Automatic still image capture of a video file on Windows XP SP2
June 18, 2007 4:54 PM Subscribe
Automatic still image capture of a video file on Windows XP SP2.
What software tool would I need to automatically generate a sequence of still images from a video file that are spaced something like 5 minutes apart?
My two video formats are MPEG2 (w/ .MPG extension) and WMV. My camcorder generates MPEG2 files on its HDD but I'm going to be running this through a WMV encoder so that I can have compressed files ready to put up on the web.
If I could open the video file with a program, select from 01:00:00 to 02:00:25 and generate a still image in JPEG or some format at 5 minute intervals then that would be just perfect. (Those parameters could change...for instance I may want every 10 minutes or something...)
Last video question I posted here had some really good answers that really helped me. Lets see if we can make it 2 for 2 :). Thanks for your time.
What software tool would I need to automatically generate a sequence of still images from a video file that are spaced something like 5 minutes apart?
My two video formats are MPEG2 (w/ .MPG extension) and WMV. My camcorder generates MPEG2 files on its HDD but I'm going to be running this through a WMV encoder so that I can have compressed files ready to put up on the web.
If I could open the video file with a program, select from 01:00:00 to 02:00:25 and generate a still image in JPEG or some format at 5 minute intervals then that would be just perfect. (Those parameters could change...for instance I may want every 10 minutes or something...)
Last video question I posted here had some really good answers that really helped me. Lets see if we can make it 2 for 2 :). Thanks for your time.
Best answer: Virtualdub, Video, Frame Rate Conversion, Decimate by 150, Save Image Sequence.
OR, use Mplayer, with the following command line:
mplayer -vo jpeg -ao null -fps 0.003 foo.mpg
posted by effugas at 2:13 AM on June 19, 2007
OR, use Mplayer, with the following command line:
mplayer -vo jpeg -ao null -fps 0.003 foo.mpg
posted by effugas at 2:13 AM on June 19, 2007
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There's also a VLC plugin, but I don't know much about that.
posted by TomMelee at 7:31 PM on June 18, 2007