ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf fps=1 thumb-%03d.jpg

Category: Media & Conversion

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf fps=1 thumb-%03d.jpg

Extract one frame per second as JPEGs

Writes one JPEG per second of video into numbered files like thumb-001.jpg, thumb-002.jpg. %03d is a zero-padded counter and fps=1 samples the frame rate. Raise or lower the number to change the sampling rate.
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