converting stack to video: alternatives to saving as avi?

[David Romano]

Hi everyone,

In a recent post, Herbie explained why I had trouble using QuickTime to
view the avi file I created from a stack using 'File > Save As', and it
seems to be a question of QuickTime not supporting the flavor of avi
produced by ImageJ.   My intention was to produce a file I could include
with a journal submission, so this issue may prevent public viewing -- does
anyone have any suggestions about how to convert a stack to other, more
publicly accessible formats, like mp4?   (Other than trying to use, for
example, an avi to mp4 converter?)

Thanks for your help,
David

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[José María Mateos]

2013/7/27 David Romano <[hidden email]>:
>
> In a recent post, Herbie explained why I had trouble using QuickTime to
> view the avi file I created from a stack using 'File > Save As', and it
> seems to be a question of QuickTime not supporting the flavor of avi
> produced by ImageJ.   My intention was to produce a file I could include
> with a journal submission, so this issue may prevent public viewing -- does
> anyone have any suggestions about how to convert a stack to other, more
> publicly accessible formats, like mp4?   (Other than trying to use, for
> example, an avi to mp4 converter?)

It may not be acceptable depending on the type of data you are
handling but, have you considered an animated GIF? I tend to use that
for presentations and works amazingly well. I understand this is not
the intended purpose for the file you want to generate, but just in
case.

Best,

José.

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[Herbie-3]

Good day David,

sorry for not having been too helpful...

I'm able to save a TIFF-stack from 32bit ImageJ as Quicktime movie using
several codecs, one of which is MPEG-4.

That said, I recommend installing 32bit ImageJ or this purpose.
(Don't forget to set the MPEG-4 coding to the desired level of quality
depending on your requirements.)

HTH a bit further,

Herbie


On 27.07.13 17:45, David Romano wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> In a recent post, Herbie explained why I had trouble using QuickTime to
> view the avi file I created from a stack using 'File > Save As', and it
> seems to be a question of QuickTime not supporting the flavor of avi
> produced by ImageJ.   My intention was to produce a file I could include
> with a journal submission, so this issue may prevent public viewing -- does
> anyone have any suggestions about how to convert a stack to other, more
> publicly accessible formats, like mp4?   (Other than trying to use, for
> example, an avi to mp4 converter?)
>
> Thanks for your help,
> David
>
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> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
>

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