I have a video and I want to extract 35-th frame out of this video.
I want it to be a png image if possible.
I now there are a lot of questions like this, but i could not find a solution that was using frame number.
Use the select filter:
ffmpeg -i <input> -vf "select=eq(n\,34)" -vframes 1 out.png
counting starts at 0, so 35th = n value of 34.
![](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>){kind=small}
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On windows with cmd prompt don't use the quotes around
select=[...]Good catch with ffmpeg though, I learn something every day :) – jiggunjer Dec 8 '15 at 1:14 -
Also for those interested, this produces the exact same frame as using a calculated time with hexagesimal time format. Tested on a 10.1 second uncompressed video with 300 frames (29.97fps). Time seeked was
00:00:01.17. Though this (the above) method is probably better for encoded formats or samples with high framerates. – jiggunjer Dec 8 '15 at 3:05 -
@jiggunjer Use
"instead of'in Windows. Also, 29.97 can be inaccurate. Use 30000/1001. – llogan Dec 11 '15 at 2:57 -
@Levan One more thing, it should be 34 in the command, counting starts at 0. – jiggunjer Dec 17 '15 at 9:03
Two quick-and-dirty ways:
Use the FFmpeg executable with the seek option. You'll need to convert to a time first, e.g. if I want frame 150 and my video is 29.97 FPS the command will be ffmpeg -ss 00:00:05.01 -i myvideo.avi -frames:v 1 myimage.jpg. This might be slightly inaccurate. To seek by exact frame you'd need to use the FFmpeg library with C++.
Another 'hacky' way is using VLC media player. Check menu View -> Advanced controls. Pause video and click the Frame-by-frame button 34 times.
