Map quicktime movie on a polygon

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How can I map a simple quicktime movie on a polygon?

Thanx.

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You'll have to extract still frames from the movie first. Houdini can only write movies, not read them.

You can use QuickTime Pro (on Win/OSX) or perhaps mplayer (using a JPG output device) in linux.

Good luck,
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Thanks Jason,

… but how do I map a image sequence on a polygon, i.e. modeling a TV set and show a image sequence in it?

Thanks so much.

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if your sequence is name tvseq.0001.jpg …
then the name for Houdini will be tvseq.$F4.jpg

But houdini will detect image sequences if you select them throught the file dialog and place the correct expression.

$F = current frame number
$F4 is current frame number padded to 4 digits.
$F3 … 3 digits
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Thanks so much, Georg.

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