Synfig: Native Video Import

[libreartist]

Synfig version & platform: 1.31 AppImage version on Debian (Sid)
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Issue description: Native Video Imports, instead of using linux-specific scripts and commands to create image sequence first and wrapping them as .LST for imports. Could it be implemented utilizing ffmpeg and internal .LST conversion with configurable framerates?

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[libreartist]

For clarification, I don't want the video to be imported as video inside Synfig, but as image sequences inside Synfig. I don't intend Synfig to be a video editor, I just want to use Animated GIF images of fire, rain and other 2D particles inside Synfig, and sometimes I use continuous video frames as animation backgrounds.

[Jose-Moreno]

@libreartist The latest development version of Synfig comes with basic video import included.

https://www.synfig.org/2019/02/16/synfig-studio-1-3-11-released/

If possible can you test and comment if this feature fulfill your original requirements? what else do you think is missing to have a proper video import? We could consider this issue to serve as a checklist for future enhancements.

[libreartist]

Hi, sorry to reply late. The feature is awesome (tried mini-vfx like stuff lately, and it reduced the workaround time)... Thank u :-)

Will publicly share my experiments and theories sooner...

[rodolforg]

@libreartist ping :) can we close this issue?