ffmpeg filename output format

Question

When using ffmpeg to output a series of frames as images, the only format I can find documentation for is frame_%d.jpg. The %d identif

Answer 1

The strftime option allows you to expand the filename with date and time information. Check the documentation of the strftime() function for the syntax.

For example to generate image files from the strftime() %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S pattern, the following ffmpeg command can be used:

ffmpeg -f v4l2 -r 1 -i /dev/video0 -f image2 -strftime 1 "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.jpg"