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Nev wrote:

> Thank you for your reply. I tried something like this in python code:
> 
> from subprocess import call
> call(["ffmpeg -framerate 4/1 -start_number 1 -i
> C:\\Projects\\data2\\img_%05d.png -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p
> C:\\Projects\\data2\\movie.mp4"])
> 
> But it did not work. I get FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system
> cannot find the file specified..

You have to pass the command-line arguments as separate items in the list:

call(["ffmpeg", 
      "-framerate", "4/1",
      "-start_number", "1",
      "-i", "C:\\Projects\\data2\\img_%05d.png",
      ... # and so on
      ])

> On the other hand, in-loop solution would be more preferable since it lets
> me to use variable names of the images and paths..