Re: how to encode an.avi readable by ImageJ

Posted by Arttu Miettinen on Feb 10, 2010; 8:14am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/how-to-encode-an-avi-readable-by-ImageJ-tp3689341p3689346.html

Hi Yann,

As a temporary workaround, maybe you could export your .avi files to image
sequences which ImageJ can easily handle? VirtualDub should be able to do
this if it can open your .avi.

- Arttu Miettinen

> Hi Yann,
>
> Did you try using the Bio-Formats plugin?
>   http://www.loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats/imagej
>
> If it doesn't work, we would need a link to an example AVI file, to
> investigate the problem further.
>
> -Curtis
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Yann BOURSIAC <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> ImageJ has the possibility to open .avi files. However, when I try, I
>> get
>> the error message "cannot open video files missing Huffman tables".
>> So my question is: how can I encode my files (coming from a DVD
>> recorder)
>> into an avi that will be readable by ImageJ?
>> I tried some codecs from VLC or virtualdub but never succeeded.
>>
>> Alternatively, the final aim is to measure the diameter of a round cell
>> along time. Our setup include a microscope camera linked to a DVD
>> recorder.
>> I would like to use an equivalent of the ruler tool from ImageJ. Do you
>> know
>> any possibility or any other alternative?
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>> Yann
>>
>