PNG to MPG Converter

How to Convert PNG to MPG Online

1. Upload Your PNG Files: Drag and drop or click "Add Files" to select one or more PNG images. Batch is supported — upload an entire image sequence and the tool will stitch it into a single MPG video in upload order.
2. Pick Merge Strategy and Duration: Set Merge Strategy to "Merge images" for one slideshow MPG, or "Video per image" to output a separate MPG per PNG. Under Duration choose how long each frame holds — from 1/60 second (60 fps time-lapse) up to 10 seconds per image. Default is 5 seconds.
3. Set Codec, Quality and Resolution (Optional): Default codec is MPEG-2 with MP2 audio — the native pair for MPG containers and DVD-Video. Under Quality Preset pick Very High through Lowest, or switch to Constant Quality / Constraint Quality for finer control. Pick a Preset Resolution (1080p, 720p, 480p, 720×480 NTSC, 720×576 PAL) or enter custom Width × Height. Choose a Background Color (Black, White, or 20+ swatches) to fill transparent PNG areas and letterbox bars.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared.

Why Convert PNG to MPG?

PNG is a lossless raster format with alpha transparency, ideal for screenshots, UI mocks, and graphics. MPG (MPEG program stream, typically wrapping MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video) is the legacy video container that ships on every consumer DVD player, older smart TV, set-top box, and broadcast playout system released since the mid-1990s. Converting a stack of PNGs into an MPG creates a video slideshow that plays on hardware that won't touch MP4, WebM, or HEVC.

• DVD authoring — DVD-Video discs are required by spec to carry MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video in a VOB container with a 9.8 Mbit/s ceiling and resolutions of 720×480 at 29.97 fps (NTSC) or 720×576 at 25 fps (PAL). Burning a PNG-to-MPG slideshow with the right preset gives you a master that DVD authoring software (DVDStyler, ImgBurn, Roxio) can mux straight to disc.
• Digital signage and kiosks — many wall-mounted display players (NEC, Samsung MagicInfo, BrightSign legacy units) still favor MPEG-2 program streams for reliability over decade-long duty cycles. PNG screens exported from Figma or Photoshop become rotating signage with one upload.
• Broadcast and ingest workflows — TV station playout servers (Grass Valley K2, Harmonic Spectrum) and NLE ingest pipelines accept MPG natively. A PNG-to-MPG export from a designer's machine can drop into an MXF-wrapped show without a transcode round-trip.
• Time-lapse from rendered frames — Blender, Cinema 4D, and After Effects can export an image sequence (frame_0001.png, frame_0002.png, …); set Duration to 1/24s or 1/30s to assemble a 24 fps or 30 fps time-lapse without opening a separate compositor.
• Photo slideshow for older TVs — older Panasonic, Sony, and LG TVs from the early 2010s play MPG off USB but choke on H.265 or AV1; an MPG slideshow plays without firmware updates.
• Archival exchange format — MPEG-2 is an open ISO/IEC 13818 standard with mature, royalty-free decoders in FFmpeg and VLC, making MPG a safer 20-year archive bet than proprietary slideshow apps.

PNG vs MPG — Format Comparison

Quality, Duration, and Resolution Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is MPEG-2 the default codec instead of H.264?

MPEG-2 with MP2 audio is the codec pair the DVD-Video spec mandates and the one virtually every legacy MPG-capable device decodes in hardware. H.264 inside an.mpg container works in FFmpeg and VLC but is non-standard and will fail on the very DVD players and broadcast playout systems that are typically the reason to choose MPG over MP4. Keep MPEG-2 unless the playback target is documented to accept H.264-in-MPG.

What resolution should I use for a DVD slideshow?

For NTSC (North America, Japan, Philippines): 720×480 at 29.97 fps. For PAL (Europe, most of Asia, Africa, Australia): 720×576 at 25 fps. Pick the matching Preset Resolution; the tool letterboxes or pillarboxes your PNGs to fit, filling bars with the Background Color you chose.

Does PNG transparency carry through to the MPG?

No. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video have no alpha channel — neither does virtually any consumer video format other than ProRes 4444 and certain VP9/AV1 profiles. Transparent regions in your PNG are filled with the Background Color you select (Black by default). If you need transparency in motion graphics, target an MOV with ProRes 4444 from a desktop tool — not MPG.

How do I make a time-lapse from a numbered PNG sequence?

Upload all PNGs at once (they sort by filename) and set Duration to 1/24s for 24 fps cinematic time-lapse or 1/30s for 30 fps broadcast-friendly output. The Merge Strategy must be "Merge images" so the tool concatenates rather than producing one MPG per frame. 720 PNGs at 1/24s yields a 30-second clip.

How long will the output video be?

Total length equals number of PNGs multiplied by the Duration per frame. 25 PNGs at 4 seconds each = 1 minute 40 seconds. 90 PNGs at 1/30s = 3 seconds. If "Video per image" is selected, each MPG runs for one Duration interval.

Can I add background music to the slideshow?

This tool produces silent MPGs (with a placeholder audio track using the default MP2 codec, so the file remains DVD-spec-compliant). To overlay music, run the MPG through a follow-up editor — Shotcut, DaVinci Resolve, or our MOV to MP4 tool if you switch containers. Burning to DVD via DVDStyler also lets you attach an audio track at authoring time.

Why is the output file so much larger than my PNGs?

PNG compresses single still images; an MPG holds many frames per second. A 5-second 1080p clip at the Very High preset is roughly 10–30 MB even from one PNG, because MPEG-2's I-frame coding rebuilds the picture multiple times per second. If size matters more than DVD compatibility, convert to PNG to MP4 with H.264 — typically 3–5× smaller for equivalent perceived quality. To squeeze an existing MPG further, run it through Compress MPG.

Can I convert PNG to GIF instead for a short looping clip?

Yes — for short web-friendly loops, PNG to GIF avoids the codec overhead of MPG and plays inline in every browser and chat client. GIF tops out at 256 colors per frame and gets large past a few seconds, so it's the right call for under-100-frame animations and the wrong call for photographic slideshows.

Do the PNG files leave my computer?

PNG-to-MPG runs on our servers — the files are uploaded to our servers and deleted automatically after a few hours, and conversion runs on our servers — files upload over TLS and are deleted after a few hours.