[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] Compiling grass 6.2.1: i.class error

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> > Actually, a script using r.out.ppm, pnmcat and mplayer might add some
> > I/O overhead, but that's likely to be less significant, given that
> > xganim is limited to the amount of data which can be held in memory.
> 
> i.e. a replacement for r.out.mpeg.

Not really. Conversion to MPEG-type video has significant overhead;
xganim will often be used for one-off animation. Note that I'm talking
about using mplayer to play a sequence of PPM files.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>