What's the best way of turning a pile of images into a video?
I'm on Linux, by the way.
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A:
I assume you are literally talking about single frames? Not turning photographs into a slide show?
If it's the former, ffmpeg is a good bet.
If you want to create a slide show, check out this question.
Pekka
2010-07-09 10:09:46
yeah, im literally talking about single frames, no slideshow.The ffmpeg doesn't work. i have four images in my folder: 1.jpg,2.jpg,3.jpg,4.jpg.i type: ffmpeg -f image2 -i %d.jpg output_video.mpgand the output video works only the first time i run it. all tries after the first try after rebooting the computer, fail.is there any other method than this ffmpeg? i have very bad experience with ffmpeg, it never works and it has a very bad interface.
Hermann Ingjaldsson
2010-07-09 10:22:04
@Hermann have you tried a different output format like `mp4`? FFMpeg is kind of a standard in Video conversion on Linux... I don't know of any other. What kind of output format do you need exactly?
Pekka
2010-07-09 10:25:56
tried mp4, fails exactly the same way.i just need any format that displays a video.
Hermann Ingjaldsson
2010-07-09 10:27:38
I would check out the data before dropping ffmpeg as a possibility. Are all the images RGB JPEG files? There couldn't be a CMYK file in the batch? Can you reproduce the problem with other JPG files?
Pekka
2010-07-09 10:31:42
i checked all files with the 'file' command, it confirms that they truly are jpg files. then i took completely different pictures and tried to do the same, same old error, a video file that takes up memory but displays nothing, is created.
Hermann Ingjaldsson
2010-07-09 10:40:52
@Hermann strange. Have you tried with different players? Do you have access to a second machine possibly?
Pekka
2010-07-09 10:48:43
it was the player.kaffeine doesn't work with this... for some reason.tried kmedia player, it worked but poorly. then tried codeine and that one just worked.thanks!
Hermann Ingjaldsson
2010-07-09 10:59:32