[Ffmpeg-devel] problem with frame extraction

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 2/3/06, Agnes Bousquier <agnes.bousquier at etu.enseeiht.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   I would like to extract video frames as .png images  thanks to mplayer
> (under Windows XP),  and  I was  advised  to  type:
> "C:/Program Files/MPlayer/mplayer.exe" -vo png essai.avi
>   Unfortunately, when I type this line, I get the error message :
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>   Can anyone please help me to solve this  problem?

Make sure your MPlayer binary has been compiled with png support. It
looks to me like it isn't.

Guillaume
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