command I use to make a time lapse movie from a list of individual frames using mencoder

makemovie.sh

# first create a list of frames, perhaps by running:
# ls -tr *.JPG > frames.txt

# Now run mencoder to make the move. I adapted the configuration from
# http://blog.hugochinchilla.net/2011/09/time-lapse-videos-mencoder/

# playback at 15 frames per second
mencoder -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect:vqscale=3 -vf scale=1920:1440 -mf type=jpeg:fps=15 mf://@frames.txt -o time_lapse.avi

# playback at 30 frames per second
#mencoder -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect:vqscale=3 -vf scale=1920:1440 -mf type=jpeg:fps=30 mf://@frames.txt -o time_lapse30.avi