How to create time-lapse movies from JPEG stills: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:22, 6 April 2014

Trying to combine many .jpg-files into one movie, using my Mac with Mac OS X 10.8 Snow Leopard.

Download and install ffmpeg either via homebrew, compiling or just downloading binary from: http://ffmpegmac.net
This…
~/bin/ffmpeg -t 20 -f image2 -r 1 -loop 1 -i "%05d.jpg" -r 30 "out.mov"^[1]
…will create a movie with…
- -t 20 = length of movie (20 seconds)
- -f image2 = force format for output or input? TBD!
- -r 1 = input-rate (1 image per second)
- -i "%05d.jpg" = input files with wildcard
- -r 30 "out.mov" = output frame rate and file name

↑ Since the pictures taken are named like this: 2014-03-30_10-17-02.jpg, you will have to rename them, for example with a little script or Better Finder Rename

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 ==== Using <tt>ffmpeg</tt> ====
 * Download and install <tt>ffmpeg</tt> either via [[homebrew]], compiling or just downloading binary from: http://ffmpegmac.net
-* This…<br><tt>~/bin/ffmpeg -t 20 -f image2 -r 1 -loop 1 -i "%05d.jpg" -r 30 "out.mov"</tt><ref>Since the pictures taken are named like this: <tt>2014-03-30_10-17-02.jpg, you will have to rename them, for example with a [[Script for renaming files using numbers|little script]] or [[Better Finder Rename]]</tt></ref><br>…will create a movie with 1fps, TBD
+* This…<br><tt>~/bin/ffmpeg -t 20 -f image2 -r 1 -loop 1 -i "%05d.jpg" -r 30 "out.mov"</tt><ref>Since the pictures taken are named like this: <tt>2014-03-30_10-17-02.jpg, you will have to rename them, for example with a [[Script for renaming files using numbers|little script]] or [[Better Finder Rename]]</tt></ref><br>…will create a movie with…
+** -t 20 = length of movie (20 seconds)
+** -f image2 = force format for output or input? TBD!
+** -r 1 = input-rate (1 image per second)
+** -i "%05d.jpg" = input files with wildcard
+** -r 30 "out.mov" = output frame rate and file name
 ==== Using <tt>mencoder</tt> ====