Package to convert jpegs to movies

[kevinhorsey]

Hi,

I've been using FreeNAS for a couple of months now, and want to set up a cron job to convert each day's webcam images to a movie for viewing on an iPhone.

Normally, I'd use 'convert' for this, but there isn't a FreeBSD 'convert' package, and I've searched through all the available packages without success.

Does anyone know of a FreeBSD package to do this?

Thanks

Kevin

 

[Chris Moore]

I'd use 'convert' for this, but there isn't a FreeBSD 'convert' package

Can you point out the software you are thinking of because when I search for convert, I get this:
https://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/

 

[dlavigne]

Do you mean convert from ImageMagick? If so, that FreeBSD pkg installs it.

 

[kevinhorsey]

Of course - I'd forgotten that 'convert' is part of ImageMagick!

Thanks very much for jogging my memory - have just installed it

 

[acquacow]

ffmpeg

 

[fracai]

Here's a good summary of methods using ImageMagick, ffmpeg, and mencoder.
http://www.munz.li/2008/07/23/time-lapse-convert-single-jpg-images-to-a-movie/

This is good too: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24961127/how-to-create-a-video-from-images-with-ffmpeg#24966617