Total newbie :(

[Lou Logan]

[Jim Sustacek] “filter="-vf crop=1500:1080:210:0"

filter= and its associated quotation marks should be removed.

[Thomas Monk]

Okay, thanks guys. That double %% did the trick and I also had to put path names in 8.3 format; e.g. “Program Files” became “Progra~1”.

I have some issues with output format/quality and cropping at the moment, but I’m sure I’ll get that sorted now I’m actually generating a movie.

Here’s the basic batch file entry I’m using at present:

ffmpeg -f image2 -r 24 -i C:\Progra~1\ffmpeg\frames\reel_1\frame-0%%05d.jpg -target pal-dvd movie.mpg

The -start_number option works, although I can’t find it mentioned anywhere. I was trying to find if there’s an equivalent -end_number option. I’ll have an experiment.

[Reuben Martin]

There is a “-t” option to specify duration from the start point, or there is a “-to” option to specify the stop point.

The official documentation can be found here: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html

[Lou Logan]

Additional documentation is here: https://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html

[Thomas Monk]

Thanks Lou 🙂