How to make a video file from image files?

Paapaa · l33t Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 955 Location: Finland

I need a software which creates and encodes a video/animation from a bunch of images (.bmp, .tga, .raw - haven't decided yet). The output can be anything popular or even unpopular (like Theora).

I don't need GUI - command line is enough.

Any suggestions?

jhunholz · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure you can do this with imagemagick. I did it a long time ago with a bunch of .jpg files, but I'm pretty sure it will do other files as well. Read the man page for some suggestions.
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mark_alec · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:40 am Post subject:

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Paapaa · l33t Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 955 Location: Finland

Thanks, totally forgot this forum.

I actually ended up using .tga format (only a 18 byte header - easy to implement) and ffmpeg was the program I used. Works like charm.

No I just need to know what would be the best format (takes the least space and looks sharp) for black and white vector (well, circles, but anyway) animation?