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How to make FFmpeg convert a PNG sequence into a WEBP sequence, instead of making a single animated WEBP

This command converts a PNG sequence into a JPG sequence:

ffmpeg -i in/%8d.png out/%8d.jpg

However, when using the same command with WEBP:

ffmpeg -i in/%8d.png out/%8d.webp

It will put all frames into a single WEBP, which is animated.

I have not found a way to tell ffmpeg to instead create one WEBP per input PNG.

Is this somehow possible? I'd like to avoid using any shell scripting/loops.

Solution

  • Add -c:v libwebp to output individual image files:

    ffmpeg -i in/%8d.png -c:v libwebp out/%8d.webp

    Otherwise the encoder libwebp_anim will be used and you will get a single, animated WebP file.