Subject:   -12- How can I convert from SGI movie format to MPEG?
Date: Thu Feb 16 15:58:48 PST 1995

  - If you are using IRIX 5.3 or earlier, SGI provides no bundled
    tools to convert SGI movies to MPEG.

    There is a publically available program which can convert SGI
    movie files to MPEG.  It was developed by Andreas Paul
    <paula@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>.  It can be obtained from:

    ftp://ftp.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/sgi/animation/mv2mpeg_final.tar.gz

    It is for IRIX 5.x systems, and supports all versions of the SGI
    movie file format.

    If you are using IRIX 4.0.x, then get mov2mpeg from

    ftp://ftp.gvu.gatech.edu/pub/people/kooper/mov2mpeg.tar.gz

    Finally, another way to convert to MPEG is to export all of
    the images and audio track from the SGI movie file by using
    moviemaker or makemovie,  and feed the result (a sequence of
    still frames) into one of the public domain MPEG encoders
    available on the net.

  - If you are using IRIX 5.3 with the WebFORCE software product,
    you can use the Movie Master or dmconvert utilities to create
    MPEG movies.  See elsewhere in this FAQ for information on
    ordering WebFORCE.

  Regardless of IRIX software release, there is at least one
  commercial product which can create MPEG files, called MpegExpert:

    MpegExpert is the highest performance and most featured MPEG
    playback solution for SGI platforms. It plays compressed MPEG-1
    audio, video or system level multiplexed audio+video bitstreams in
    realtime with stereo CD quality sound. With the integrated
    CAPTURE_TOOL it lets the user cut and save pictures or sequences
    from an MPEG source, allowing a simple form of editing. And with the
    CD_TOOL user can play Video_CD and CD-I digital movies from a CDROM
    player. Its specially designed data input architecture enables
    smooth MPEG playback from video servers over networks.  MpegExpert
    can be integrated into other applications or it can be used
    interactively through its motif based user interface.  MpegExpert
    software, documentation, and demo version are available on line via
    anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/apvision/ or
    ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ap/apvision/.  Any further inquiry if
    required, can be sent to apvision@netcom.com

  For more information on MPEG, and a list of places where you can
  obtain MPEG encoder software, consult the MPEG Frequently Asked
  Questions document. You can FTP it from

      ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/dos/graphics/mpegfa11.zip
      ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/dos/graphics/mpegfa20.zip
      ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/dos/graphics/mpegfa30.zip
      ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/dos/graphics/mpegfa31.zip

  These documents are versions 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1 of the MPEG FAQ
  document.