Re: [FFmpeg-user] Create a video from a large number of time-lapse photos?

2019-10-09 Thread John Dexter
Thanks Carl, that sounds just about perfect.

On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 15:45 Carl Eugen Hoyos,  wrote:

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>
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> > Am 09.10.2019 um 15:15 schrieb John Dexter :
>
> > I am creating time-lapse photosets consisting of thousands of images. I
> > would like a simple way to convert these into a video file - specifying a
> > few parameters only like fps - but am finding basic tools (like iMovie)
> are
> > really struggling with the number of files and just hang.
> >
> > Can someone tell me if this is something ffmpeg would be suitable for,
> and
>
> Yes.
>
> > if so give any example commands and/or general advice?
>
> $ ffmpeg -framerate 15 -i image%8d -s qcif out.mov
>
>
> > For instance, photos
> > tend to be quite high resolution and working naively, I end up trying to
> > create a 4k movie, so perhaps I should use another tool to batch-resize
> > images first, or maybe ffmpeg can even do that on the fly.
>
> Yes.
>
> See also: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1
>
> Carl Eugen
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Re: [FFmpeg-user] Create a video from a large number of time-lapse photos?

2019-10-09 Thread Carl Eugen Hoyos



> Am 09.10.2019 um 15:15 schrieb John Dexter :

> I am creating time-lapse photosets consisting of thousands of images. I
> would like a simple way to convert these into a video file - specifying a
> few parameters only like fps - but am finding basic tools (like iMovie) are
> really struggling with the number of files and just hang.
> 
> Can someone tell me if this is something ffmpeg would be suitable for, and

Yes.

> if so give any example commands and/or general advice?

$ ffmpeg -framerate 15 -i image%8d -s qcif out.mov


> For instance, photos
> tend to be quite high resolution and working naively, I end up trying to
> create a 4k movie, so perhaps I should use another tool to batch-resize
> images first, or maybe ffmpeg can even do that on the fly.

Yes.

See also: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1

Carl Eugen
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