From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 19:33:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F0C1065671 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 19:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-07.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-07.bluehost.com [69.89.17.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 63D5A8FC0A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 19:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 21957 invoked by uid 0); 13 May 2008 19:33:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 13 May 2008 19:33:31 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Jw0Ff-0000hr-3v for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:31 -0600 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:32 -0600 Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:32 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080513193332.GA89972@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080513191212.GB89794@demeter.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} DomainKey-Status: no signature Subject: Re: Converting AVI and MPEG Into Still Images X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:33:33 -0000 --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:22:17PM +0000, D Hill wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008 at 13:12 -0600, perrin@apotheon.com confabulated: >=20 > >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 forma= t? > > > >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. >=20 > Thanks for the info. I had not realized MPlayer does that. Josh Tolbert= =20 > 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. --=20 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." --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgp7QwACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXDLACeIcHgCArBk/gKUWn+R3MKP2o3 AXAAn0+bBsHrD070X42sRuwLUIHhNHuW =uXvq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--