Create video from bunch of JPEGs
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I have a CCTV camera that uploads JPEG images (.jpg) to an FTP server when it detects movement. We seem to get quite a few images, so I would like to make them into a video to ease viewing.
I've done several Google searches, but nothing quite produces what I expect to see. The folder I am using has over 2000 images which are named AyyMMddhhmmssff.jpg. If I need to rename, I can do that since I already find I need to for FFMPEG to work.
I'd like an image per second, or maybe 2 per second so the images are easy to view when playing the video back. Yes, I know that will result in a 20/40min+ video!
I'm happy with a Windows, macOS or Ubuntu solution! My preference would be Windows (since that is where the FTP server is).
ImageMagick
convert *.jpg video.mpg
This sounded great, nice and simple. However, I have tried on my Mac (installed via brew) and Ubuntu and both grind performance of the relative system to a halt and after 20 minutes, still not finished. I had to reboot the Mac as I couldn't do anything!
FFMPEG
ffmpeg -y -r 6 -f image2 -s 1920x1080 -i <path>%06d.jpg -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
I'm no expert when it comes to using FFMPEG, but I have used it for several tasks and found it to be a great utility to have around. The above command does produce a video, but the images display too quickly removing the point of the video. I tried tweaking the values and can get it better, but not exactly what I am after. One attempt (setting -r 1 IIRC) resulted in a single image for the entire video! Its clear I don't understand the various arguments in the FFMPEG command even though I have looked at the manual!
ffmpeg jpeg
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I have a CCTV camera that uploads JPEG images (.jpg) to an FTP server when it detects movement. We seem to get quite a few images, so I would like to make them into a video to ease viewing.
I've done several Google searches, but nothing quite produces what I expect to see. The folder I am using has over 2000 images which are named AyyMMddhhmmssff.jpg. If I need to rename, I can do that since I already find I need to for FFMPEG to work.
I'd like an image per second, or maybe 2 per second so the images are easy to view when playing the video back. Yes, I know that will result in a 20/40min+ video!
I'm happy with a Windows, macOS or Ubuntu solution! My preference would be Windows (since that is where the FTP server is).
ImageMagick
convert *.jpg video.mpg
This sounded great, nice and simple. However, I have tried on my Mac (installed via brew) and Ubuntu and both grind performance of the relative system to a halt and after 20 minutes, still not finished. I had to reboot the Mac as I couldn't do anything!
FFMPEG
ffmpeg -y -r 6 -f image2 -s 1920x1080 -i <path>%06d.jpg -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
I'm no expert when it comes to using FFMPEG, but I have used it for several tasks and found it to be a great utility to have around. The above command does produce a video, but the images display too quickly removing the point of the video. I tried tweaking the values and can get it better, but not exactly what I am after. One attempt (setting -r 1 IIRC) resulted in a single image for the entire video! Its clear I don't understand the various arguments in the FFMPEG command even though I have looked at the manual!
ffmpeg jpeg
asked Nov 28 at 12:31
neildeadman
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up vote
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I have a CCTV camera that uploads JPEG images (.jpg) to an FTP server when it detects movement. We seem to get quite a few images, so I would like to make them into a video to ease viewing.
I've done several Google searches, but nothing quite produces what I expect to see. The folder I am using has over 2000 images which are named AyyMMddhhmmssff.jpg. If I need to rename, I can do that since I already find I need to for FFMPEG to work.
I'd like an image per second, or maybe 2 per second so the images are easy to view when playing the video back. Yes, I know that will result in a 20/40min+ video!
I'm happy with a Windows, macOS or Ubuntu solution! My preference would be Windows (since that is where the FTP server is).
ImageMagick
convert *.jpg video.mpg
This sounded great, nice and simple. However, I have tried on my Mac (installed via brew) and Ubuntu and both grind performance of the relative system to a halt and after 20 minutes, still not finished. I had to reboot the Mac as I couldn't do anything!
FFMPEG
ffmpeg -y -r 6 -f image2 -s 1920x1080 -i <path>%06d.jpg -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
I'm no expert when it comes to using FFMPEG, but I have used it for several tasks and found it to be a great utility to have around. The above command does produce a video, but the images display too quickly removing the point of the video. I tried tweaking the values and can get it better, but not exactly what I am after. One attempt (setting -r 1 IIRC) resulted in a single image for the entire video! Its clear I don't understand the various arguments in the FFMPEG command even though I have looked at the manual!
ffmpeg jpeg
asked Nov 28 at 12:31
neildeadman
2471321
I have a CCTV camera that uploads JPEG images (.jpg) to an FTP server when it detects movement. We seem to get quite a few images, so I would like to make them into a video to ease viewing.
