How to extract an image from a video file for PTE?

[goddi]

Greetings,

I would like to extract an image from some of my video files that I have made. I'd like to get them into a PTE show. I have converted a lot of my analog tapes into digital 'video_ts.ifo' files. Some are AVI files.

I'd like to be able to do something like a 'print screen' while they are playing to capture an image, but as good a quality as possible. I realize the quality will not be great but I'd use them as smaller sized images in the PTE program.

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks... Gary

[Ken Cox]

see

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/20...s-media-player/

ken

[Lin Evans]

Hi Gary,

There are several ways to proceed. You can do it by screen capture as Ken shows or you can decompile the video into individual frames. To decompile you need a video decompiler which will extract each individual frame from which you can choose then toss the rest out.

There are some good, free video decompilers available. Here's a link to the one I use:

http://softdepo.com/video_decompiler.htm

Lin

[goddi]

Hi Gary,

There are several ways to proceed. You can do it by screen capture as Ken shows or you can decompile the video into individual frames. To decompile you need a video decompiler which will extract each individual frame from which you can choose then toss the rest out.

There are some good, free video decompilers available. Here's a link to the one I use:

http://softdepo.com/video_decompiler.htm

Lin

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Thanks... But they work on AVIs, but not on 'movie' type files, which are almost all of what I would use it on. Not sure the technical term but my files are the ones that are played when you run the 'video_ts.ifo' file. I guess they are regular DVD file types.

Anyway... I discovered that I have a program, InterVideo Win DVD4, that has a capture button. So this is working fine, except the quality is pretty bad. It saves the files as a BMP and I resave it as a JPG. Not good but it is the best I have found so far.

I tried the Softdepo decompiler on an AVI file but its quality was similar to the InterVideo program.

Thanks... Gary

[Conflow]

Gary,

The Utility 'MultiExtractor' would do your job ~ this appeared on the Forum August 4th onwards and

it developed into a full blown discussion to which you had a number of Postings there in.

Link: http://www.multiextractor.com

Hope this helps.

Brian.Conflow.

[goddi]

Gary,

The Utility 'MultiExtractor' would do your job ~ this appeared on the Forum August 4th onwards and

it developed into a full blown discussion to which you had a number of Postings there in.

Link: http://www.multiextractor.com

Hope this helps.

Brian.Conflow.

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Brian... No, I don't think so. I have purchased the program. But it will not let me capture an image off of a video file. I tried it on an AVI and it just gave me the entire file as the output. Also, I want to capture images off of my personal movies I have made that are played using the 'video_ts.ifo' file but it does not recognize the file.

Am I missing something here??? Maybe I am not using the program correctly. Let me know...please.

Thanks... Gary

[Conflow]

Gary,

The real problem here seems to be your Personal Movies using 'video_ts.ifo Files' I now appreciate

what you are trying to do...its a real 'bummer' for lots of reasons.

Here below is a 'Google Search' on that subject and I see others have tried this ~ give it a Search.

Brian.Conflow.