== Rotate == If the camera was recording in "upside down" mode: {{{#!highlight sh numbers=off parallel -u 'echo {}; jpegtran -rotate 180 -perfect -copy all -outfile {}.tran {} && mv {}.tran {}' ::: *.jpg }}} == Resize & crop == {{{#!highlight sh # Crop top find . -name '*JPG' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -chop 0x486 -resize 1920x1080 # or Crop bottom find . -name '*JPG' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -gravity South -chop 0x486 -resize 1920x1080 }}} For the GoPro HD Hero 2: {{{#!highlight sh # Crop top find . -name '*JPG' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 mogrify -crop 3840x2880+0+720 -resize 1920x1080 }}} For the Xiaomi Yi: {{{#!highlight sh # 16 MP # Crop top find . -name '*jpg' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -chop 0x864 -resize 1920x1080 # Crop top at 4K find . -name '*jpg' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -chop 0x864 -resize 3840x2160 # 13 MP # Crop top find . -name '*jpg' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -chop 0x774 -resize 1920x1080 # Crop top at 4K find . -name '*jpg' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -chop 0x774 -resize 3840x2160 # Xiaomi Yi 4K # 8M (native 4K mode) find . -name '*jpg' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -resize 1920x1080 }}} For A6500: {{{ # Crop bottom, use high-quality resizing find . -name '*JPG' -print0 | xargs -0 -P$(nproc) -n256 gm mogrify -gravity South -chop 0x625 -resize 3840x2160 -filter Lanczos -unsharp }}} == LDR tone mapping == {{{#!highlight sh numbers=off parallel -u 'echo {}; ~/sys/tonemap/tonemapping ~/sys/tonemap/default.tnp {} {}.tonemapped && mv {}.tonemapped {}' ::: *.jpg }}} batch: {{{ for i in $(ls); do (cd $i; parallel -u 'echo {}; ~/sys/tonemap/tonemapping ~/sys/tonemap/default.tnp {} {}.tonemapped && mv {}.tonemapped {}' ::: *.jpg); done; }}} == Encode to video (WebM, MP4) == {{{#!highlight sh numbers=off # Old mencoder line mencoder mf://*.JPG -mf fps=15:type=jpg -ovc lavc -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=webm -lavcopts threads=4:acodec=vorbis:vcodec=libvpx -ffourcc VP80 -o $(basename $(pwd)).webm # New MPV line, for VP9 # qmax appears to set video quality… lower number (e.g. qmax=25) is better quality, higher number (default is qmax=63) is less quality mpv mf://*.jpg -mf-fps=15 -mf-type=jpeg --ovc=libvpx-vp9 -ovcopts qmax=30,threads=$(nproc) -o $(basename $(pwd)).vp9.webm # MPV for x264 mpv mf://*.jpg -mf-fps=15 -mf-type=jpeg --ovc=libx264 --ovcopts threads=$(nproc) -o $(basename $(pwd)).mp4 # MPV for lossless x264 mpv mf://*.jpg -mf-fps=15 -mf-type=jpeg --ovc=libx264 --ovcopts preset=veryslow,qp=0,threads=$(nproc) -o $(basename $(pwd)).lossless.mp4 }}} See https://github.com/Argon-/mpv-config/blob/master/encoding-profiles.conf for more mpv encoding profiles. batch: {{{ # use one of the commands from above COMMAND='' # make sure to use single quotes for i in $(ls); do (echo cd $i; echo $COMMAND; echo cd ../); done }}} == Merge files == After placing all the WebM files in one directory, merge with: {{{#!highlight sh numbers=off f() { args=("$1"); shift; args+=("${@/#/+ }"); echo "${args[@]}"; }; echo mkvmerge $(f $(ls *webm)) }}} or for MP4: {{{#!highlight sh numbers=off echo -n MP4Box ""; for i in $(ls *mp4); do echo -n -cat $i "" ; done; echo -new out.mp4 }}} == Interesting links == Open-source implementation of Microsoft's HyperLapse: [[https://github.com/willcrichton/hyperlapse|willcrichton/hyperlapse: Open-source implementation of MSR Hyperlapse]]