Output frame from video file

[gryphon5]

I am looking for a console application (remote machine with no X installed) that can produce an image file of a single frame of a video file (xvid mostly).

If possible, I would like to be able to produce frames from incomplete files also.

Does anyone know an application that can do this?

Thanks,
Gryphon

[disturbed1]

VLC, mplayer/mencoder and ffmpeg can be fed a stream and output to picture frames. Just define the start and end segments.

ffmpeg -i yourfile.avi -ss 240 -vframes 30 -s 640x480 -img png -o pictures.png

FFmpeg will take yourfile.avi and output 30 png images at 640x480 from 240 seconds into the file. Just type ffmpeg in the terminal to get a complete set of options.

[gryphon5]

Fantastic, thank you for the help!