Linux-Based 8mm Telecine
Resources
Code and Other Engineering Documents That Accompany This Article: ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/lj/listings/issue181/10373.tgz
Flatbed Scanner Digital Telecine (FSDT) Project, by Richard J. Kinch: www.truetex.com/telecine.htm
Legacy Film to DVD Project, by Jim Carroll: www.jiminger.com/s8/index.html
Transferring Film to Video (Telecine), by Martin W. Baumgarten: lavender.fortunecity.com/lavender/569/filmtovideo.html
8mm2avi (a program to convert 8mm films to AVI) SmartSoftware Italia: 8mm2avi.netfirms.com/index.html
A Homemade Telecine Machine, by Jan Demmendal: www.movie2video.com
MovieStuff (Roger Evans), sells equipment for film to video transfer (see also for good instructions about cleaning film): www.moviestuff.tv
Hub Adapters (Moment Catcher) Convert Super8 for Regular8: www.momentcatcherproductions.com/page6.html#adapters
Regular8 and Super8 8mm Film Specifications: 8mm2avi.netfirms.com/Specs.htm
Köhler Illumination, by Michael Pate, Optical Short Course International: www.loreti.it/Download/PDF/DMD/IlluminationSystemTypes.pdf
SANE—Scanner Access Now Easy: www.sane-project.org
PythonWare Library—Includes PIL, Python Reference and Tutorial Documents: www.pythonware.com/library/index.htm
Python Imaging Library (PIL): www.pythonware.com/products/pil
NumPy (the fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python): numpy.scipy.org
FFmpeg—Project Description: ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/index.html
Using ffmpeg to manipulate audio and video files, by Howard Pritchett (see the section on Basic Video Transcoding): howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/#basicvideo
ImageMagick: www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
Film Sprockets—LaVezzi: www.lavezzi.com/QA/LavSprocket.html
Microchip (I used the PIC 16F876 chip for this project): www.microchip.com
PiKdev (a simple graphic IDE for the development of PIC-based applications): pikdev.free.fr
HI-TECH C PRO for the PIC10/12/16 MCU Family (Lite mode)—freeware: www.htsoft.com/microchip/products/compilers/piccpro-modes.php
PICList (a collection of people interested in the Microchip PIC): www.piclist.com/tecHREF/microchip/index.htm
PIC Sample Code in C: www.microchipc.com
Frank Pirz currently runs Media Conversions. He converts videotape, slides and now 8mm film to DVD format. His current interests include home theater, multimedia PCs and building robots. When he's not working, he's usually reading the latest Star Trek or Star Wars books. He can be reached at fpirz@media-conversions.net.
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python sources
Hello
sorry for my poor english.
It s a very interesting howto ,but i can not find the python sources in the 10373.tgz archive.