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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert sequence of images to video (with ffmpeg?)

« Last post by 4wd on January 16, 2015, 04:07 AM »

Try these, you might run into some problems with such a high input frame rate so check the output.

Use the preset under IMAGES Native Res as this won't do any scaling of the images and might avoid any frame drops, it'll pay to source the images from an SSD, RAM drive, or something similarly as fast.

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Living Room / Re: Laboratory-Grown Penises Ready To Be Tested In Humans

« Last post by 4wd on January 14, 2015, 07:03 PM »

Did you really mean 'In' or should it have been 'On' ?

After all, it is an external appendage - or maybe your referring to the final 'Size Does/Doesn't Matter' test ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert sequence of images to video (with ffmpeg?)

« Last post by 4wd on January 14, 2015, 06:27 PM »

Thanks! I'll look into this.

Download the preset I attached to this post and extract it somewhere, (it'll create a 10fps video that's 1280x720 and displays each image for 1 second).

-4wd (January 14, 2015, 05:21 AM)

Wouldn't that be a 1fps video if it only shows one frame (image) per second?  

-Deozaan (January 14, 2015, 02:11 PM)

No, video frame rate and image persistence are two different things.

Some video players, (I'm referring to software not a hardware media player, they're probably even more restricted), can't handle very low video frame rates, (I saw mentioned somewhere that VLC doesn't handle below around 10fps - I know MPC-BE doesn't like low rates).

To get an image to display for x seconds, ffmpeg creates x * fps copies of the image to display, so for the above preset: 1 (second) x 10 (fps) = 10 copies

10 fps means each frame is displayed for 100ms, so each of the 10 copies of the image is displayed for 100ms - appended together gives you each image being displayed in the video for 1 second.

Here's a page regarding ffmpeg, frame rates, and image sequences: Create a video slideshow from images

I've also added the -pix_fmt yuv420p mentioned on that page, (ensures maximum compatibility in final video with players/online sites).

In your original command:

ffmpeg -r [framerate] -i [images] -s [resolution] -vcodec libx264 [videofilename].mp4

Because you haven't specified a frame rate for the output video, the input image frame rate would be used - if this is too low, the video won't display correctly (ie. some images may appear for longer - I was getting the first image being displayed for 5 seconds and the following for 1 second) - if it's too high, the images might just flash up on screen or possibly they'll be dropped altogether from the final video.

BTW, if the folder you drop onto the interface button contains more than one image sequence, in theory it should create a job for each ... but I haven't tested that.

If you let me know what fps/dimensions/codecs you're interested in, I'll try knocking up some presets so you can look at them - specify image persistence in seconds and video output frame rate.

EDIT: I incorrectly made the description on the preset, (shows up under preset), as 1fps - forgot to change it after I'd finished playing around.  I've corrected and re-attached to the above post.


Addendum: I've attached some more presets you can import, (remember to restart program after importing), it should give you an idea of what to do:

Output video presets, (all MPEG4-AVC, MP4 format):
720x400, 2 images/s, 24fps  (2 images every second)
720x400, 5 images/s, 30fps  (5 images every second)
1280x720, 1image/s, 10fps  (1 image every second)
1280x720, 1image/s, 24fps  (1 image every second)
1280x720, 1image/5s, 24fps  (1 image every 5 seconds)
1280x720, 2images/s, 24fps  (2 images every second)
1980x1080, 2images/s, 24fps  (2 images every second)

Code: Text [Select]

