# Turning a still frame into a video **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 15, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718 "2020-06-15T20:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/1 "2020-06-15T20:08:16Z")
I livestreamed a video to youtube but it was cut short due to a connection issue. I recorded the audio separately and it is complete. Is there a way to extend the video in some way, i.e. to pad it to the required length, without having to use some complex video editing software which I don’t have? Other than ffmpeg and Youtube Studio. A perfectly fine solution would be to extend the video with a freeze frame on the final captured frame. Another fine solution would be to create a new video out of just one single frame held for a few minutes. I can easily concatenate that with ffmpeg. Is there a simple software that could do this? Or is there a codec in ffmpeg that can turn a still picture into a video? Any other ideas or suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/2 "2020-06-15T20:21:16Z")
Adobe Premiere Elements is the crippled version of Premiere Pro (professional video editing software); it’s around $70 and is pretty easy to use. It might be worth it if you anticipate needing to edit video again in the future. I don’t know of any free windows-based software which will do this without leaving a watermark, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/3 "2020-06-15T20:29:33Z")
Do you have a Mac or iPhone or iPad? iMovie comes free with the OS and can easily do this. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/4 "2020-06-15T20:35:29Z")
I do it all the time with Movie Maker ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/5 "2020-06-15T20:36:34Z")
> [@Frankenstein\_Monster](#): > > A perfectly fine solution would be to extend the video with a freeze frame on the final captured frame. You can do that with recent versions of ffmpeg: ```auto ffmpeg -i myvid.mp4 -vf tpad=stop_mode=clone:stop_duration=10 newvid.mp4 ``` will repeat the last video frame of myvid.mp4 for 10 seconds, for instance. You’ll have to handle the audio separately, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/6 "2020-06-15T21:08:29Z")
Thanks for the suggestions all! I found one solution for making a still video, it is built in to Windows 10. The “Photos App” has a Video Editor where you can drag just a picture to the storyboard, set a duration and then Finish. Boom, out comes a still video of the specified length. I was next going to figure out the ffmpeg command line for concatenating them, but then saw **Kyrie Eleison** ’s answer. Gonna try that first, saves me the concatenation step! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@Frankenstein\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankenstein_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-still-frame-into-a-video/855718/7 "2020-06-15T21:18:33Z")
Thanks **Kyrie Eleison** I tried that command line on a shorter video and it works right out of the box! Exactly what I had in mind and saved me quite a bit of effort! Great answer!