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Re: Suggestions on methods to display sonograms as movies?

Subject: Re: Suggestions on methods to display sonograms as movies?
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" heliotown27
Date: Fri May 14, 2010 8:34 am ((PDT))
Marc Myers wrote:
> I'm working on a project where I would like include both audio and its so=
nogram as a video of some sort. I've been using Acousmographe and it works =
well in some regards. However the only output is a SWF file and I must conv=
ert this to another format. The conversions have not always gone well. Anyo=
ne have any luck? Obviously, in any decent sound editing program one can se=
e a sonogram as one listens to the file, but I'm interested in this being a=
 freestanding movie. I've also tried screen capture utilities but consisten=
cy in the size of the image is also important and this is not always easy t=
o do with screen capture.
> Marc Myers
>


Hi Marc,

You have asked a pertinent question and I hope that other folks will
post links to examples of spectrogram-movies.

On a mac, I have experimented with using Raven spectrogram software and
doing screen captures with IShowU.  This provides the display of cursor
movement synchronous with sound.

Here are two Jupiter-Io radio emission spectro-movies. ( I am exploring
Jovian-Io - and possibly Europan - electromagnetic emissions for any
sign of "nature call", biological signal or intelligent beaconing.)

http://www.heliotown.com/Jiob201001101947_2Ashcraft.mp4

One thing nice about iShowU is that you can work as large as your screen
is without having to deal with rigid movie size web format limitations.
http://www.heliotown.com/jIoB201001101952Ashcraftbig.mp4

And here is a spectrogram movie of ELF-VLF earthly natural radio
emissions. (I am working on a method for distinguishing meteor and space
dust generated electrical emission from lightning and other sferics.)
http://www.heliotown.com/elfbluespec720Ashcraft.mp4

My spectro-movie experiments are jury-rigged and cobbled and I also hope
to hear of some efficient software package that would streamline the
process.


Thomas Ashcraft
www.heliotown.com















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