Mencoder and screen

[Bojan]

Hi,
I'm trying to do some timelapse and I folowing this tutorial and I can't install mencoder and screen.

I did research and found this:
viewtopic.php?f=66&t=123442

but now I don't know how to proceed and what to do.
Pls help , thx.

[Navyscourge]

Ah, yes - out of date tutorials

Install screen with

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sudo apt-get install screen

This installs a utility that creates a virtual console which you can disconnect from, log off the Pi, then reconnect when you later log on again. It is only useful for this exercise if you will be logging off the Pi, as you will be keeping it switched on to take the photos. I would ignore it for now and play with it later.

Use mpv instead of mencoder; install with

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sudo apt-get install mpv

I am not sure of the proper command for mpv, but a large manual is available here: https://mpv.io/manual/

[Bojan]

Thank you.
Can you tell me what it will bi a command in mpv
if in mencoder was this: (copy/paste from tutorial)

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mencoder -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:aspect=16/9:vbitrate=8000000 -vf scale=1920:1080 -o timelapse.avi -mf type=jpeg:fps=24 mf://@stills.txt

Just one example...

[Navyscourge]

I had a poke around on Google. It seems that avconv is a replacement for ffmpeg, which was an alternative for mencoder (so confusing!)

One suggestion for creating a video out of still pictures is

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avconv -f image2 -pattern_type glob -i "*.tif" -r 24 outputvideo.mkv

although I am not too sure what this means. The stills are named (something).tif and the movie produced is outputvideo.mkv

Install avconv with

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sudo apt-get install libav-tools

I don't have any stills on my Pi to try it with

[Bojan]

Thx for help, I got some error in red and orange colors...

I will stack images together in video file on Mint.

Thank you again.