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> Hi,
>
> I thought I'd share a recent workaround I discovered for importing video
> into ImageJ in Windows. I've been bothered for some time by the time and
> disk space wasted by ImageJ's inability to import anything but uncompressed
> AVI videos. Although the Quicktime Opener can import some videos on PC, at
> least some modern codecs such as DivX and Xvid cannot be read. For these, I
> have found a workaround using AviSynth and a couple other free utilities.
> Although the setup takes some effort, it seems to work easily thereafter.
> Instructions I composed for my students are pasted in below.
>
> Cheers,
> Russell
>
>
>
> Importing AVI Videos
>
> On PC (for all installed windows codecs)
>
> 1. Install all of the following
> 1. AviSynth
>
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page> 2. Pismo File Mount
>
http://www.pismotechnic.com/download/> 3. AVFS
>
http://www.turtlewar.org/avfs/> 2. Use notepad to create an avisynth script for the video you want to
> load
> 1. Script contents:
> AVISource("videofilename.avi")
> ConvertToRGB24()
> 2. Save as videofilename.avs (THAT 'S' IN *.AVS IS IMPORTANT)
> 3. Mount the videofilename.avs file
> 1. Right click in explorer and choose "Quick mount"
> This creates a mounted (fake) folder, inside of which will be a
> new version of the video named videofilename.avi (i.e., the same as the
> original)
> 2. NB: If you decide you want to delete the videofilename.avs file
> and corresponding folder, you must first right click and 'Unmount' the avs
> file.
> 4. In ImageJ, click File>Import>AVI, and then just select the newly
> created videofilename.avi inside the mounted folder.
> You can now import the AVI provided AviSynth can read the file, which
> will include any AVI file for which the codecs are installed in Windows.
>
>
> 5. Batch files to speed the process up (just double click the batch files
> to perform their actions)
> 1. To create and mount avs files for all videos in a folder, open
> notepad, save the file as "multiavscreatemount.bat", paste the following
> code in, and save again
>
> for %%a IN (dir /b *.avi) do call :avscreate %%a
> GOTO :DONE
>
> :avscreate
> if (%1)==(dir) GOTO eof
> echo AVISource("%1")> %1.avs
> echo ConvertToRGB24()>> %1.avs
> pfm mount %1.avs
> GOTO :eof
>
> :DONE
>
> 2. To unmount and delete avs files for all videos in a folder, open
> notepad, save the file as "multiunmountdel.bat", paste the following code
> in, and save again
>
> for %%a IN (dir /b *.avs) do call :unmount %%a
> GOTO :DONE
>
> :unmount
> if (%1)==(dir) GOTO eof
> pfm unmount %1
> del %1
> GOTO :eof
>
> :DONE
>
>
>
> --
>
> Russell Wyeth
> Biology, St Francis Xavier University
> P.O. Box 5000 Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada
> Shipping: 1 West St. Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada
>
http://people.stfx.ca/rwyeth/> Ph: 9028673886 Fx: 9028672389
> Cell: 9023180250
>