---
name: "image2raw"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "smilutils"
version: "0.3.2+cvs20070731-4.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/image2raw"
---

# image2raw(1)

Convert a collection of images to a Raw DV stream

## NAME

image2raw - Convert a collection of images to a Raw DV stream

## SYNOPSIS

**image2raw** \[ **options** \] *file* ...

## DESCRIPTION

**image2raw** converts *files* to a Raw DV stream. Most file formats are supported and compatability is governed by gdkpixbuf.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  NTSC output required (this must come before any files)

- **-ppm**

  Do not encode to Raw DV - output a PPM stream on stdout instead.

- **-s** *WxH*

  Scale the PPM output to the specified width and height.

- **-a**

  Maintain aspect ratio on images following.

- **-f**

  Scale following images to the full frame size, regardless of aspect ratio

- **-k**

  Keep the image unscaled - centre and crop output as necessary (default).

- **-w**

  Wide screen output (default: off).

- **-r** *count*

  Repeat the following images *count* times (must be an integer \>= 1).

- **-b** *colour*

  Use the *colour* triple for backgrounds - default is 000000. Format must be a hex string representing red, green, blue. For example, ffffff would be  white.

- **-A** *wav*

  Use the *wav* to dub the output. The wav file must contain stereo, 16 bit samples at a frequency of 32khz, 44.1khz or 48khz.

- **-2**

  Two pass encoding (default: off).\

## HELP OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Show help message.

## EXAMPLES

To encode a sequence of jpegs as PAL Raw DV while maintaining the aspect ratio of the images, use:

image2raw -a \*.jpeg \> file.dv

- To do the same thing with NTSC, use:

  image2raw -n -a \*.jpeg \> file.dv

## SEE ALSO

[**smilutils**(1)](/smilutils/1.md)

## AVAILABILITY

See http://kino.schirmacher.de/ for the latest version.

## AUTHORS

**image2raw** was written by Charles Yates \<charles.yates@pandora.be\>.