ppm2raw(1) Convert a PPM pipe to a Raw DV stream

SYNOPSIS

ppm2raw [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

ppm2raw converts a PPM to a Raw DV stream.

OPTIONS

-n
NTSC output required.
-a
Maintain aspect ratio when scaling images.
-s
Scale images to the full frame size, regardless of aspect ratio
-w
Wide screen output (default: off).
-p number
Number of encoder passes (default is 3).
-q qno
Encoder qno.
-b colour
Use the colour triple for backgrounds - default is 000000. Format must be a hex string representing red, green, blue. For example, ffffff would be white.
-A wav
Use the wav to dub the output. The wav file must contain stereo, 16 bit samples at a frequency of 32khz, 44.1khz or 48khz.
-2
Two pass encoding (default: off).

HELP OPTIONS

--help
Show help message.

EXAMPLES

ppm2raw needs a PPM input provided on stdin. Fortunately, many tools generate PPM on stdout.

For example, to re-encode any ffmpeg compatible file or stream format to a PAL Raw DV stream which rescales the images according to the aspect ratio of the input using the following command:

ffmpeg -i 'some-file' -f ppmpipe - |
ppm2raw -a > file.dv

For NTSC, you would add -n to the ppm2raw command.

AVAILABILITY

See http://kino.schirmacher.de/ for the latest version.

AUTHORS

ppm2raw was written by Charles Yates <[email protected]>.