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Creating a timelapse out of an images series
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Creating a timelapse out of an images series

Bring them into a common naming format (ordered by date):

jhead -n%Y-%m-%d.%H-%M-%S *.JPG

Create a timelapse video out of those images:

ffmpeg -framerate 40 -pattern_type glob -i 'images/*.jpg' -c:v libx264 -vf fps=25 -s 1440x1080 -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 8 -movflags +faststart Timelapse.mp4```

This will create following:

  • use 40 images to fill one second (-framerate 40)
  • create a 1080p video (for the default GoPro image ratio of 4:3 - adjust to the ratio of your images)
  • use 8 threads to encode the video
  • place the video index at the begining to allow streaming of the video (by default added to the end and the whole video needs to be downloaded to view it - -movflags +faststart)
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Works like a charm!

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