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Nov 3, 2016 at 13:17 history edited Gyan CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 3, 2016 at 13:17 comment added Gyan Check your ffmpeg version. Both ss before -i works and output is a set of image files (PNG is a still image format, anyway). There's one change needed to avoid a quirk of ffmpeg which will duplicate frames. I've added that to the command.
Nov 3, 2016 at 12:47 vote accept SpongeBobPHPants
Nov 3, 2016 at 12:47 comment added SpongeBobPHPants This seems to be the answer, thank you. I think the usage is syntax is somewhat different, however. Running the above command results in a single file over 1GB (it must contain a frame every 300 frames), rather than producing a separate image for each frame. Additionally, as we only require one frame I think we can add -frames:v 1 so that it will take the first suitable frame it finds. This seems ok to me. This seems to ignore the -ss parameter as far as I can tell, though. Would be ideal to start finding thumbnails after X seconds, but maybe it won't be needed. Thanks again!
Nov 3, 2016 at 5:07 history answered Gyan CC BY-SA 3.0