Video Frame Extractor: Thumbnails, Scenes, Keyframes, Timecodes
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from $1.00 / 1,000 extracted frames
Video Frame Extractor: Thumbnails, Scenes, Keyframes, Timecodes
Extract still frames from video files (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI): N evenly spaced, every N seconds, exact timestamps, scene changes or keyframes. JPG/PNG/WebP with timecodes, video metadata and a free contact sheet. Ready for AI vision.
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from $1.00 / 1,000 extracted frames
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Andriy Kuzmenko
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Turn videos into still images: thumbnails for a gallery, one frame per scene for AI vision or video search, or frames at the exact moments you need — each with its timecode and a download link.
- Five modes: N evenly spaced frames, one frame every N seconds, exact timestamps (
90.5,01:30,1:02:03), every scene change (adjustable sensitivity), or the video's keyframes. - JPG, PNG or WebP, optional downscaling (
maxWidth). - Contact sheet with all frames and timecodes in one image — free.
- Video metadata: duration, resolution, frame rate, codec.
- Files up to 2 GB: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, M4V, MPEG, 3GP and anything else ffmpeg reads.
Why this Actor
| This Actor | Typical alternatives in the Apify Store (Oct 2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1 per 1,000 frames, no per-video fee | $2 per 1,000 frames, often plus $2–10 per 1,000 videos |
| Modes | Evenly spaced, every N seconds, exact timestamps, scene changes, keyframes | Two or three modes |
| Extras | Free contact sheet, timecodes, video metadata, JPG/PNG/WebP, downscaling | Contact sheet as a paid add-on or missing |
Input
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
sources | Direct links to video files. Pages like YouTube are not supported. Files in your own Apify key-value store work too: set the store's access to "Anyone with ID can read" and use https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/<store ID>/records/<key> (the Actor runs with limited permissions and does not use your token). |
mode | count, interval, timestamps, scenes or keyframes |
frameCount | Frames for count |
intervalSeconds | Seconds between frames for interval (0.5 = two per second) |
timestamps | Times for timestamps |
sceneThreshold | 0.1 = sensitive … 0.5 = hard cuts only |
maxFramesPerVideo | Upper limit for every mode |
format, maxWidth | Image format and optional downscaling |
contactSheet | One overview image per video (free) |
Output
One item per video:
A video that cannot be downloaded or decoded gets an error field instead and is not charged.
Pricing
| Event | Price | What counts |
|---|---|---|
frame | $1 per 1,000 | one extracted frame |
scene-minute | $1 per 1,000 | only in scenes mode: one started minute of video analysed for scene changes |
Plus Apify's standard start fee of $0.05 per 1,000 runs. The contact sheet is free. The run stops before it would exceed your maximum charge per run.
Related Actors
- Image to Text OCR — read the text on the extracted frames
- Audio & Video Transcriber — speech to text, SRT and VTT subtitles
- PDF to Image & Image Converter — PDF ↔ PNG/JPG/WebP, HEIC → JPG
Open source: github.com/AndriyVK/-apify-document-tools
Use with AI agents and code
- MCP (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, any MCP client): add
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=ai_admin/video-frame-extractoras an MCP server — the agent gets one tool with this Actor's input schema and pays per use through your Apify account. - One HTTP call that returns the results:
Limits
- Direct file links only (no YouTube, TikTok or other page links). Maximum 2 GB per file.
- Scene detection compares brightness and colour between frames: slow fades may produce no frame; lower the sensitivity.