I've done several Google searches, but nothing quite produces what I expect to see. The folder I am using has over 2000 images which are named AyyMMddhhmmssff.jpg. If I need to rename, I can do that since I already find I need to for FFMPEG to work.
I'd like an image per second, or maybe 2 per second so the images are easy to view when playing the video back. Yes, I know that will result in a 20/40min+ video!
I'm happy with a Windows, macOS or Ubuntu solution! My preference would be Windows (since that is where the FTP server is).
ImageMagick
convert *.jpg video.mpg
This sounded great, nice and simple. However, I have tried on my Mac (installed via brew) and Ubuntu and both grind performance of the relative system to a halt and after 20 minutes, still not finished. I had to reboot the Mac as I couldn't do anything!
FFMPEG
ffmpeg -y -r 6 -f image2 -s 1920x1080 -i <path>%06d.jpg -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
I'm no expert when it comes to using FFMPEG, but I have used it for several tasks and found it to be a great utility to have around. The above command does produce a video, but the images display too quickly removing the point of the video. I tried tweaking the values and can get it better, but not exactly what I am after. One attempt (setting -r 1 IIRC) resulted in a single image for the entire video! Its clear I don't understand the various arguments in the FFMPEG command even though I have looked at the manual!
ffmpeg jpeg
ffmpeg jpeg
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If you rename the images to be consecutively numbered, then you can use
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1 -i <path>%06d.jpg -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
Consecutively numbered, as in 000001.jpg,000002.jpg,000003.jpg... Note that there are exactly 6 characters in each name, which satisfies the %06d passed on to ffmpeg.
If you don't want to rename, then create a text file of the form,
file first.jpg
file second.jpg
file third.jpg
...
file last.jpg
and then
ffmpeg -f concat -r 1 -i list.txt -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
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I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add-reportto your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.
– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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up vote
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If you rename the images to be consecutively numbered, then you can use
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1 -i <path>%06d.jpg -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
Consecutively numbered, as in 000001.jpg,000002.jpg,000003.jpg... Note that there are exactly 6 characters in each name, which satisfies the %06d passed on to ffmpeg.
If you don't want to rename, then create a text file of the form,
file first.jpg
file second.jpg
file third.jpg
...
file last.jpg
and then
ffmpeg -f concat -r 1 -i list.txt -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add-reportto your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.
– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
|
show 4 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
If you rename the images to be consecutively numbered, then you can use
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1 -i <path>%06d.jpg -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
Consecutively numbered, as in 000001.jpg,000002.jpg,000003.jpg... Note that there are exactly 6 characters in each name, which satisfies the %06d passed on to ffmpeg.
If you don't want to rename, then create a text file of the form,
file first.jpg
file second.jpg
file third.jpg
...
file last.jpg
and then
ffmpeg -f concat -r 1 -i list.txt -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add-reportto your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.
– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
|
show 4 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
If you rename the images to be consecutively numbered, then you can use
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1 -i <path>%06d.jpg -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
Consecutively numbered, as in 000001.jpg,000002.jpg,000003.jpg... Note that there are exactly 6 characters in each name, which satisfies the %06d passed on to ffmpeg.
If you don't want to rename, then create a text file of the form,
file first.jpg
file second.jpg
file third.jpg
...
file last.jpg
and then
ffmpeg -f concat -r 1 -i list.txt -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
If you rename the images to be consecutively numbered, then you can use
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1 -i <path>%06d.jpg -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
Consecutively numbered, as in 000001.jpg,000002.jpg,000003.jpg... Note that there are exactly 6 characters in each name, which satisfies the %06d passed on to ffmpeg.
If you don't want to rename, then create a text file of the form,
file first.jpg
file second.jpg
file third.jpg
...
file last.jpg
and then
ffmpeg -f concat -r 1 -i list.txt -r 5 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p <path>/video.mp4
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
answered Nov 28 at 13:09
Gyan
14.2k21643
14.2k21643
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add-reportto your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.
– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
|
show 4 more comments
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add-reportto your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.
– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
I have already been renaming the images in the format "yyyyMMdd_000001.jpg" etc. but when I run your command, I get the same result I have seen previously with FFMPEG of a single image throughout the video (41mins). Would the name be causing this or something else?!
– neildeadman
Nov 28 at 15:50
Add
-report to your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
Add
-report to your execution and paste or link to he report in your Q.– Gyan
Nov 28 at 15:52
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
With that number of images the log was too long to post to pastebin, so I reduced the number of images processed, same result: pastebin.com/03CTErCu
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 9:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
The log shows no errors; it is as expected. Can you share the output?
– Gyan
Nov 29 at 10:34
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
You mean the actual video?
– neildeadman
Nov 29 at 11:00
|
show 4 more comments
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