--- In OAFs@y..., "Mike Wirths" <mwirths@s...> wrote:
Having images every 8 minutes would allow for a much nicer
animation (it
always looks so choppy that I never get much of an idea of the
actual
movement
It turns out that Nasa has already done that. Have a look
at this .mov file (warning 3meg):
/0000_latest.mov
(you may need to cut and paste that url onto so its one line)
Thats pretty much the smoothest animation i've seen on the web.
I'm not sure how often they update it, but as I am writing now,
the timestamp on the web page is only 20 minutes old.
Anybody know of a script-drivable program or library that can
be used to crop .mov files? I'd like to be able to create an animation
for the region around ottawa. (Mostly because it ought to be
a lot smaller than 3 meg). Something that bursts .movs into
individual frames and then collectes tham back again would be
almost as good.
Well, I figure, if we have to look at clouds ('cause it's cloudy)
it might as well be fun.
-ad
ps. i've posted this link to OAFs/booksmarks
