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How can I combine 30,000 images into a timelapse movie?

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Mar 15, 2026225253 views
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I have taken 30,000 still images that I want to combine into a timelapse movie. I have tried QuickTime Pro, TimeLapse 3, and Windows Movie Maker, but with such a huge amount of images, each of the programs fail (I tried SUPER ©, but couldn't get it to work either...?). It seems that all of these programs crash after a few thousand pictures. The images I have are all in .JPG format, at a resolution of 1280x800, and I'm looking for a program that can put these images into a timelapse movie in some kind of lossless format (raw/uncompressed AVI would be fine) for further editing. Does anyone have any ideas, or has anyone tried anything like this with a similar number of pictures?

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Avidemux can create movies from a bunch of images. http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ You could also use mencoder, but is a bit harder to use, with all the command line options 'n all. I've been using this: I use which produces vids that are just fine. Add tunes to the movie by inserting:

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