convert jpg images into a video

Question

I have a bunch of jpg images i want to turn into a video, i have tried JPGVideo but it did not work. any recommendations?

Answer 1

You need a "stopmotion" maker: here's an overview of them, and one to download: CellSoft Take5 1.30

If you're linux, there's a "stopmotion" package ready for one-click-install.

Answer 2

1. download and run Portable Movie Maker

2. import images

3. drag and drop images to the story board

4. save movie ... done and dusted.

Answer 3

The best tool I have found that does this is dvd-slideshow. It creates a dvd-compatible mpeg2 video from a bunch of images. You can add music if you want also. Supports several effects like fadein/fadeout/crossfade/crop/kenburns. I use it to make family memories type dvd's.

It runs on any *nux easily, though I've never installed it on windows, so if that's your target OS, I don't know what hurdles you might face with it. It's a bash script. On windows, at a minimum you'd want to start by installing cygwin and go from there.

Answer 4

Picasa 3 has a feature that does exactly this - basically, it saves the slideshow into a saved video file - works nicely.

Answer 5

Version 1:

cat ~/scripts/compile_movie.sh 
#!/bin/sh
mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -fps $1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400 -ffourcc DIVX -vf scale=640:360 -o $2

usage: ./compile_move.sh 30 myFile.mp4 editing the bitrate, codec, etc is straightforward.

Version 2:

cat ~/scripts/compile_pngs_to_flash_movie.sh 
#!/bin/bash
#
# usage:
#./compile_pngs_to_flash_movie.sh  my_funky_movie.flv

output_movie="$1"
mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=736:h=246:fps=20:type=png -of lavf -ffourcc FLV1 -ovc lavc -   lavcopts vcodec=flv -o "${output_movie}"

Answer 6

Try Picasa or Microsoft Photo Story.