<p>FFmpeg's image sequence demuxer has a start_number option, so if you want to skip img_0749.jpg and start from img_0750.jpg, you would start your command as follows,</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg -start_number 750 -i img_%04d.jpg ...
</code></pre>

<p>See the docs for the image2 demuxer at <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1</a></p>

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Gyan
<p>I want to crop a video frame sequence by frame number. For example for 10000 frames  sequence, i want to crop it 750 frame from beginning.</p>

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Hi @Gyan - if you post an answer, ideally with an example of syntax as well as the link, we can upvote it. Comments are generally temporary so your comment here will go eventually.
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How can i crop a frame sequence with ffmpeg?
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# How can i crop a frame sequence with ffmpeg?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-26)

I want to crop a video frame sequence by frame number. For example for 10000 frames sequence, i want to crop it 750 frame from beginning.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi @username_2 - if you post an answer, ideally with an example of syntax as well as the link, we can upvote it. Comments are generally temporary so your comment here will go eventually.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

FFmpeg's image sequence demuxer has a start_number option, so if you want to skip img_0749.jpg and start from img_0750.jpg, you would start your command as follows,
ffmpeg -start_number 750 -i img_%04d.jpg ...

See the docs for the image2 demuxer at http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1


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