easy way to make avi from jpegs

jethrov · Post by **jethrov** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:18 pm

HI folks!
I`ve bought a rimax7100 surveillance cam with sd slot.
It generates jpeg files as frames in the sd memory card(motion trigered). So, its a great choice for most cases.

But I have a problem. I cant find any tool to convert the jpeg frames into avi/or if possible, to reproduce as video directly from the jpegs.

thank you for attention.

Lee Sharp · Post by **Lee Sharp** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:24 pm

Search on how to use ffmpeg to generate video. You can make mpeg or ave from the command line easily.

gola10 · Post by **gola10** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:14 pm

If you have windows available, you could use Windows Movie Maker which comes with XP.

jethrov · Post by **jethrov** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:57 pm

the ffmpeg trick seems intresting. i will find it from google.
with moviemaker it will be boring. because its about converting 10 hours of jpegs at 1fps per day

thank you for attention )

mhamel · Post by **mhamel** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:48 am

I encountered this problem recently and after struggling with various mpeg tools I found a much better solution. Easy to use, works reliably, doesn't care how many files you give it or what size they are. You probably aren't going to like it though. Its QuickTime Pro. I bought it for my Mac but I would hope its no different on Windows. You just point at at the first file of a series of JPEGs with sequence numbers in their titles, it thinks for a minute or so, and produces a movie. Then you can play, single-step, slow-motion, and edit it. For US$30 it has saved me more time than I care to think about.

Lee Sharp · Post by **Lee Sharp** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:07 pm

It is faster than a single command pointed at a directory? Wow!

But I am glad it does the job for you. There can never be enough tools!