问题
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -start_number 2 -i img%03d.png -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
This line worked fine but I want to create a video file from images in another folder. Image names in my folder are:
img001.jpg
img002.jpg
img003.jpg
...
How could I input images files from a different folder? Example: C:\\mypics
I tried this command but ffmpeg generated a video with the first image (img001.jpg) only.
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -start_number 0 -i C:\\myimages\\img%03d.png -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
回答1:
See the Create a video slideshow from images – FFmpeg
If your video does not show the frames correctly If you encounter problems, such as the first image is skipped or only shows for one frame, then use the fps video filter instead of -r for the output framerate
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -i img%03d.png -c:v libx264 -vf fps=25 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
Alternatively the format video filter can be added to the filter chain to replace -pix_fmt yuv420p like "fps=25,format=yuv420p". The advantage of this method is that you can control which filter goes first
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -i img%03d.png -c:v libx264 -vf "fps=25,format=yuv420p" out.mp4
I tested below parameters, it worked for me
"e:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -r 1/5 -start_number 0 -i "E:\images\01\padlock%3d.png" -c:v libx264 -vf "fps=25,format=yuv420p" e:\out.mp4
below parameters also worked but it always skips the first image
"e:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -r 1/5 -start_number 0 -i "E:\images\01\padlock%3d.png" -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p e:\out.mp4
making a video from images placed in different folders
First, add image paths to imagepaths.txt like below.
# this is a comment details https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate
file 'E:\images\png\images__%3d.jpg'
file 'E:\images\jpg\images__%3d.jpg'
Sample usage as follows;
"h:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -y -r 1/5 -f concat -safe 0 -i "E:\images\imagepaths.txt" -c:v libx264 -vf "fps=25,format=yuv420p" "e:\out.mp4"
-safe 0 parameter prevents Unsafe file name error
Related links
FFmpeg making a video from images placed in different folders
FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide/image sequence
Concatenate – FFmpeg
回答2:
-pattern_type glob
This great option makes it easier to select the images in many cases.
Slideshow video with one image per second
ffmpeg -framerate 1 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' \
-c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
Add some music to it, cutoff when the audio when the images end:
ffmpeg -framerate 1 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' -i audio.ogg \
-c:a copy -shortest -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
Here are two demos on YouTube:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grV64VE1U6c
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6D05gCWh_I
Be a hippie and use the Theora patent-unencumbered video format:
ffmpeg -framerate 1 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' -i audio.ogg \
-c:a copy -shortest -c:v libtheora -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.ogg
Your images should of course be sorted alphabetically, typically as:
0001-first-thing.jpg
0002-second-thing.jpg
0003-and-third.jpg
and so on.
See also: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/68770/converting-png-frames-to-video-at-1-fps/339399#339399
Normal speed video with one image per frame at 30 FPS
ffmpeg -framerate 30 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' \
-c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
Here's what it looks like:
GIF generated with: https://askubuntu.com/questions/648603/how-to-create-an-animated-gif-from-mp4-video-via-command-line/837574#837574
Add some audio to it:
ffmpeg -framerate 30 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' \
-i audio.ogg -c:a copy -shortest -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
Result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7c7lldhM4
Convert one music file to a video with a fixed image for YouTube upload
Answered at: https://superuser.com/questions/700419/how-to-convert-mp3-to-youtube-allowed-video-format/1472572#1472572
Obtain some synthetic test input images
These are the test images I've been using in this answer:
wget -O opengl-rotating-triangle.zip https://github.com/cirosantilli/media/blob/master/opengl-rotating-triangle.zip?raw=true
unzip opengl-rotating-triangle.zip
cd opengl-rotating-triangle
wget -O audio.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Alnitaque_%26_Moon_Shot_-_EURO_%28Extended_Mix%29.ogg
Images generated with: How to use GLUT/OpenGL to render to a file?
It is cool to observe how much the video compresses the image sequence way better than ZIP as it is able to compress across frames with specialized algorithms:
opengl-rotating-triangle.mp4: 340Kopengl-rotating-triangle.zip: 7.3M
About the CLI options
Note however that despite the name, -glob this is not as general as shell Glob patters, e.g.: -i '*' fails: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3620 (apparently because filetype is deduced from extension).
-r 30 makes the -framerate 1 video 30 FPS to overcome bugs in players like VLC for low framerates: VLC freezes for low 1 FPS video created from images with ffmpeg Therefore it repeats each frame 30 times to keep the desired 1 image per second effect.
Next steps
You will also want to:
cut up some audio to match the video length: Cutting the videos based on start and end time using ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i in.mp3 -ss 03:10 -to 03:30 -c copy out.mp3add the cut up audio: https://superuser.com/questions/277642/how-to-merge-audio-and-video-file-in-ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i audio.mp3 -c copy output.mkv
TODO: learn to cut and concatenate multiple audio files into the video without intermediate files, I'm pretty sure it's possible:
- ffmpeg cut and concat single command line
- https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/21315/concatenating-split-media-files-using-concat-protocol
- https://superuser.com/questions/587511/concatenate-multiple-wav-files-using-single-command-without-extra-file
Tested on
ffmpeg 3.4.4, vlc 3.0.3, Ubuntu 18.04.
Bibliography
- http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Slideshow official wiki
回答3:
Simple Version from the Docs
Works particularly great for Google Earth Studio images:
ffmpeg -framerate 24 -i Project%03d.png Project.mp4
回答4:
cat *.png | ffmpeg -f image2pipe -i - output.mp4
from wiki
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24961127/how-to-create-a-video-from-images-with-ffmpeg