[FFmpeg-user] obtaining an image from a video stream

[Michael Bradshaw]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:29 AM, LsBender <mlefe74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering if I can capture an image from a video stream (H.264 cam)
> with FFmpeg?
>
> The aim is to rapidly know if all the cameras I have are working properly
> (quality of pictures)
>

What have you tried? Simply googling "ffmpeg save frame" gave this page:
http://muzso.hu/2008/12/28/extracting-thumbnails-still-images-frames-from-a-video-with-ffmpeg

Which I think will answer your question.

--Michael