Extract Video Thumbnails at Fixed Intervals

Created by

Cemal Atakli

Actor

Video Frame Extractor – Thumbnails, Scenes & Keyframes

Pull evenly spaced thumbnails from any MP4, MOV or WebM link: one JPG every 30 seconds (up to 10 per video), black frames skipped, plus a contact sheet that shows the whole video on one image. Change the interval, count, size or format and run it on a list of videos. Pay only for frames saved.

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Video Frame Extractor – Thumbnails, Scenes & Keyframesgazidev/video-frame-extractor

Frame

Video #

Frame #

Timecode

+5 fields

Input

Video URLs (direct file links):https://archive.org/download/BigBuckBunny_124/Content/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.mp4

Dataset field with the video URL:url

What to extract:interval

Interval (seconds):30

Number of thumbnails:10

Scene-change sensitivity:0.3

Accurate scene detection (decode every frame):false

Max frames per video:100

Skip black frames:true

Image format:jpg

Quality (JPEG/WebP):85

Max width (px):1280

Contact sheet per video:true

Max minutes to scan (scenes / keyframes):60

Videos in parallel:2

Proxy configuration:{1 field}

Output fields

Frame

Video #

Frame #

Timecode

Seconds

Width

Height

Bytes

Video

How it works

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The Video Frame Extractor – Thumbnails, Scenes & Keyframes Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Extract Video Thumbnails at Fixed Intervals". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Extract Video Thumbnails at Fixed Intervals" task

The Video Frame Extractor – Thumbnails, Scenes & Keyframes Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video urls (direct file links), dataset field with the video url, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Extract Video Thumbnails at Fixed Intervals" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as frame, video #, frame #, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract Video Thumbnails at Fixed Intervals" task via API.