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I want to take N screenshots equally spaced out on a video of some format(FLV, mp4, etc). Is there program or a script to a way to automate this?

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  • Related: forum.videolan.org/…
    – user201262
    Oct 14, 2013 at 18:09
  • Could you clarify? Would you want screenshots of a video (like in the title), or screenshots of your computer-screen to (or on) a video (like in the question). If it's the first you can use the answer of BrianZ , if it's the second the link Moses gave gives you the command.
    – Rik
    Oct 14, 2013 at 20:11

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This blog post lays out a few options and the following examples are taken from there. With VLC you could do something like:

C:\VideoLAN\VLC>vlc "C:\videos\hello.mov" --video-filter=scene --vout=dummy --start-time=1 --stop-time=5 --scene-ratio=1 --scene-prefix=img- --scene-path=C:\images\ vlc://quit

With ffmpeg, the sample command is:

c:\ffmpeg.exe -i c:\video\hello.mov –ss 10 –t 4 img-%03d.jpg
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    I corrected your command. It was full of syntax errors and old options. Left a comment on the blog entry and hope they will correct it.
    – slhck
    Nov 20, 2013 at 13:07
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It's not entirely clear what you are asking for as the question currently stands, but if you want a set of thumbnail images spanning the entire timespan of a video, Media Player Classic has an option from a paused video. Click on: file > save thumbnails

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A simpler command for FFMPEG to create 60 second interval clips is like this:

ffmpeg -i myvideo.avi -vf fps=1/60 img%03d.jpg

This command can be adjusted to take quicker or slower intervals by modifying the fps key. In this example, it takes 1 frame per 60 seconds.

There is a blog guide on it here with details instructions: https://www.theaudiodb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2017

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  • There is a quick blog guide here with further details theaudiodb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2017
    – Zag
    Aug 1, 2018 at 0:09
  • How should the OP adapt your command if they want to use some other interval? Please do not respond in comments; edit your answer to make it clearer and more complete.  While you’re at it, you should probably put the link to the guide into your answer as well. Aug 1, 2018 at 1:21

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