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FFMPEG Command to Extract Frames from Video as PNG Images in a Folder in Terminal
Jun 3, 2025
ffmpeg -i 2.mp4 -vf "fps=1" img/frame_%04d.png
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uh hello guys welcome to this video so
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in this video I will show you how to
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take screenshots or
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frames how to convert a whole video into
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different frames so video is essentially
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a frames so it is built up of uh images
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so if I open this video here you will
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see hello the video will play and uh it
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is act video is essentially created from
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a series of images animating so what we
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will do in this video we will try to uh
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convert this video to a series of images
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so each second we will extract the frame
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you will extract all the images frames
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of this video so there is a command here
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in ffmpg which will do this
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automatically for you so just open the
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terminal right here and just write here
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ffmppg and then we just need to provide
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the input file right here so the file is
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already present in the same directory so
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we simply write the name of the file
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which is
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1.mpp4 so after that we just need to
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apply the video filter right here by
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-ash vf vf stands for video filter and
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then we inside double quotes we just
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need to say FPS value is equal to 1 so
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essentially what it is doing uh FPS is
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frame per second so we are capturing
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screenshot or image every 1 second so
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and storing
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it for this we just need to create a
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folder right here just create a image
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img folder so inside this folder all
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your images will be automatically
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created
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so right in the command itself we
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provide the path here where we need to
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store the images so image slash and then
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frame
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underscore and then percentage sign and
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then we say 04
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d.png so this command will automatically
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capture screenshot of each second in the
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video and store it inside your image
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folder so as soon as I enter it you will
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see this folder will be filled with the
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images so if I press the enter key you
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will see all the images will
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automatically get created and it will
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happen instantly it will not take a lot
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of time just it took 2 seconds to create
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all these images you will
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see this you can see all these images uh
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for each second it took
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image so this is really useful because
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uh if you are wanted to actually
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convert your video into the images uh
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the first use is actually you will be
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able to if you're creating thumbnail for
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a video this command will be really
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useful because it will give you a series
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of thumbnails for your video so you can
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actually
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uh choose which thumbnail you want to
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use for the video so for each second it
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has taken the screenshot here you will
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see
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that
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so so once again let me show you the
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command here i have also given this
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command in the description of this video
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so first of all we are providing the
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input here ffmpg- i so this is your name
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of the video here after that we are pro
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applying the video filter which is
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-ashvf and then we are specifying in
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double quotes fps is equal to one so
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each
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second after 1 second it take the
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screenshot and store it inside this
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image folder so it's a very simple
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command but uh very powerful command as
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well so thank you very much for watching
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this video and also check out my website
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