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Subject: Re: movie from pictures
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On 2016-06-09 19:58, Peter Otten wrote:
> 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
>       ])
>
You should also give it the full path of ffmpeg.

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