On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:22:17PM +0000, D Hill wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008 at 13:12 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: > > >On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 06:31:53PM +0000, D Hill wrote: > >> > >>Is there anything in the ports tree I can use to convert AVI and/or MPEG > >>videos into individual frames as jpg or a different still graphic format? > > > >MPlayer should be able to do that. By the way, AVI is a container > >format, not a codec, and most AVIs use MPEG (in my experience) for video > >codec. > > Thanks for the info. I had not realized MPlayer does that. Josh Tolbert > also made the same suggestion. I shall pursue figuring out how it's done.
There are at least two frame capture options for MPlayer that can be activated during playback -- I've gotten "screenshots" from video in the past in this manner, using the option that grabs many frame captures over a short period of time so that I could pick from among several to get the best image. There may be other ways to do the same, or something similar. If I remember correctly, using the -vf option when you start MPlayer allows you to grab screenshots with the s (for single) or S (for constant frame capture) keyboard commands while it's running. I don't know what the GMPlayer interface offers for the same functionality -- never use the thing. Best o' luck. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Dr. Ron Paul: "Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons."
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