[FFmpeg-user] can I jump to a specific time then capture an image?

[Christian Ebert]

* Engine on Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 02:36:46 -0700
> I have been trying to get preview thumbnails from flv files
> using ffmpeg.exe in vb.net .
> 
> now, every thing works fine and I get the exact result that I
> want using this command line :
> 
> "-i video.flv -an -ss 300 -y -f image2 thumb.jpg"
> 
> the problem is : the process of capturing the image takes long
> time and some times it's very long depending on the -ss value .
> And in my program I definitely need to get the images after 5
> or 10 or 20 minutes from the video .
> 
> How can I jump to the point I need with out Having to wait all
> that time?

Order of options matter with ffmpeg, so specify -ss 300 before -i

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