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Extract video thumbnails every 2 seconds

Saves a JPG frame every 2 seconds of a video, resized to 1280 px, with timestamps — for thumbnails, storyboards or quick visual review.

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Video Frame Extractor — Thumbnails, Screenshots & Keyframes
Video Frame Extractor — Thumbnails, Screenshots & Keyframestidydata/video-frame-extractor
Video url
File name
Index
Time seconds
+5 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Video links(required)
url:https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/oaYnZ81lFD3Jt0fjF/records/sample.mp4
How to pick frames:interval
Seconds between frames:2

Output fields

Video url
File name
Index
Time seconds
Image url
Width
Height
Format
Error

How it works

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The Video Frame Extractor — Thumbnails, Screenshots & Keyframes Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like video links, how to pick frames, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Extract video thumbnails every 2 seconds" 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 video url, file name, index, 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 every 2 seconds" task via API.

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