add support to export slide show animation to movie file via ffmpeg

doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst

@@ -225,11 +225,13 @@ displays the images created by LAMMPS as they are written.
    :align: center
    :scale: 50%
 
-The various buttons at the bottom right of the window allow either
+The various buttons at the bottom right of the window allow single
-single stepping through the sequence of images or playing an animation
+stepping through the sequence of images or playing an animation (as a
-(as a continuous loop or once from first to last).  It is also possible
+continuous loop or once from first to last).  It is also possible to
-to zoom in or zoom out of the displayed images.  The slide show window
+zoom in or zoom out of the displayed images, and to export the slide
-will be closed when a new file is loaded.
+show animation to a movie file, if `ffmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org/>`_ is
+installed.  The slide show window will be closed when a new file is
+loaded.
 
 Variable Info
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tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp

@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ void LammpsGui::logupdate()
                 slideshow->hide();
         } else {
             slideshow->setWindowTitle(QString("LAMMPS-GUI - Slide Show: ") + current_file);
+            if (QSettings().value("viewslide", true).toBool()) slideshow->show();
         }
         slideshow->add_image(imagefile);
     }

tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.qrc

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <file>edit-undo.png</file>
     <file>emblem-photos.png</file>
     <file>expand-text.png</file>
+    <file>export-movie.png</file>
     <file>format-indent-less-3.png</file>
     <file>go-first.png</file>
     <file>go-last.png</file>

tools/lammps-gui/slideshow.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 
 #include "slideshow.h"
 
+#include "helpers.h"
+
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
@@ -21,11 +25,13 @@
 #include <QImageReader>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPalette>
+#include <QProcess>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QScreen>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QShortcut>
 #include <QSpacerItem>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
@@ -58,6 +64,10 @@ SlideShow::SlideShow(const QString &fileName, QWidget *parent) :
     auto *dummy = new QPushButton(QIcon(), "");
     dummy->hide();
 
+    auto *tomovie = new QPushButton(QIcon(":/export-movie.png"), "");
+    tomovie->setToolTip("Export to movie file");
+    tomovie->setEnabled(has_exe("ffmpeg"));
+
     auto *gofirst = new QPushButton(QIcon(":/go-first.png"), "");
     gofirst->setToolTip("Go to first Image");
     auto *goprev = new QPushButton(QIcon(":/go-previous-2.png"), "");
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ SlideShow::SlideShow(const QString &fileName, QWidget *parent) :
     auto *normal = new QPushButton(QIcon(":/gtk-zoom-fit.png"), "");
     normal->setToolTip("Reset zoom to normal");
 
+    connect(tomovie, &QPushButton::released, this, &SlideShow::movie);
     connect(gofirst, &QPushButton::released, this, &SlideShow::first);
     connect(goprev, &QPushButton::released, this, &SlideShow::prev);
     connect(goplay, &QPushButton::released, this, &SlideShow::play);
@@ -96,6 +107,7 @@ SlideShow::SlideShow(const QString &fileName, QWidget *parent) :
 
     navLayout->addSpacerItem(new QSpacerItem(10, 10, QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum));
     navLayout->addWidget(dummy);
+    navLayout->addWidget(tomovie);
     navLayout->addWidget(gofirst);
     navLayout->addWidget(goprev);
     navLayout->addWidget(goplay);
@@ -178,6 +190,46 @@ void SlideShow::loadImage(int idx)
     } while (idx >= 0);
 }
 
+void SlideShow::movie()
+{
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, "Export to Movie File", ".",
+                                                    "Movie Files (*.mpg *.mp4 *.mkv *.avi *.mpeg)");
+    if (fileName.isEmpty()) return;
+
+    QDir curdir(".");
+    QTemporaryFile concatfile;
+    concatfile.open();
+    for (auto image : imagefiles) {
+        concatfile.write("file '");
+        concatfile.write(curdir.absoluteFilePath(image).toLocal8Bit());
+        concatfile.write("'\n");
+    }
+    concatfile.close();
+
+    QStringList args;
+    args << "-y";
+    args << "-safe"
+         << "0";
+    args << "-r"
+         << "10";
+    args << "-f"
+         << "concat";
+    args << "-i" << concatfile.fileName();
+    if (scaleFactor != 1.0) {
+        args << "-vf" << QString("scale=iw*%1:-1").arg(scaleFactor);
+    }
+    args << "-b:v"
+         << "2000k";
+    args << "-r"
+         << "24";
+    args << fileName;
+
+    auto *ffmpeg = new QProcess(this);
+    ffmpeg->start("ffmpeg", args);
+    ffmpeg->waitForFinished(-1);
+    delete ffmpeg;
+}
+
 void SlideShow::first()
 {
     current = 0;

tools/lammps-gui/slideshow.h

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
     void clear();
 
 private slots:
+    void movie();
     void first();
     void last();
     void next();