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VideoFrameList[video,n]

gives a list of n images extracted from video.

VideoFrameList[video,spec]

gives a list of frames extracted based on spec.

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VideoFrameList

VideoFrameList[video,n]

gives a list of n images extracted from video.

VideoFrameList[video,spec]

gives a list of frames extracted based on spec.

Details

  • VideoFrameList can be used for sampling video frames and can be used as video summarization or for inspection.
  • Possible settings for frame specification spec include:
  • nn uniformly spaced frames
    {"Uniform",n}n uniformly spaced frames
    {"Random",n}n randomly chosen frames
    Allall frames, if fits in memory
  • If video has multiple video tracks, only frames from the first track are returned. Use Video[video,VideoTrackSelectionn] to extract frames from the n^(th) track.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Extract four frames from a video:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/Caminandes.mp4"];
Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, 4]

Scope  (3)

Extract frames from a local video object:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/Caminandes.mp4"];
Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, 3]

Explicitly ask for uniformly sampled frames from the video:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/Caminandes.mp4"];
Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, {"Uniform", 3}]

Extract a few random frames:

Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, {"Random", 3}]

Extract frames from a remote video file:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["http://exampledata.wolfram.com/agent327.mp4"];
Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, 6]

Applications  (1)

Create a thumbnail grid from a video:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/Caminandes.mp4"];
Wolfram Language code: ImageAssemble[Partition[VideoFrameList[v, 9], 3], Spacings -> 3]

Properties & Relations  (2)

VideoFrameList partitions the video into equal partitions and extracts the middle frame of each partition:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/Caminandes.mp4", RasterSize -> 150];
Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, 3]

Use VideoExtractFrames to extract frames at specific times:

Wolfram Language code: times = Mean /@ Partition[Subdivide[QuantityMagnitude[Duration[v], "Seconds"], 3], 2, 1]
Wolfram Language code: VideoExtractFrames[v, times]

Generate a Video object with multiple video tracks:

Wolfram Language code: i = ResourceData["Sample Image: White Dog on a Beach"]; f[time_] := {Blur[i, 20 * time], ColorQuantize[i, Round[1 + 3 * time]]}; v = VideoGenerator[f];
Wolfram Language code: Information[v, "VideoTracks"]

VideoFrameList extracts frames from the first video track:

Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[v, 3]

Extract frames from the second video track by selecting the track in the Video object:

Wolfram Language code: VideoFrameList[Video[v, VideoTrackSelection -> 2], 3]
Wolfram Research (2020), VideoFrameList, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html (updated 2021).

Text

Wolfram Research (2020), VideoFrameList, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html (updated 2021).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2020. "VideoFrameList." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2021. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2020). VideoFrameList. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_videoframelist, author="Wolfram Research", title="{VideoFrameList}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_videoframelist, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={VideoFrameList}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoFrameList.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}