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
2. <AnotherGUI_Presets_ver.03>
3.         <Preset>
4.                 <UUID>66a5159b-4405-499f-9b56-0439ae54978a</UUID>
5.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
6.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 1280x720, 1ips, 10fps</Name>
7.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (1280x720, 1 image/s, 10fps)]]></Description>
8.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 1280]]></Category>
9.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 1
10. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
11. -s 1280x720
12. -r 10
13. -vcodec libx264
14. -pix_fmt yuv420p
15. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
16.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
17.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
18.         </Preset>
19.         <Preset>
20.                 <UUID>808b659a-5bcf-4d87-8e17-789e995e167e</UUID>
21.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
22.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 1280x720, 1ips, 24fps</Name>
23.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (1280x720, 1 image/s, 24fps)]]></Description>
24.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 1280]]></Category>
25.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 1
26. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
27. -s 1280x720
28. -r 24
29. -vcodec libx264
30. -pix_fmt yuv420p
31. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
32.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
33.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
34.         </Preset>
35.         <Preset>
36.                 <UUID>90f8f618-766b-4a16-91e9-04eb67e7ba45</UUID>
37.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
38.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 1280x720, 2ips, 24fps</Name>
39.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (1280x720, 2 image/s, 24fps)]]></Description>
40.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 1280]]></Category>
41.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 2/1
42. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
43. -s 1280x720
44. -r 24
45. -vcodec libx264
46. -pix_fmt yuv420p
47. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
48.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
49.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
50.         </Preset>
51.         <Preset>
52.                 <UUID>d1bf7e3a-3ca2-4b73-b12a-300c4fe90393</UUID>
53.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
54.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 1280x720, 1i/5s, 24fps</Name>
55.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (1280x720, 1 image/5s, 24fps)]]></Description>
56.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 1280]]></Category>
57.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 1/5
58. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
59. -s 1280x720
60. -r 24
61. -vcodec libx264
62. -pix_fmt yuv420p
63. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
64.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
65.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
66.         </Preset>
67.         <Preset>
68.                 <UUID>5107fcff-6305-4317-9dd9-3863f99c599f</UUID>
69.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
70.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 1920x1080, 2ips, 24fps</Name>
71.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (1920x1080, 2 image/s, 24fps)]]></Description>
72.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 1920]]></Category>
73.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 2/1
74. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
75. -s 1920x1080
76. -r 24
77. -vcodec libx264
78. -pix_fmt yuv420p
79. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
80.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
81.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
82.         </Preset>
83.         <Preset>
84.                 <UUID>1cf678cb-07ce-42c1-bca3-bade905d49a8</UUID>
85.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
86.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 720x400, 2ips, 24fps</Name>
87.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (720x400, 2 image/s, 24fps)]]></Description>
88.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 720]]></Category>
89.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 2/1
90. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
91. -s 720x400
92. -r 24
93. -vcodec libx264
94. -pix_fmt yuv420p
95. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
96.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
97.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
98.         </Preset>
99.         <Preset>
100.                 <UUID>91fe525a-abdc-4858-8e51-41e61d848754</UUID>
101.                 <Executable>ffmpeg.exe</Executable>
102.                 <Name>Image sequence to video 720x400, 5ips, 30fps</Name>
103.                 <Description><![CDATA[Convert sequence of images to video (720x400, 5 image/s, 30fps)]]></Description>
104.                 <Category><![CDATA[IMAGES 720]]></Category>
105.                 <Arguments><![CDATA[-r 5/1
106. -i "<FullSourceFileName>"
107. -s 720x400
108. -r 30
109. -vcodec libx264
110. -pix_fmt yuv420p
111. "<OutputPath><OutputFileName>.mp4"]]></Arguments>
112.                 <Arguments2><![CDATA[]]></Arguments2>
113.                 <Postprocess><![CDATA[]]></Postprocess>
114.         </Preset>
115. </AnotherGUI_Presets_ver.03>

Addendum2: Forgot to mention, if it can't find ffmpeg.exe then go Preferences and click the Reset executable paths button, you can then select the paths to various executables, (AnotherGUI can handle more than just ffmpeg), or click the Cancel button in the dialog if you don't have that executable.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert sequence of images to video (with ffmpeg?)

« Last post by 4wd on January 14, 2015, 05:21 AM »

Here's a program that may do what you want:

AnotherGUI - AnotherGUI is a graphical front-end for audio/video command line converter (such as ffmpeg/ffmbc).



Download the preset I attached to this post and extract it somewhere, (it'll create a 10fps video that's 1280x720 and displays each image for 1 second).

Download v2.0.2beta and the appropriate x86/x64 version of SQLite via the links on the page.

Extract them into a directory, add the executables from the ffmpeg archive, (ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffplay).

