However, after removing all the preset options, the ffmpeg command generated the movie. See below. k_ganesanpillai@helioviewer:/var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z$ ffmpeg -r 15 -i /var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z/frames/frame%d.bmp -r 15 -vcodec libx264 /var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z/2011_04_12_15_25_08_2011_04_12_16_24_32_AIA_304.mp4 ffmpeg version N-47486-g6d7effa Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Dec 5 2012 12:07:27 with gcc 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) configuration: --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-ffplay --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-avfilter --enable-pthreads libavutil 52. 11.101 / 52. 11.101 libavcodec 54. 79.100 / 54. 79.100 libavformat 54. 46.100 / 54. 46.100 libavdevice 54. 3.102 / 54. 3.102 libavfilter 3. 24.100 / 3. 24.100 libswscale 2. 1.103 / 2. 1.103 libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102 libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100 Input #0, image2, from '/var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z/frames/frame%d.bmp': Duration: 00:00:05.16, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A Stream #0:0: Video: bmp, bgra, 672x834, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle LZCNT BMI1 [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] profile High, level 3.1 [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] 264 - core 129 r2230 1cffe9f - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2012 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=15 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00 Output #0, mp4, to '/var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z/2011_04_12_15_25_08_2011_04_12_16_24_32_AIA_304.mp4': Metadata: encoder : Lavf54.46.100 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 672x834, q=-1--1, 15360 tbn, 15 tbc Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (bmp -> libx264) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 129 fps= 71 q=-1.0 Lsize= 765kB time=00:00:08.46 bitrate= 740.5kbits/s video:763kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.299115% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] frame I:1 Avg QP:16.85 size: 64078 [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] frame P:36 Avg QP:17.68 size: 19303 [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] frame B:92 Avg QP:16.81 size: 235 [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] consecutive B-frames: 4.7% 0.0% 2.3% 93.0% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] mb I I16..4: 65.7% 17.4% 16.8% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] mb P I16..4: 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 14.6% 5.2% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:73.4% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 6.1% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 0.3% skip:93.5% L0:10.6% L1:88.1% BI: 1.3% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] 8x8 transform intra:14.6% inter:38.1% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 23.6% 32.2% 26.4% inter: 6.3% 5.0% 2.8% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] i16 v,h,dc,p: 82% 13% 3% 2% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 13% 16% 7% 13% 10% 10% 10% 9% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 10% 14% 10% 12% 11% 10% 11% 11% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] i8c dc,h,v,p: 78% 8% 7% 7% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] ref P L0: 73.8% 15.0% 10.2% 1.1% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] ref B L0: 86.8% 11.4% 1.8% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] ref B L1: 99.5% 0.5% [libx264 @ 0xfbb520] kb/s:726.12 k_ganesanpillai@helioviewer:/var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z$ ls 2011_04_12_15_25_08_2011_04_12_16_24_32_AIA_304.mp4 frames preview-icon.png preview-medium.png ffmpeg.log preview-full.png preview-large.png preview-small.png k_ganesanpillai@helioviewer:/var/www/cache/movies/2013/04/12/c222Z$