yuvfps - Converts to a different frame rate

yuvfps [-r Num:Den] [-s Num:Den] [-c] [-n] [-v 0-2] [-h]

yuvfps is a general (UP or DOWN) resampling utility that is provided to allow the generation of video streams with the frame rates required for each standard video format. yuvfps reads a YUV4MPEG stream from the standard input and outputs a YUV4MPEG stream to the standard output in which frames from the original ones are skipped (downsampling) or duplicated (upsampling). This allows for other mjpegtools that require a specific frame rate to process the stream.

yuvfps uses Bresenham's algorithm to do the resampling so that the new video stream is similar to the original one. Note, however, that downscaling is a non-reversible operation because frames are dropped. Moreover, the resulting video stream may not have the exact same duration as the original one if the new frame rate is not a whole multiple of the original rate. yuvfps also can "fix" the framerate specified in the YUV4MPEG header. This allows for the generation of effects (fast-forwarding, slow motion) and also when the source stream has some framerate that is very close, but not exactly, the rate required for some standard video (for example, 24.9 vs 25).

-r Num:Den

Specifies the resulting stream frame rate.

-c

Changes the stream header frame rate in the output stream, but copies withouth changing the frames from the original stream. with the -r option you tell yuvfps which framerate should be set.

-s Num:Den

Ignores the frame rate in the input stream and assumes this frame rate for the input stream.

-n

By default yuvfps tries to find a normalized framerate. Some programs create framerates like: 29969909:1000000 which is actually th typical NTSC framerate of 30000:1001. yuvfps prints out the normalizes values and the original when it starts. If you think the normalized value is not correct and want yuvfps to use the original given number you have to add that option. So yuvfps does not try to normalize the values.

-v [0,1,2]

Set verbosity level. 0 = warnings and error messages only. 1 = add informative messages, like the framerate conversation information. 2 = add chatty debugging message, too.

This man page was written by Alfonso García-Patiño Barbolani.

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