Batch save image sequence as PNG/JPG

[vasticles]

Hello everyone. Can anyone please recommend software that lets me batch save a selected video sequence as PNG/JPG? Sony Vegas has this function (Render image sequence). Unfortunately, Sony Vegas is not very friendly with h264 compressed video (mkv container). I've been having to re-encode my videos using a friendlier codec, but at a quality loss. Ultimately, I'm looking for a fairly simple function, and I feel re-encoding video just to accommodate Sony Vegas is a little excessive. Is there something else that anyone can recommend?

Thanks in advance.

[El Heggunte]

Can anyone please recommend software that lets me batch save a selected video sequence as PNG/JPG?

VirtualDub

( File -> Export -> Image sequence )

[smrpix]

Quicktime Pro, MPegstreamclip. But Vegas works fine with h.264 -- don't know why you're having problems.

[vasticles]

Can anyone please recommend software that lets me batch save a selected video sequence as PNG/JPG?

VirtualDub

( File -> Export -> Image sequence )

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to open an mkv with those programs. I also tried VirtualDubMOD, but it gives me a number of warnings. I think the major one is that it couldn't find a decompressor.

So I used AVIdemux to turn my mkv into an avi, without any changes to audio or video (even though I don't need audio). Quicktime doesn't show anything. Vegas refuses it, saying it can't be opened. MPEGstreamclip doesn't show anything. VirtualDub says it can't find a decompressor for AVC1.

I downloaded ffdshow, went to VFW configuration>Decoder>Set all stable formats to libavcodec. Same result.

Only VLC plays the new avi file without issues.

[El Heggunte]

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to open an mkv with those programs.

Matroska plugin by fccHandler,
for use with VirtualDub 1.8.8+

http://gral.y0.pl/~fcchandler/Plugins/Matroska/index.html

I downloaded ffdshow, went to VFW configuration>Decoder>Set all stable formats to libavcodec. Same result.

Use the x264 VfW codec instead.

[vasticles]

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to open an mkv with those programs.

Matroska plugin by fccHandler,
for use with VirtualDub 1.8.8+

http://gral.y0.pl/~fcchandler/Plugins/Matroska/index.html

I downloaded ffdshow, went to VFW configuration>Decoder>Set all stable formats to libavcodec. Same result.

Use the x264 VfW codec instead.

Thank you!
I've made progress. I can now open the mkv with VirtualDub. I've installed x264 VfW. Looked at the configuration, but didn't touch anything. When I try to open the mkv, it says missing codec on the 2 (input/output) video screens. When I click play, it errors saying no audio decompressor could be found. According to VLC, audio is encoded with MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a). I also tried to open it with the extended option to use H264 FOURCC instead of AVC1. Same result


Edit: Switched from 64-bit VirtualDub to 32. Video now appears. Still can't play audio. Not really that important, but what should I install for the audio to work?

Edit2: Figured it out http://gral.y0.pl/~fcchandler/AACACM/index.html

Thanks so much for all your help!

[El Heggunte]

You're welcome =^.^=

[Khaver]

Ffmpeg is easier.

[altarvic]

@vasticles: Vegas does not support MKV container, it's true, but you should not reencode it, you can rewrap it in MP4, for example. It is fast and no quality loss.