When you first run AnotherGUI, answer No to the following:



Click the Edit button:



Then click the Import button, select the file [email protected] (extracted from the attachment), hit Open, and then hit OK:



Exit the program, then run it again, (the preset won't show up until the next time it's run):



Rename your image files so that they're sequentially numbered, then you can either drag'n'drop the folder they're in on the Add an image sequence button or click the button and select one of the images, the appropriate job will be created:



It will output to the source folder by default, or you can change it by hitting the button - otherwise hit the Go button.

The last command run is displayed and you can save it as a .bat file to run again if necessary:



You can edit the preset if you want a different frame rate or size.

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Living Room / Re: Congratulations Terrorists, You are getting what you want!

« Last post by 4wd on January 13, 2015, 11:17 PM »

... and if encryption is banned, then the government can't use encryption either ...

-Deozaan (January 13, 2015, 12:28 PM)

Since when did the laws of a country ever apply equally to its people and its Government ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert sequence of images to video (with ffmpeg?)

« Last post by 4wd on January 13, 2015, 03:55 AM »

There's also the old VirtualDub.

Drop the first image on its window and it will load all the others in sequence (as long as they're the same dimensions), then if you go File->Save as AVI you'll end up with a RAW AVI at the default 10fps, (you can change it under Video->Frame rate - which you can convert to any other format required using a video converter.

You can resize the output using a resize filter under Video->Filters.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Convert sequence of images to video (with ffmpeg?)

« Last post by 4wd on January 12, 2015, 04:48 PM »

Chronolapse appears to be written in Python - maybe someone here can checkout the source and add the extra video formats supported by a newer version of mencoder?

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on January 09, 2015, 07:42 PM »

Can't help it, I like panoramas more than normal photos.  I really need a better camera though, the A720is shows a bit more noise than I'd like (and its age) ... one day ...



There's also the ones I posted for one of our other trips here.

I really need to start scanning our pre-digital photos (I need to anyway for bushfire reasons) ... then I can start on our Trans-Siberian photos 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Search & Replace internal hyperlinks

« Last post by 4wd on January 07, 2015, 07:11 PM »

You could try the trial version of Adobe Acrobat to convert a website to PDF.

There's also Website2PDF if you want to give it a try.

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on January 07, 2015, 01:36 AM »

Blackberry Camp^w

~3.47MB, 8192x912 (< 50% actual size)

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by 4wd on January 07, 2015, 12:59 AM »

If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning.

Scandinavian horror is always fun

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on January 06, 2015, 09:26 PM »

When you planning on visiting next?

-Stephen66515 (January 06, 2015, 03:08 PM)

Due to HMRC, probably 2016.

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on January 06, 2015, 02:14 AM »

I had a meal at The Last Post in Southend also, all the wife's relatives are in Rayleigh

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on January 05, 2015, 06:37 AM »

Those are some awesome panoramas. And what an epic journey! Is that a single sailing excursion?

-JavaJones (January 04, 2015, 02:03 PM)

That was a 6 week Perth (Australia) to Harwich (England) via Mauritius, Reunion, Sth Africa (Durban, Mossel Bay, Capetown), Namibia, St Helena, Ascension (no landing, too rough), Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal, and France.  Most stops were 4-8 hours as it was a repositioning cruise, (which also means it was cheap ).

Followed by 5 months in Devon (England).

For anyone who watched War Horse, this is the ruin they used for the homestead in its original condition.

Pop quiz answer

It's a Russian hydrofoil (Raketa).

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Living Room / Re: create a list of paths to a speific subfolder name underneath a parent folder

« Last post by 4wd on January 04, 2015, 12:16 AM »

dir "cache" /s /ad /b >somefile.txt

Run it from the parent directory.

Code: Text [Select]

1. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\farcry\Shaders\Cache
2. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\farcry\Shaders\HWScripts\Declarations\CGPShaders\Cache
3. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\farcry\Shaders\HWScripts\Declarations\CGVShaders\Cache
4. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\penumbra overture\redist\core\cache
5. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DRM\Cache
6. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\dxhr\cache
7. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache
8. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Store\Cache
9. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\NuGet\Cache
10. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\Origin\Origin\cache
11. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\Local\Packages\winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Cache
12. C:\Users\4wd\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
13. C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\DRM\Cache
14. C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by 4wd on December 31, 2014, 06:34 PM »

How to win...
 (see attachment in previous post)

-app103 (December 31, 2014, 11:18 AM)

Now that's my kind of solution!   

