Creating timelapse movies using Mencoder

Makefile

# Encoding of a vertical video (Vertical-video-syndrome; i know)
# 
# http://www.flickr.com/photos/msiebuhr/3406602054/
timelapse-vertical.avi:
	mencoder \
		"mf://*.JPG" \
		-mf fps=25 \
		-vf scale=1200:800,crop=900:700:0:50,rotate=1 \
		-o $@ \
		-of lavf \
		-ovc lavc \
		-lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg \
		-lavfopts format=avi

# Produce a 720p widescreen movie by cropping the source material.
# Play with the `-vf`-parameters to crop/scale differently.
timelapse-720p.avi:
	mencoder \
		mf://*JPG \
		-mf fps=25 \
		-vf scale=1400:1050,crop=1280:720:0:50 \
		-o $@ \
		-of lavf \
		-ovc lavc \
		-lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg \
		-lavfopts format=avi