Date: 2013may17 Update: 2025oct27 Product: GoPro Keywords: time lapse, timelapse Q. ffmpeg: How to convert a sequence timelapse images from a GoPro to a video suitable for Vimeo? A. Place the stills in a folder by themselves and use ffmpeg like this

ffmpeg -start_number NNNNN -i G00%05d.JPG -vcodec libx264 -an -strict experimental -s 960x720 -b:v 5000k -pix_fmt yuv420 my_video.mp4

For higher resolution use this:

ffmpeg -start_number NNNNN -i G00%05d.JPG -vcodec libx264 -an -strict experimental -s 1920x1080 -b:v 23000k -pix_fmt yuv420 my_video.mp4

Replace NNNNN with the number of the first still. My images are 3840x2880. It might make sense to reduce the resolution of photos on the camera before taking a timelapse.