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

Revision as of 11:08, 6 April 2014

Trying to combine many .jpg-files^[1] 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"^[2]
…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):
~/bin/ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i "/Users/heiko/Desktop/Kastanie/test/%05d.jpg" -r 30 "/Users/heiko/Desktop/Kastanie/out.mov"

TBD

↑ Taken with Raspberry Pi Camera Setup for Time-Lapse
↑ 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>-i "%05d.jpg"</tt> = input files with wildcard
 ** <tt>-r 30 "out.mov"</tt> = output frame rate and file name
-* This is what I use to create a movie (input files are photos taken every minute):<br><tt>  </tt>
+* This is what I use to create a movie (input files are photos taken every minute):<br><tt>~/bin/ffmpeg -f image2 -r 60 -i "/Users/heiko/Desktop/Kastanie/test/%05d.jpg" -r 30 "/Users/heiko/Desktop/Kastanie/out.mov"</tt>
 ==== Using <tt>mencoder</tt> ====