Ffmpeg: Difference between revisions

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Powerful command line video tool originally written by Fabrice Bellard (under the pseudonym "Gerard Lantau")

Be sure to check you / print your own ffmpeg documentation!
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html

Convert a video into individual frames

The -r option sets the framerate. A framerate of .01 (or 1/100) means 100 seconds per frame. In this way you can easily make an overview of a movie:

<source lang="bash"> ffmpeg -i rearwindow.avi -f image2 -y -r .01 -an rearwindow%06d.jpg

The "%06d" means to "pad" (or fill) the filename to having always 6 places (so adding extra 0's before the number as necessary so that the filenames all have the right size and avoiding any problem with sorting later). This follows the convention of the C printf command).

Extract 1 frame per second (padding to 3 places):

ffmpeg -i inputfile.avi -r 1 -f image2 image-%3d.jpeg

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+Powerful command line video tool originally written by [[Fabrice Bellard]] (under the pseudonym "Gerard Lantau")
 Be sure to check you / print your own ffmpeg documentation! <br />
 http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html
-== examples ==
+== Convert a video into individual frames ==
-extract frames (100 seconds per frame) and number the images using "zero-padded 6 digits":
+The -r option sets the '''framerate'''. A framerate of .01 (or 1/100) means 100 seconds per frame. In this way you can easily make an overview of a movie:
 <source lang="bash">
 ffmpeg -i rearwindow.avi -f image2 -y -r .01 -an rearwindow%06d.jpg
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+The "%06d" means to "pad" (or fill) the filename to having always 6 places (so adding extra 0's before the number as necessary so that the filenames all have the right size and avoiding any problem with sorting later). This follows the convention of the C printf command).
+Extract 1 frame per second (padding to 3 places):
+ ffmpeg -i inputfile.avi -r 1 -f image2 image-%3d.jpeg