Images to video using FFMPEG

Question

I am writing as follows for a sequence of images like image1.png, image2.png, image3.png … image1234.png. My code for that is:

ffmpeg -framerate5 -start number 1 -i ".\Image%4d.png" -pix_fmt yuv420p text.mp4

But what pattern is needed for 0001.png, 0004.png, 0007.png, 0010.png, 0013.png, 0016.png, 0019.png?

Answer 1

Sequential series

1.png

%d.png

01.png

%02d.png

001.png

%03d.png

0001.png

%04d.png

image0001.png

image%04d.png

Non sequential series

If they image inputs are not sequential then use the glob wildcard:

ffmpeg -framerate 5 -pattern_type glob -i "*.png" output.mp4

The glob pattern may not be supported by Windows. In that case rename your images or use cat:

cat *.png | ffmpeg -framerate 5 -i - output.mp4

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See the image demuxer documentation for more info.