convert command not working on windows

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andy_b42

convert command not working on windows

Post by andy_b42 »

Hi guys, im a complete novice with ImageMagick, but i need to be able to convert a folder of gif images into an mpg video file.

I am using this command:

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convert -delay 4 -quality 100 -resize 486x720! *gif movie.mpg
When i run this in linux, it creates the video fairly quickly, however, i need this to work in windows, but all this command seems to do in windows (vista and xp) is use up a lot of memory and not much else.

Any ideas on where i am going wrong?

Thanks :D
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Re: convert command not working on windows

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I am not a Windows user or expert, but see special processing notes for Windows (especially about convert conflict).

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/api/#windows

Also the convert syntax usually has the input image before the options. In this case, I think you want to put *.gif right after the -delay 4
andy_b42

Re: convert command not working on windows

Post by andy_b42 »

thanks for that, very helpful
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