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I have a series of screenshots from a demo that I want to put in a video. I am using ffmpeg for this purpose. The command is ffmpeg -f image2 -i screenshot_%5d.png -vcodec mpeg4 demo.avi. However, the video length is shorter than what I want, and it moves very fast. How do I specify how many images per second I want? I tried the -r argument but that did not work.

apoorv020
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  • Can you show where you put the -r option? The rate can apply both to the input rate and output rate. See examples at: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#toc-Description – Roger Lindsjö Apr 20 '12 at 07:03
  • @RogerLindsjö : Thanks for pointing that out. I was specifying the -r just before the output. Trying it before the input file worked. Please go ahead and post an answer if you wish, otherwise I will do it after some time. – apoorv020 Apr 20 '12 at 08:10

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You can change video speed by adjusting the “presentation time stamp” (PTS). In your case:

ffmpeg -f image2 -i screenshot_%5d.png -vcodec mpeg4  -vf "setpts=5*PTS" demo.avi

You'll get video, which plays 5 times slower, than normal video.

If you want to make it 5 times faster:

ffmpeg -f image2 -i screenshot_%5d.png -vcodec mpeg4  -vf "setpts=(1/5)*PTS" demo.avi
Alexey
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You need to specify the capture rate 

 # Note: The frame rate (-r) can be an integer or a float 

 ffmpeg  -r 23.976 \
         -f image2 \
         -i test-%06d.png \
         -vcodec mpeg4 \
         test.avi
Peter.O
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