Ok, I have searched google and tried countless downloads of movie
editors.

I've seen it done, so I know it can be done, but no one I've asked
knows how yet.

All I want to do, is take an .avi or .mov file and extract scenes to
save as jpegs. Please, tell me how!

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Request for Question Clarification by xemion-ga on 20 Jun 2002 21:44 PDT

Do you want every single frame captured?  Most videos run from 12-20
frames a second.  You're going to using up tons of memory by doing
that.

Or do you just want to select different frames to save?  Thanks.

xemion-ga

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Clarification of Question by secretagentwoman-ga on 21 Jun 2002 07:50 PDT

xemion - no, I can think of only 3 or 4 frames I want! Hehe...


Also, banarchyguy, neilc & ashweb - obviosly you don't know that the
normal way you get a screen capture with your Print Scrn button or
even using screen capture programs will not work for video, as
samus_aran pointed out as well. Please at least try it yourself before
offering a solution!

Everyone else, I am going to try the varios programs reccommended and
report back what works, thanks!

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Clarification of Question by secretagentwoman-ga on 21 Jun 2002 20:11 PDT

Well, after fooling with incredibly complex video editing programs
that I don't have time nor the inclination to learn, I decided to look
closer at samus_aran's helpful tip.

I turned off video acceleration in Windows Media Player, and now can
take screen shots beautifully & effortlessly. Thank you!

Not to be horribly pedantic, but the simplest solution would seem (to
me) to simply alt-enter your screen into full screen mode, and use
"Print Screen" to save a frame into memory.  Alt-tab back, copy it
into Photoshop, or even Paint, and you should have a single creen
shot.  Obviously, there are much more complicated solutions available,
but many are packaged with extremely high-priced editing equipment,
and would be unnecessary for single frames of videos that you wanted
saved.

also, there is a program called Media Cleaner which you can extract
screen shots with.

Image capture software such as SnagIt (www.techsmith.com) can do this

Hello, thanks for your question!
I found the answer for your question but I'm not a researcher yet, so
I'm posting it like a comment.


I don't know why this way of capturing frames isn't spread over the
different video editing software, because is a really big problem of
space trying to save a whole movie in BMP format (this format has no
compression), the JPEG format is a lot more efficient in space, it is
a loosy compression format but with a good quality only a few people
can tell the difference between a JPEG image and the same BMP image.

Anyway, there is a FREE video editing software that can do this
conversion. The program I'm talking about is "TMPGEnc", it is a very
powerful video editing-encoding tool with a lot of extra functions,
like a very good de-interlace system.

TMPGEnc home page:
http://www.tmpgenc.net

Before you download this program I recommend you to read the License
agreement. Because if you are going to use this program for commercial
use, you should purchase the "TMPGEnc Plus".
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_license.html

The download (1030Kb) page of TMPGEnc is:
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_download.html

After you download the software you only have to unzip it
(http://www.winzip.com) and run the "TMPGEnc.exe" file, no setup
needed.

How to Get The image Sequence:
When you run the program it shows you a wizard, you should close it if
you only want to capture stills.
In the main window in the bottom part you will find a label saying
"Video Source" there you have to push the "Browse" button, and select
the video file you want to use.
Then if you want to select some scenes you have to press the
"Settings" button in the bottom right. There you select the "Advanced"
tab, and double click over the "Source Range" option, then the Source
Range window will open, you have to select the range of frames that
you want, then press "Ok" and "Ok" again.
Now you are ready to save the frames, go to "File" menu and select
"Output to file" and there select "Sequence...". Then select the
folder you want to save the image files, select the format (JPG of
course :-) ) and then select the quality you want. Now press "Save"!
If you want to save all the frames in the movie you can go directly to
the file menu and ignore the settings part.


I didn't do any search for this answer because I had used this program
and I knew about this feature. I'll look for other programs that have
this function, and if I found another don't doubt I will contact you.

I hope this information help you. If you need anything else, please
don't hesitate to ask me.
It would be nice if I see a comment from you telling me if I was
helpful or wrong or whatever.
Thanks again for asking.

Hi secretagentwoman,

I have found a program called Video Framer 1.06. It has the ability to
export any file; .avi and .mov and save desired frames and export them
into a .jpeg.

Also it gives you the ability to export them into .avi, RealMedia,
QuickTime, Windows Media, and other picture files.

It also allows you to create video files via a digital camera or a
video camera you have that will allow you to hook it up to your
computer.

The Software is available at CNet's download area:
http://download.com.com/3000-2194-10114774.html?tag=lst-0-2

Additional Links:
Other links you can try is Cnet's list of software:
http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=avi+editor&tg=dl-2001

Search Strategy:
Keyword: "avi editor"
on CNet's Download Area

You can find various programs that can assist you in doing is.
Here are just a few of them:

AnalogX Capture
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=317

Groone's KwikPik
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1520

ScreenHunter
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1429

ashweb-ga

The best available software in market is "VCD Cutter 4.0" Using this
you can extract images also extract(cuts) the clips of your   .avi or
.mov  files and many other format.
 
I upload the regiastered version of this software in my website just
for you. Click below to download it.
 
http://www.wol.net.pk/usman1234/vcd4.zip

If you had already tried the method of using the [Print Screen] button
to capture a bitmap, then pasting it into an app such as PhotoShop,
you may have run into the problem of direct video output.

On most new cards the video data is sent straight to the video card,
skipping the handling by Windows.  This allows the video card to scale
the image to full screen using the hardware on the video card, but it
also means that it is not part of the Windows/Linux/Mac desktop, and
you can't take a screenshot of it with [Print Screen].  If this
happens, you can try selecting software mode/unaccelerated video
output in you video player (such as Windows Media Player).

Hi

Macromedia Director will handle that for you, a trial download from
Macromedia.com should divert the massive price tag from your wallet.

Good Luck

Hello secretagentwoman,

you should really try out this terrific image viewer: it's called
IrfanView, available for free and does exactly what you want, without
needing to download large software packages. As the procedure suggest,
you can also view movie files with it and at any given time make a
screenshot. Give it a try and tell me if it worked!

http://www.irfanview.com/english.htm

Best regards,
searchbot-ga