Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Create a thumbnail image every X seconds of the video


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Timestamp:
May 6, 2013, 9:54:56 AM (13 years ago)
Author:
Elon Musk
Comment:

add variable frame rate example wiht select filter

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  • Create a thumbnail image every X seconds of the video

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     24This will create one thumbnail image every I-frame, named thumb0001.bmp, thumb0002.bmp, thumb0003.bmp, ...
     25{{{
     26ffmpeg -i input.flv -f image2 -vf select= "'eq(pict_type,I)'" -vsync vfr thumb%04d.png
     27}}}
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    2429'''Explanation:'''
    2530By telling FFmpeg to set the output file's FPS option (frames per second) to some very low value, we made FFmpeg drop a lot of frames at the output, in order to achieve such a low frame rate, effectively having our thumbnails generated every X seconds :)