne Rasband]

> ImageJ'ers,
>
> I have an upcoming project to do image processing on [relatively]
> short video sequences (AVI and MPEG I believe). At this point, my game
> plan is to open the video sequence and create a virtual image stack
> consisting of 1 slice per [decoded] video frame. Any general
> comments/recommendations are welcome; however, I have particular
> interest in information regarding:
> 1) References to any freely available to obtain/use/distribute
> cross-platform Java libraries for decoding common video formats.
> 2) References to existing ImageJ plugins that deal with video files.
> 3) References to existing ImageJ plugins that deal with virtual image
> stacks.

Michael Schmid's new AVI Reader plugin at

    http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/avi-reader.html

is an excellent example of a plugin that deals with video files and
virtual stacks.

-wayne