# Use: Converting non-FIJI-Happy Video Formats to PNGs for import ## Installation http://ffmpeg.org/download.html Choose your Platform Shortcuts for last stable build on 2021 07 21: Windows: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.7z Mac: https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.7z Unzip into a folder ## Use # Locate the folder where you unzipped ffmpeg # Copy the video you want to convert into that folder, example here will be called "`test video.mov`" # Create an `output` folder in the same folder # Start Terminal and navigate to the folder where you unzipped it. # Type the following (this should be in mac, for windows, change the separators) ``` /bin/ffmpeg -i "test video.mov" -r 1/1 output\test_video%3d.png ``` ## Explanation `-i` denotes the input file, which is provided right after `-r` is the rate or number of frames to keep. `1/1` means keep all frames `output\test_video%3d.tif` is the name of the output file, the `%3d` means that we want the number of the frame there, with three times zero padding (000, 001, 002, ...) ## Open in FIJI # Drag and drop the `output` folder into FIJI to import all the frames as a stack. # Save the open file as a tif for convenient reopening. # Delete the contents of the 'output` folder

# Use: Converting non-FIJI-Happy Video Formats to PNGs for import ## Installation http://ffmpeg.org/download.html Choose your Platform Shortcuts for last stable build on 2021 07 21: Windows: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.7z Mac: https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.7z Unzip into a folder ## Use # Locate the folder where you unzipped ffmpeg # Copy the video you want to convert into that folder, example here will be called "`test video.mov`" # Create an `output` folder in the same folder # Start Terminal and navigate to the folder where you unzipped it. # Type the following (this should be in mac, for windows, change the separators) ``` /bin/ffmpeg -i "test video.mov" output\test_video%3d.png ``` ## Explanation `-i` denotes the input file, which is provided right after `output\test_video%3d.tif` is the name of the output file, the `%3d` means that we want the number of the frame there, with three times zero padding (000, 001, 002, ...) ## Open in FIJI # Drag and drop the `output` folder into FIJI to import all the frames as a stack. # Save the open file as a tif for convenient reopening. # Delete the contents of the 'output` folder

# Use: Converting non-FIJI-Happy Video Formats to PNGs for import ## Installation http://ffmpeg.org/download.html Choose your Platform Shortcuts for last stable build on 2021 07 21: Windows: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.7z Mac: https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.7z Unzip into a folder ## Use # Locate the folder where you unzipped ffmpeg # Copy the video you want to convert into that folder, example here will be called "`test video.mov`" # Create an `output` folder in the same folder # Start Terminal and navigate to the folder where you unzipped it. # Type the following (this should be in mac, for windows, change the separators) ``` /bin/ffmpeg -i "test video.mov" -r 1/1 output\test_video%3d.png ``` ## Explanation `-i` denotes the input file, which is provided right after `-r` is the rate or number of frames to keep. `1/1` means keep all frames `output\test_video%3d.tif` is the name of the output file, the `%3d` means that we want the number of the frame there, with three times zero padding (000, 001, 002, ...) ## Open in FIJI # Drag and drop the `output` folder into FIJI to import all the frames as a stack. # Save the open file as a tif for convenient reopening. # Delete the contents of the 'output` folder