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

Revision as of 10:31, 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 -r 30 = input-rate (1 image per second for the input files and 30 images per second for the output file)
- -i "%05d.jpg" = input files with wildcard
- -r 30 "out.mov" = output frame rate and file name
This is what I use to create a movie (input files are photos taken every minute):

TBD

↑ 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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 ** <tt>-t 20</tt> = length of movie (20 seconds)
 ** <tt>-f image2</tt> = force format for output or input? TBD!
-** <tt>-r 1</tt> = input-rate (1 image per second)
+** <tt>-r 1</tt> <tt>-r 30</tt> = input-rate (1 image per second for the input files and 30 images per second for the output file)
 ** <tt>-i "%05d.jpg"</tt> = input files with wildcard
 ** <tt>-r 30 "out.mov"</tt> = output frame rate and file name