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##About:##

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed ffmpeg package for Mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer:

• Importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow.
• Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

##Usage:##

Mimicking Mathematica's Import function:

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", 1}] 

gives first frame (slow way).

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", Range[1,1000]}] 

gives first 1000 frames (fast)

To test status of ffmpeg library you can run FFmpeg[].

More information about ffmpeg installation in the link above.

About:

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed ffmpeg package for Mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer:

• Importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow.
• Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

Usage:

Mimicking Mathematica's Import function:

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", 1}] 

gives first frame (slow way).

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", Range[1,1000]}] 

gives first 1000 frames (fast)

To test status of ffmpeg library you can run FFmpeg[].

More information about ffmpeg installation in the link above.

##About:##

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed ffmpeg package for Mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer:

• Importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow.
• Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

##Usage:##

Mimicking Mathematica's Import function:

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", 1}] 

gives first frame (slow way).

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", Range[1,1000]}] 

gives first 1000 frames (fast)

To test status of ffmpeg library you can run FFmpeg[].

More information about ffmpeg installation in the link above.

##About:##

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed ffmpeg package for Mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer:

• Importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow.
• Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

##Usage:##

Mimicking Mathematica's Import function:

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", 1}] 

gives first frame (slow way).

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", Range[1,1000]}] 

gives first 1000 frames (fast)

To test status of ffmpeg library you can run FFmpeg[].

More information about ffmpeg installation in the link above.

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed FFMPEG package for mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer: importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow. Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

##About:##

This is my second answer. After playing with Mathematica's video import I have noticed that it makes import mistakes (duplicated frames + artifacts) and thus developed ffmpeg package for Mathematica which is based on ssch answer.

https://github.com/kmisiunas/ffmpeg-mathematica

The speed of this package is as follows on moderate computer:

• Importing one frame is from 2 to 100 times slower, because current method for seeking frame is slow.
• Importing many frames (1000+) is from 2 to 10 times faster.

I am switching to ffmpeg importer because for bulk analysis it proved to be faster and more accurate than default method.

##Usage:##

Mimicking Mathematica's Import function:

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", 1}] 

gives first frame (slow way).

FFImport[ "file.avi", {"Frames", Range[1,1000]}] 

gives first 1000 frames (fast)

To test status of ffmpeg library you can run FFmpeg[].

More information about ffmpeg installation in the link above.