Converting png files to a movie?

Question

I've been trying to make a movie using a bunch of png files, however without any success. The following command

convert -delay 100 -loop 0 *.png animation.mpeg

yields

convert.im6: delegate failed `"ffmpeg" -v -1 -mbd rd -trellis 2 
-cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -i "%M%%d.jpg" "%u.%m" 2> "%Z"' @ 
error/delegate.c/InvokeDelegate/1065.

The odd thing is that I am successfully be able to make a gif using the following command

convert -delay 100 -loop 0 *.png animation.gif

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

similar http://askubuntu.com/questions/269834/how-to-generate-a-mov-file-from-png-images and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16315192/avconv-make-a-video-from-a-subset-on-images and http://superuser.com/questions/621033/using-ffmpeg-to-make-a-movie-from-png-files — Rinzwind, Mar 14 '16 at 10:19
Possible duplicate of How can I create a video file from a set of jpg images? — Carl H, Mar 14 '16 at 11:26
Not quite an exact duplicate, but I asked almost the same thing but with jpg files - http://askubuntu.com/questions/610903/how-can-i-create-a-video-file-from-a-set-of-jpg-images — Carl H, Mar 14 '16 at 11:27

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '16 at 10:19

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See create slideshow from images. Their suggestion is to use "libx264" for better quality. The images need a sequence number (could that be your problem?)

ffmpeg -framerate 1/5 -i *%03d.png -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4

(here %03 means a 3 digit numbering).

answered Mar 14 '16 at 10:19

Rinzwind

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*4* digits in your file name? and are they in sequence? If not you need to supply all the files (dont use wildcards) – Rinzwind Mar 14 '16 at 10:53
can I use the same exact command to convert to avi format or do I have to add additional parameters? – Mona Jalal Oct 22 '19 at 21:23
You can use this. Just add the output to it as your aci – Rinzwind Oct 23 '19 at 05:30

Converting png files to a movie?

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