open a video file in c/c++

juanr · 09-17-2003, 01:04 PM

i need to open a video file to extracts frames and process them.
i need to do that in c or c++ on linux without x-windows.
the format of the file coud be avi or other.

how can i do that??

thanks a lot

Mohsen · 09-17-2003, 01:11 PM

If I where you, I'd do it simply using ACDSee

Strike · 09-17-2003, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by juanr
i need to open a video file to extracts frames and process them.
i need to do that in c or c++ on linux without x-windows.
the format of the file coud be avi or other.

how can i do that??

thanks a lot

You can always just use mplayer and use the png video output target to have it export PNGs of each frame.