[Thomas Monk]

Thanks Lou 🙂

[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.

[Thomas Monk]

I’m running the following single line in a batch file (run.bat):

ffmpeg -f image2 -start_number 7723 -r 25 -i /tmp/img%05d.jpg filter=”-vf crop=1500:1080:210:0″ -target pal-dvd output.mpg

But ffmpeg keeps reporting that it cannot find the file:

/tmp/imgC:Program Filesffmpegbinrun.bat05d.jpg

For some reason % is being replaced by the path and name of my batch file.

This is driving me bonkers!

[Thomas Monk]

Sorry Jim, but this doesn’t seem to work at all. I think something has gone awry with spurious formatting such as “ “.

[Thomas Monk]

Thanks for your help Jim. Do I need to specify the full path; i.e. C:\frames\frame-%05d.jpg ? And in light of my slight filename amendment; i.e. frame-000000.jpg to frame-058655.jpg do I need to put frame-%06d.jpg ?

[Thomas Monk]

Sorry, I left a zero out my last frame number, should be “frame-000000.jpg” to “frame-058655.jpg”.

[Thomas Monk]

210 pixels from each side.