[Novalug] mpeg frame grabber

b b linux_author@yahoo.com
Sun Nov 5 08:11:56 EST 2006


- perhaps this client may help:

http://ronald.bitfreak.net/lvs/


--- Kurt Yoder <ktynovalug@yoderhome.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to grab a single frame an mpeg
> video device (eg /dev/ 
> video0) using only the command line? I've looked all
> over the place,  
> and so far only found this:
> 
>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=430139
> 
> This uses mplayer and seeks to a specific time in an
> mpeg file, then  
> exports to a jpg. However, /dev/video0 is set up on
> my machine for  
> streaming mpeg output. So I can't provide a specific
> time. I could  
> output one second of /dev/video0 to an mpeg file,
> then capture a jpeg  
> from that, but that seems rather roundabout. Is
> there any way to grab  
> one jpeg without this intermediate step?



 
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