Adapter. It is a super easy to use front end for FFMPEG and VLC.
> Hi Arie,
>
> some alternative ways for converting:
>
> - Use FFMPEG (free video conversion software, command-line based) to
> convert to a format readable by ImageJ. E.g.
> ffmpeg -i infile.avi -pix_fmt nv12 -f avi -vcodec rawvideo outfile.avi
>
> - The icy video importer plugin should also read the CRAM file (I have
> never tried it, however):
>
http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/plugin/Video_Importer>
> By the way, CRAM is Microsoft Video 1, an early lossy compression.
>
>
> Concerning the Quicktime file, obviously the first thing to check is
> whether it works in Quicktime player or VLC; if it does, it might be worth
> sending it with a bug report to the Bio-Formats team.
>
>
> Michael
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> On Fri, April 10, 2015 21:49, Horowitz, Arie wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have tried to open in ImageJ avi files generated by the PerkinElmer
> > UltraVox spinning disk confocal microscope software. The response is an
> > error message: Unsupported compression: 4d415234 ‘CRAM’
> >
> > Based on a suggestion on the ImageJ website, I opened the file with
> > QuickTime and saved it as a mov file. When I tried to open that file with
> > ImageJ, the Bio-Formats Import Options menu opened up. I clicked open
> > without changing the default settings, but simply nothing happens or
> > appears on the screen. I have repeated this after selecting <use virtual
> > stack> and/or <open all series> (intelligent (?) guesses) but nothing
> > happened again.
> >
> > I would appreciate your advice.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Arie
>
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