# Assemble many images files into one .mpeg or .mov

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**Created:** [6 September 2008 22:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/assemble-many-images-files-into-one-mpeg-or-mov/48908 "2008-09-06T22:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Arrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Andrew\_Arrow](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Arrow)\
**Post date:** [6 September 2008 22:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/assemble-many-images-files-into-one-mpeg-or-mov/48908/1 "2008-09-06T22:07:02Z")

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I'm looking to use something like:

[http://gd2.rubyforge.org/](http://gd2.rubyforge.org/)

to generate several 100 images, and then run some other ruby program to  
combine the images into a video file (mpeg or mov or any standard  
format.)

Is there a ruby library for this?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Hunter4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tim\_Hunter4](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tim_Hunter4)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2008 13:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/assemble-many-images-files-into-one-mpeg-or-mov/48908/2 "2008-09-07T13:25:31Z")

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Andrew Arrow wrote:

> I'm looking to use something like:
> 
> [http://gd2.rubyforge.org/](http://gd2.rubyforge.org/)
> 
> to generate several 100 images, and then run some other ruby program to  
> combine the images into a video file (mpeg or mov or any standard  
> format.)
> 
> Is there a ruby library for this?
> 
> Thanks.

Check out RMagick for generating the images. You can also RMagick to assemble short sequences into a video (AVI or MPEG) but for longer sequences you'll probably be better off using another program such as ffmpeg, mpeg2enc, or mmencode to assemble the individual images into video format.

Here's the word on ImageMagick's support for movies: [Common Formats -- IM v6 Examples](http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#mpeg%5C).

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> RMagick: [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/)

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Arrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Andrew\_Arrow](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Arrow)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2008 13:49 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/assemble-many-images-files-into-one-mpeg-or-mov/48908/3 "2008-09-07T13:49:56Z")

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Thanks, I started using ffmpeg and it couldn't have been easier.

if you have seq1.png, seq2.png, seq3.png, etc. run

ffmpeg -i seq%d.png test.mov

and it works perfectly.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Hunter4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tim\_Hunter4](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tim_Hunter4)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2008 14:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/assemble-many-images-files-into-one-mpeg-or-mov/48908/4 "2008-09-07T14:08:43Z")

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Andrew Arrow wrote:

> Thanks, I started using ffmpeg and it couldn't have been easier.
> 
> if you have seq1.png, seq2.png, seq3.png, etc. run
> 
> ffmpeg -i seq%d.png test.mov
> 
> and it works perfectly.

Wonderful! The right tool for the job.

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> RMagick: [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/)