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Turns a series of JPEG files into a video.
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make_timelapse.bash
#!/bin/bash
# usage: cd <directory full of JPGs> && make_timelapse
mkdir ./captures
COUNTER=0;
for i in `find . -name '*.JPG'` ;
do
#Write the filename to be friendly with ffmpeg's odd filename input
FILENAME=`printf '%04d.jpg' $COUNTER`
cp $i ./captures/$FILENAME
let COUNTER=COUNTER+1;
done
nice ffmpeg -r 20 -vcodec copy -i ./captures/%4d.jpg timelapse.mov
rm -rf ./captures
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I wasn't able to get this to work -- it didn't find the 'copy' codec. What am I doing wrong?

I did nice ffmpeg -f image2 -i ./captures/%4d.jpg -r 5 timelapse.mov instead

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To be honest I have no idea where that codec is coming from. I think I installed ffmpeg via homebrew on osx and that was it. If image2 works for you great.

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