How can I extract images from a video?

Question

How can I generate images from a video like screenshots? What are all the available options including command line and GUI approaches?

Solution 1

You can do that with ffmpeg or avconv.

To extract a single image:

ffmpeg -i input.flv -ss 00:00:14.435 -f image2 -vframes 1 out.png
avconv -i input.flv -ss 00:00:14.435 -f image2 -vframes 1 out.png

This will extract one frame (-vframes 1) from the position 0h:0m:14sec:435msec into the movie.

These pages may help:

• How to take multiple screenshots to an image (tile, mosaic)
• Create a thumbnail image every X seconds of the video

Source: Create a thumbnail image every X seconds of the video

Solution 2

You can install vlc and go to File > Create snapshot. It will create a snapshot of the current image in VLC.

Comments

[Jacob Vlijm]

You asked the exact same question here: unix.stackexchange.com/q/185877, and here: superuser.com/questions/135117/how-to-convert-video-to-image‌​s is a nice set of answers.

[muru]

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this has been posted on multiple SE sites.

[remas sido]

so, in another time I should only post on one site?