From 2ba34cd5fe9051e00bc92a97f8e41ec5b4763b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:22:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 4-seasons: fix VFR pause/jump in daily MVT clips
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Without explicit duration in the concat file, ffmpeg assigns timestamps
from EXIF metadata or defaults — producing a variable frame-rate raw
video with uneven frame spacing.  Applying setpts without fps= then
preserved that unevenness into the final clip, causing the observed
pause-then-jump-minutes/hours behaviour.

Fix 1: write `duration 0.04` (1/25 s) for every JPEG in the concat
list, making the raw video a true 25 fps CFR stream.  The duplicate
final-entry is appended as required by the ffmpeg concat demuxer so the
last content frame keeps its full display duration.

Fix 2: add `fps=25` to the setpts filter in step 2, resampling to
standard 25 fps CFR regardless of the speed factor, which guarantees
smooth, uniform playback in the final clip.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01U29A8NpgJ41tboiggZNmk8
---
 4-seasons.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/4-seasons.sh b/4-seasons.sh
index 7429505..9c56898 100755
--- a/4-seasons.sh
+++ b/4-seasons.sh
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ if [ "${#images[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 for img in "${images[@]}"; do
-    printf "file '%s'\n" "$img"
+    printf "file '%s'\nduration 0.04\n" "$img"
 done > "$temp_file"
+# ffmpeg concat demuxer requires a final entry with no duration for image files
+printf "file '%s'\n" "${images[-1]}" >> "$temp_file"
 
 # ── Step 1: Build raw video ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo "Step 1/2: encoding raw video from ${#images[@]} frames..."
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ echo "Step 2/2: speed factor $speed_factor..."
 final_file="$output_dir/${CAM_NAME}-${yesterday}_Mvt${MVT_NUM}-Day${DAY_OF_MVT}of${DAYS_IN_MVT}-final.mp4"
 if ! ffmpeg -loglevel warning \
     -i "$temp_video" \
-    -vf "setpts=PTS/$speed_factor" \
+    -vf "setpts=PTS/$speed_factor,fps=25" \
     -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset "$ENCODE_PRESET" -crf "$CRF_SEASONS_FINAL" \
     -t "$target_per_clip" -an \
     -y "$final_file"; then