Extract 1st frame as image from video
ffmpeg -y -i /data/Short2.mp4 -vframes 1 /tmp/Short2.jpg
The parameter meanings:
- param -i
defines the file incl. path to the input video, in our example the file /data/Short2.mp4 - param -vframes 1
only handle one video frame, in the above case exactly the frame 1 of the video - param /tmp/Short2.jpg
defines the output filename of the fetched image
Extract 2nd frame as image from video
ffmpeg -y -i Short2.mp4 -vf "select=eq(n\,2)" -vframes 1 /tmp/Short2.jpg
The parameter additional to the previous example:
- -vf “select=eq(n\,2)”
means: get the frame which equals to the number 2. In our case exactly the frame 2
Extract 100th frame as image from video
ffmpeg -y -i Short2.mp4 -vf "select=eq(n\,100)" -vframes 1 /tmp/Short2.jpg
- -vf “select=eq(n\,100)”
get the 100th frame
Extract a frame as image at a specific time
ffmpeg -y -i Short2.mp4 -ss 01:12:30 -vframes 1 /tmp/Short2.jpg
- -ss 01:12:30
get the frame at the time position 1h 12min and 30sec