Using mencoder to make time lapse video

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-12-28 11:00 CET

If you ever need to make a time lapse video of a series of jpeg images, try this:
mencoder -ovc copy -mf w=320:h=240:fps=6:type=jpg 'mf://*.jpg' -o time_lapse-test.avi

I used a bunch of small webcam images made with motion and it worked like a charm.