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Convert an Image to Video

Turn a still image into an MP4 of a chosen duration and aspect ratio, padded and encoded for every platform. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

Run this tool View API recipe

Prefer the shell? Turn an image into a video with FFmpeg, the verified FFmpeg command for this edit.

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Run image to video
Drop a video, adjust the defaults if you need to, and download the result here.

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BEFORE / AFTER

See what the tool changes.

A real example: the after side is the unedited output of a KinoPipe job. Run the live form above to generate the same result from your own media.

BeforeStill image
WebP · 960×540
AfterMP4 video
Ready
00:05 · 720×1280 MP4

Demo footage: public-domain timelapses (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon · NASA SVS). Processed by the same pipeline the API and MCP tools call.

Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

  • 0.5 to 120 seconds
  • Vertical, square or landscape
  • Works with PNG, JPEG and WebP
What this preset does
  1. 01Load the source image
  2. 02Fit it to the target aspect ratio
  3. 03Render frames for the requested duration
  4. 04Encode a fast-start MP4
Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/image-to-video
Live API request
{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/poster.png" }],
  "options": { "duration": 5, "aspect_ratio": "9:16" }
}
Successful output example
{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "image-to-video-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}

Know the boundaries before you run.

Upload files up to 300 MB or use public HTTP(S) URLs.
A successful run consumes at least one credit.

About image to video

Some platforms and pipelines only accept video: story slots, video references for generative models, slideshow segments for a later merge.

No. The MP4 contains a video stream only; pair it with add-music-to-video when a soundtrack is needed.

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