Add video assembly functionality to RayTracer class

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/raytracer/raytracer.cpp b/src/raytracer/raytracer.cpp
index 38ed2e1..94e928d 100644
--- a/src/raytracer/raytracer.cpp
+++ b/src/raytracer/raytracer.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <QList>
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include "raytracer.h"
 #include "raytracescene.h"
 #include "settings.h"
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ void RayTracer::render(RGBA *imageData, const RayTraceScene &scene) {
             // render the next frame
             settings.currentTime++;
             emit settingsChanged(m_imageLabel); // emit to allow the UI to update then render the next frame
+        } else { // done rendering
+            // assemble the video
+            saveFFMPEGVideo(settings.bulkOutputFolderPath);
+            settings.currentTime = 0;
+            settings.bulkOutputFolderPath = "";
         }
     }
 }
@@ -268,3 +274,12 @@ void RayTracer::saveViewportImage(std::string filePath) {
     QImage image = QImage((uchar *) m_imageData, 576, 432, QImage::Format_RGBX8888);
     image.save(QString::fromStdString(filePath));
 }
+
+void RayTracer::saveFFMPEGVideo(std::string filePath) {
+    std::string directory = filePath + QDir::separator().toLatin1();
+    std::string command = "ffmpeg -framerate 30 -pattern_type glob -i '" + directory + "*.png' -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p '" + directory + "video.mp4'";
+    int result = std::system(command.c_str());
+    if (result != 0) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to assemble video." << std::endl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/raytracer/raytracer.h b/src/raytracer/raytracer.h
index 52fc05a..fdceaab 100644
--- a/src/raytracer/raytracer.h
+++ b/src/raytracer/raytracer.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct Config {
 
 class RayTracer : public QWidget
 {
-        Q_OBJECT
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
     // constructor for the config
     RayTracer(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ public:
 
     QImage m_image;
     void saveViewportImage(std::string filename);
+    void saveFFMPEGVideo(std::string filename);
     void wSliderChanged(QLabel* imageLabel);
 signals:
     void xyRotationChanged(float value);