Convert PNGs to webm video with transparency

video ffmpeg webm avconv
sebastian picture sebastian · Jan 24, 2016 · Viewed 18k times · Source

I would like to use avconv to convert a series of PNG images to a WebM video, preserving transparency.

I understand that the pixel format used in the output video must support transparency. So I tried:

$ avconv -framerate 25 -f image2 -i frames/%03d.png -pix_fmt yuva420p output.webm

Unfortunately, avconv complains:

Incompatible pixel format 'yuva420p' for codec 'libvpx-vp9', auto-selecting format 'yuv420p'

I am using ffmpeg version 2.8.4-1+b1 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers.

Answer

Gyan picture Gyan · Jan 24, 2016

With VP8:

ffmpeg -framerate 25 -f image2 -i frames/%03d.png -c:v libvpx -pix_fmt yuva420p output.webm

Edit: Now, with VP9

ffmpeg -framerate 25 -f image2 -i frames/%03d.png -c:v libvpx-vp9 -pix_fmt yuva420p output.webm

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