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FFmpeg command to convert a png to a single-frame mp4 (with pretty stellar compression, especially compared to jpeg) BONUS: Full browser support!
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# On OS X, with an ffmpeg installed via Homebrew, the following command works and results in a single-frame movie file that is compatible with Chrome, QuickTime and the latest iDevices:
ffmpeg -i FILENAME.png -an -vcodec libx264 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -subq 10 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -profile:v high -level 4.2 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf “scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2” -trellis 2 -partitions +parti8x8+parti4x4 -crf 24 -threads 0 -r 25 -g 25 -y FILENAME.mp4
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exadeci commented Jul 10, 2017

The double quotes are the wrong characters here's the line fixed:

ffmpeg -i FILENAME.png -an -vcodec libx264 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -subq 10 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -profile:v high -level 4.2 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2" -trellis 2 -partitions +parti8x8+parti4x4 -crf 24 -threads 0 -r 25 -g 25 -y FILENAME.mp4

It should be noted too that it's not a good solution for image compression because a browser will have performances issues if all the images of a page are mp4 and it will increase cpu usage.

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