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Developer's Corner / Re: New EU VAT rules change the game for digital businesses

« Last post by 4wd on December 31, 2014, 06:17 PM »

There was a case in Canada where a fellow refused to collect taxes at his business. Of course he was taken to court, but he won. He claimed that forcing him to collect taxes on behalf of the government was forced labour, and the judge agreed.

-Renegade (November 25, 2014, 07:59 PM)

Jean-Serge_Brisson^w ?

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi project: wireless file server

« Last post by 4wd on December 30, 2014, 07:12 PM »

Thanks - TBH, I'd completely forgotten about that setting also until a couple of days ago when I was trying to work out why my internet connection was suddenly giving me my VM NIC IP and thus not working.

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi project: wireless file server

« Last post by 4wd on December 29, 2014, 11:27 PM »

I don't know if it will help but what order are the adapters listed in under Network Connections->Advanced->Advanced Settings->Adapters and Bindings



And if it isn't, what happens if you move the Local Area Connection to the top?

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by 4wd on December 28, 2014, 09:42 PM »

Except my underwear... chaffing...

-Renegade (December 27, 2014, 05:51 AM)

Now that's where you're doing it wrong, you should use your normal underwear but use graphite powder instead of talcum ... the benefits of a conductive shield with no chaffing.

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General Software Discussion / Re: And IT Man of the Year 2014 Is...

« Last post by 4wd on December 25, 2014, 03:30 AM »

I'm not sure I quite follow what you're getting at here. But I'll keep trying.

-40hz (December 24, 2014, 11:33 AM)

I read through it three times when he first posted it & once just now after reading your reply and I still can't get a sense of what point he is trying to make.

-Innuendo (December 24, 2014, 07:34 PM)

Considering I have yet to get the point of any of his posts, you're not alone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tool to facilitate transcribing speech

« Last post by 4wd on December 21, 2014, 10:27 PM »

This might help: Listen N Write

I used it once for transcribing an interview for the Amiga4Ever guys.

You can bookmark by pressing Control+M, (I don't think you can save them though you can take a screenshot of your bookmarks and then jump to time), plus it also has a Smart Pause N Play mode where it pauses when you start typing in the inbuilt editor and when you stop it starts playing after a couple of seconds.

It requires Windows Media Player be installed, (needs wmp.dll), and has its own built in text editor, and is free/donationware.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Directory Opus Upgrade w/ Double Disount - Expires 1-1-2015

« Last post by 4wd on December 21, 2014, 10:11 PM »

Redemption of an upgrade discount invalidates your previous Directory Opus licence.

Deal breaker for me.

-y2kusuma (December 21, 2014, 09:52 PM)

Strange, I have v11 running on my main machine and my old v10, (that I upgraded to v11), running on another both say they are licensed and the v10 keeps telling me that it is the current v10 version and that I can upgrade to v11, (ie. it has internet access, still checks for updates, and does license verification).

All I can say is, the upgrade didn't invalidate my previous v10 license but it does stop me from trying to upgrade that v10 license again.

The License Manager shows that the main program license "Never expires":

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by 4wd on December 21, 2014, 08:18 PM »

I was thinking more:

Renegade:


40hz:

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Found Deals and Discounts / 9web Hosting accounts for $1/month for *NEW* services [Expires: 20150107]

« Last post by 4wd on December 21, 2014, 08:08 PM »

EDIT: Oooppss!!!, I meant $1/month - sorry.

Just received a promo from 9web for new Professional services, (for new or existing accounts):

We're running a New Year's promotion! Until January 7th 2015, you'll be able to create new professional hosting accounts for $1 for the lifetime of that account! Make as many as you like! Perfect for current and new users alike! Please bare in mind that this only applies to new professional services and that current services cannot have this promo code applied to them. The code is below, feel free to share it around as much as you like! Just remember that it expires Jan 7th 2015.


CODE: NEW_YEAR_2015

Maybe Renegade can set up a few more rant blogs

Disclaimer: I have had a Professional hosting service with them since their last promo, (a year ago), but haven't used it for anything.  (It seemed like a good idea at the time ).

EDIT: Oooppss!!!, I meant $1/month - sorry.