3.4. `ffmpeg`: Movies#

ffmpeg can convert image files to a video. Download the program, and add this to your ~/Programs folder.

After creating image files from VMD, use ffmpeg to make the video by:

~/Programs/ffmpeg file.%05d.ppm -b:v 500M output.mp4

file.%05d.ppm - file is the name of your output, %05d is a a 5 digit number left-padded with zeros, and ppm is the file type.

-b:v 500M - Set bitrate to 500 M for better quality

output.mp4 - Video name and filetype

3.4.1. Convert `ppm` to `png`#

~/Programs/ffmpeg -i file.%05d.ppm file.%05d.png