I want to get a frame sample (jpeg) from a video file (mov) with java. Is there an easy way to do this. When I search in google all I can find is to make mov from multiple jpgs. I dont know maybe I cannot find the right keywords.
Xuggler does the job. They even give a sample code which does exactly what I need. Link is below
And I've modified the code in this link such that it saves only the first frame of the video.
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.io.File;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import com.xuggle.mediatool.IMediaReader;
import com.xuggle.mediatool.MediaListenerAdapter;
import com.xuggle.mediatool.ToolFactory;
import com.xuggle.mediatool.event.IVideoPictureEvent;
import com.xuggle.xuggler.Global;
/**
* * @author aclarke
* @author trebor
*/
public class DecodeAndCaptureFrames extends MediaListenerAdapter
{
private int mVideoStreamIndex = -1;
private boolean gotFirst = false;
private String saveFile;
private Exception e;
/** Construct a DecodeAndCaptureFrames which reads and captures
* frames from a video file.
*
* @param filename the name of the media file to read
*/
public DecodeAndCaptureFrames(String videoFile, String saveFile)throws Exception
{
// create a media reader for processing video
this.saveFile = saveFile;
this.e = null;
IMediaReader reader = ToolFactory.makeReader(videoFile);
// stipulate that we want BufferedImages created in BGR 24bit color space
reader.setBufferedImageTypeToGenerate(BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR);
// note that DecodeAndCaptureFrames is derived from
// MediaReader.ListenerAdapter and thus may be added as a listener
// to the MediaReader. DecodeAndCaptureFrames implements
// onVideoPicture().
reader.addListener(this);
// read out the contents of the media file, note that nothing else
// happens here. action happens in the onVideoPicture() method
// which is called when complete video pictures are extracted from
// the media source
while (reader.readPacket() == null && !gotFirst);
if (e != null)
throw e;
}
/**
* Called after a video frame has been decoded from a media stream.
* Optionally a BufferedImage version of the frame may be passed
* if the calling {@link IMediaReader} instance was configured to
* create BufferedImages.
*
* This method blocks, so return quickly.
*/
public void onVideoPicture(IVideoPictureEvent event)
{
try
{
// if the stream index does not match the selected stream index,
// then have a closer look
if (event.getStreamIndex() != mVideoStreamIndex)
{
// if the selected video stream id is not yet set, go ahead an
// select this lucky video stream
if (-1 == mVideoStreamIndex)
mVideoStreamIndex = event.getStreamIndex();
// otherwise return, no need to show frames from this video stream
else
return;
}
ImageIO.write(event.getImage(), "jpg", new File(saveFile));
gotFirst = true;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
this.e = e;
}
}
}