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Grab every X frames from a video with ffmpeg
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Download ffmpeg from here (ffmpeg is also available via brew)

Use the following bash command:

$ ffmpeg -i <videofile> -vf fps=1/10 frame%04d.png

Notes on this command:

  • Replace <videofile> with the path to the video file you wish to process
  • fps=1/10 is the frames per second (grab one frame every ten seconds)
  • %04d is specifying how many leading zeros the filenames for frame captures will use
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