---
name: "ppm2str"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vstream"
version: "0.4.5-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ppm2str"
---

# ppm2str(1)

converts the ppm files to video streams

## NAME

ppm2str - converts the ppm files to video streams

## SYNOPSIS

**ppm2str** filename maxframe

## DESCRIPTION

Vstream is a collection of utilities for capturing reasonably high quality video from a v4l device (specifically configured for bttv).  A simultaneous audio track is also captured.

This utility - **ppm2str** - converts the ppm files to video streams.

## OPTIONS

- **filename**

  input filename in fprintf format eg: ovl:%03d (NOTE: no .ppm at the end, this gets appended automatically, the : must be ther - this denotes root filename).

- **maxframe**

  the maximum frame number.

## NOTES

From the above example: ovl:000.ppm and ovl:\<maxframe\>.ppm must exist, others are not necessary, the highest existing frame number is fetched for editing. eg: if only frame 0 and frame \<maxframe\> exist, then frame 0 to frame \<maxframe-1\> will be frame 0, anf frame \<maxframe\> will be frame\<maxframe\>...

## SEE ALSO

[**audioclip**(1)](/audioclip/1.md), [**audioconv**(1)](/audioconv/1.md), [**stream**(1)](/stream/1.md), [**str2ppm**(1)](/str2ppm/1.md), [**xfv**(1)](/xfv/1.md), **xsf**(1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lenart Janos \<ocsi@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).