Unable to set arguments to convert image files to video

Question

I've a bunch of files in a folder with the following format:

center_2016_12_01_13_%2d_%2d_%3d.jpg

I'm trying to use FFmpeg to convert into a video with this command:

ffmpeg -n -i "center_2016_12_01_13_%2d_%2d_%3d.jpg" output.m4v

But I keep getting this error:

center_2016_12_01_13_%2d_%2d_%3d.jpg: No such file or directory

Here's an example of an image that I have: center_2016_12_01_13_41_15_788.jpg

What is missing here? I checked that I run this command inside the folder.

Answer 1

The problem with your input file mask

center_2016_12_01_13_%2d_%2d_%3d.jpg

is that it use multiple placeholders — %2d %2d %3d.

You have to rename your files in such a way that you can use only one placeholder.

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My tip how to reach it:

Use Total Commander Multi-Rename Tool (see How to Rename Many Files at Once With Total Commander):

• copy your files into a new directory (for safety)
• sort them by name (to keep their order)
• select them all (Ctrl+A)
• launch Multi-Rename Tool (Ctrl+M)
• in the Multi-Rename Tool window: see the picture:
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