Python 3 OpenCV Script to Extract Frames From MP4 Video and Save it as PNG Image Files in Terminal

geekygautam1997 May 14, 2025No Comments

app.py

import cv2
import os

cam = cv2.VideoCapture("files/1.mkv")

try:
    
    if not os.path.exists('data'):
        os.makedirs('data')

except OSError:
    print ('Error: Creating directory of data')

# frame
currentframe = 0

while(True):
    
    # reading from frame
    ret,frame = cam.read()

    if ret:
        name = './data/frame' + str(currentframe) + '.jpg'
        print ('Creating...' + name)

        cv2.imwrite(name, frame)

        currentframe += 1
    else:
        break


cam.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

import cv2

import os

cam = cv2.VideoCapture("files/1.mkv")

try:

if not os.path.exists('data'):

os.makedirs('data')

except OSError:

print ('Error: Creating directory of data')

# frame

currentframe = 0

while(True):

# reading from frame

ret,frame = cam.read()

if ret:

name = './data/frame' + str(currentframe) + '.jpg'

print ('Creating...' + name)

cv2.imwrite(name, frame)

currentframe += 1

else:

break

cam.release()

cv2.destroyAllWindows()

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