frame capturing

[Perfect Chaos]

Hi,
Does anyone know a tool that can automated capture frames from a .wmv ?
Like VirtualDub but it doesn't support .wmv

thx in advance,
PC

[jagabo]

Install AVISynth and VirtualDubMod. Then use VirtualDubMod's File -> Open Video File function and elect to Use AVISynth Template -> DirectShowSource. You can then open a WMV file and can use the File -> Save Image Sequence function as usual.

[Perfect Chaos]

Thx a lot for the help, although it didn't quite work out for me..
I got the following error,



I don't know what they mean by the FPS parameter.
Any help would be appreciated!

PC

[yoda313]

Like VirtualDub but it doesn't support .wmv

Download the latest version of virtualdubmpeg2. It opens wmv just fine. Then you can use any of its features on wmv.

[Perfect Chaos]

Download the latest version of virtualdubmpeg2. It opens wmv just fine. Then you can use any of its features on wmv.

Actually I already tried that, it resulted in the following error;



I don't know were to find the codecs I seem to miss..

thx for the help!

PC

[Perfect Chaos]

I got it

I found the codec to help me play the .wmv in virtualdubmpeg2

For the people interested, you can find it here

Yoda313 & Yagabo thanks a lot!

[jagabo]

Thx a lot for the help, although it didn't quite work out for me..
I got the following error,



I don't know what they mean by the FPS parameter.
Any help would be appreciated!

PC

It probably doesn't matter to you anymore but for anyone else who may find it useful...

When you used the DirectShowSource AVS template in VirtualDubMod it created an AVS file to access the WMV (or other) file. You can edit that AVS file with any text editor, like Notepad, and add the fps parameter if you know it. You'll see a line like this:

DirectShowSource("path_to_your_file.ext")

You want to add the fps parameter, and maybe convertfps to prevent audio de-sync:

DirectShowSource(""path_to_your_file.ext"", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

After changing the AVS file you can open it with VirtualDubMod (and most other video conversion programs).