multiple jpg's to single avi

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Michael Morisoli

I find myself needing to take multiple Jpg files and merge them together
into a single Avi or Mpeg file for archival purposes.

Does anybody have any suggestions on a place to even start with this?

This is a security surveillance camera that takes individual snapshots when
there is motion detected. We want to compress those into a single daily
video that can be stored and reviewed.
 
I'd check into the DirectShow APIs. They should be able to help some.

Also, there are a lot of programs that work with sequenced stills and can
convert them. I'm sure if you google for a bit, you'll find one. You might
be able to use one of those (freeware maybe?) or something.

Another possibility would be to make your own movie viewer -- put your own
branding on it. Then all you need to do is sequentially play the JPGs. The
advantage is that it's probably easier to write, AND, you can get better
frame-accurate playing. Otherwise you still need to write your own playback
system to do frame-by-frame. Also, if you put it in an MPG or AVI
(depending on codec), you'll get recompression, which can really suck.
Especially when you need to get good detail on someone's face.

I worked a few times with the local government in restoring bank robbery
video and the best thing was that my video capture hardware allowed access
to each frame via a .JPG.

-mike
MVP
 
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