[GH-ISSUE #1251] [Feature Request] Add customizable import settings for FFMPEG #3338

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opened 2026-03-01 19:10:16 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @Dephrilibrium on GitHub (Nov 14, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/1251

Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have a raspberry pi cam which I use to stream a fabrication process to my network. For presentations I want to convert the long videos (up to a few hours) into a short <1min timelapse video.

The network-stream I've captured via VLC into an avi-file. When the avi-file is opened afterwards, VLC tells me the avi has a broken index. That's why I converted it to mp4 using xMediaRecode. This fixes the broken index message and I tried to import the new MP4 to screen2gif.

When starting the import using FFMPEG, I noticed, that FFMPEG stop importing after a few seconds. I observed this by checking the CPU load of the ffmpeg-process in the task-manager. It starts with 80-100% and drops back to idle (1-5%) after a few seconds. I tried to wait for more than 30 minutes, but the progress bar of screen2gif was not doing any progress anymore.

Since screen2gif didn't showed me any output what's going on, I tried to use it directly via powershell. Using:

./ffmpeg -i "<Path>\<to>\<video>\Saphir Segmented Cut.mp4" -vf fps=1/3 "<Path>/<to>/<extracted>/img_%06d.png"

With this command FFMPEG extracted without any problems and, in addition, I just got the wanted timelapseframes, instead of importing all frames, which most of them are deleted afterwards directly.

Describe the solution you'd like
Therefore, options or a textbox to customize the import process with FFMPEG would be great. Especially the fps-option of FFMPEG which allows the extraction of one frame each Nth second, e.g.: fps=1/4 extracts one frame all 4 seconds.

Preview on/off
FFMPEG options or a textbox to specifiy the options as arguments
- Especially the fps option would be great to speed up the import significantly (e.g.: fps=1/4 imports one frame each 4 seconds)
An output windows for FFMPEG to see what FFMPEG is doing.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I used FFMPEG via powershell and was able to extract just the frames I need for my timelapse. These I imported than as a image sequence into screen2gif to fine-tune the frame duration and create a timelapse-MP4

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Originally created by @Dephrilibrium on GitHub (Nov 14, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/1251 Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** I have a raspberry pi cam which I use to stream a fabrication process to my network. For presentations I want to convert the long videos (up to a few hours) into a short <1min timelapse video. The network-stream I've captured via VLC into an avi-file. When the avi-file is opened afterwards, VLC tells me the avi has a broken index. That's why I converted it to mp4 using xMediaRecode. This fixes the broken index message and I tried to import the new MP4 to screen2gif. When starting the import using FFMPEG, I noticed, that FFMPEG stop importing after a few seconds. I observed this by checking the CPU load of the ffmpeg-process in the task-manager. It starts with 80-100% and drops back to idle (1-5%) after a few seconds. I tried to wait for more than 30 minutes, but the progress bar of screen2gif was not doing any progress anymore. Since screen2gif didn't showed me any output what's going on, I tried to use it directly via powershell. Using: `./ffmpeg -i "<Path>\<to>\<video>\Saphir Segmented Cut.mp4" -vf fps=1/3 "<Path>/<to>/<extracted>/img_%06d.png"` With this command FFMPEG extracted without any problems and, in addition, I just got the wanted timelapseframes, instead of importing all frames, which most of them are deleted afterwards directly. **Describe the solution you'd like** Therefore, options or a textbox to customize the import process with FFMPEG would be great. Especially the fps-option of FFMPEG which allows the extraction of one frame each Nth second, e.g.: fps=1/4 extracts one frame all 4 seconds. - Preview on/off - FFMPEG options or a textbox to specifiy the options as arguments - Especially the `fps` option would be great to speed up the import **significantly** (e.g.: fps=1/4 imports one frame each 4 seconds) - An output windows for FFMPEG to see what FFMPEG is doing. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I used FFMPEG via powershell and was able to extract just the frames I need for my timelapse. These I imported than as a image sequence into screen2gif to fine-tune the frame duration and create a timelapse-MP4 **Additional context**

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