clarifies need for the globbing

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Ashley Blewer 2016-10-23 10:10:20 -04:00
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<dt>ffmpeg</dt><dd>starts the command</dd>
<dt>-f image2</dt><dd>forces input or output file format. <code>image2</code> specifies the image file demuxer.</dd>
<dt>-framerate 9</dt><dd>sets framerate to 9 frames per second</dd>
<dt>-pattern_type glob</dt><dd>tells ffmpeg that the following mapping should "interpret like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29">glob</a>"</dd>
<dt>-pattern_type glob</dt><dd>tells ffmpeg that the following mapping should "interpret like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29">glob</a>" (a "global command" function that relies on the * as a wildcard and finds everything that matches</dd>
<dt>-i <i>"input_image_*.jpg"</i></dt><dd>maps all files in the directory that start with input_image_, for example input_image_001.jpg, input_image_002.jpg, input_image_003.jpg... etc.<br/>
(The quotation marks are necessary!)</dd>
(The quotation marks are necessary for the above "glob" pattern!)</dd>
<dt>-vf scale=250x250</dt><dd>filter the video to scale it to 250x250; -vf is an alias for -filter:v</dd>
<dt><i>output_file.gif</i></dt><dd>path and name of the output file</dd>
</dl>