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Converting images to video using FFMPEG on Windows

I'm trying to convert a series of JPEG images into a time lapse video. They're in the format IMGP0001.JPG, IMGP0002.JPG, etc. From the looks of things, this should match the pattern IMGP%04.JPG. I've ...
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How to record what's playing on the soundcard using FFmpeg?

I am trying to record what's playing on my soundcard in Windows 8.1 I ran the following to determine what devices I have: ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy The output listed: DirectShow ...
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Creating a log file for my ffmpeg output

I am trying to find out why my rtsp dos command using FFMPEG is 'freezing'. Ihave been told I would have more luck on SuperUser but I have been told to produce a log file 1st. I have looked and I ...
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Streaming Desktop using FFMPEG in Windows

How to stream Desktop using FFMPEG in Windows? I have tried ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy and after that this to stream ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="Chicony USB 2.0 Camera" -r 30 -...
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How to use slow motion effect in a specific time interval with ffmpeg

I'm trying to use slow motion effect on my videos. Let's say I have a 2 minutes long video and I want to use this effect between 20 and 30 seconds. I found this command from a blog: ffmpeg -i input....
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Looking for a way execute a task on all files in a directory (recursively) on Windows

I have a huge number of mp4 video files that needs to have a volume boost. I need a way to execute a ffmpeg audio filter on all files in a specified base directory (and in subdirectories as well). My ...
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Receiving FFMPEG error -22 when piping data to stdout

I am attempting to use FFMPEG to transcode avi files to mp4 and pipe the data to stdout using the following command (technically through NodeJS, but I receive the same error when executing the ...
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ffmpeg drawtext initialization error

I'm trying to convert an image sequence to a video file with some text overlay(eventually frame counter). The command I am using ffmpeg -r 24 -y -i mambo_%05d.png -i ..\3DW_Mambo.wav \ -vf ...
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ffmpeg drawtext fontfile error "Cannot find a valid font for family Sans"

I'm using ffmpeg to burn frame number into video. I suspect the error has something to do with file path. Here's my command ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile='E\:\\ffmpegTool\\bin\\arialbd.ttf'...
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How to fix (regenerate) thumbnails for mp4 files in Windows 10 (recorded by Pixel 3)

My Google Pixel 3 phone saves videos as mp4 files that have no thumbnails in Windows Explorer. (This screenshot shows files on my PC that I'd moved via USB from the Pixel 3.) Here is an example of an ...
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ffmpeg capture window bug

ffmpeg-f gdigrab -framerate 30 -video_size 1920x1080 -draw_mouse 1 -i title=Calculator -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset ultrafast recording.mp4 That's my command. When i run it i get this error: ...
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Concatenate a list of files with different resolutions

I have a list of mp4 files which are of kb's or of at max 4 MB (they were actually gifs but downloaded as mp4).So when I concatenate them using a list of them the video don't work as all of them are ...
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FFMPEG Windows Generate 360p Video conversion failed

Input : "C:/server/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg.exe" -y -i C:\server\websites\ps\public_www/media/com_hwdmediashare/files/50/4f/37/4185216cb9bb234fd47ee43bf2122e4f.avi -strict experimental -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab ...
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