How to read video frames in Python

In this python tutorial, we will discuss how to read video frames in Python, Python read video frames, and also we will cover these below topics:

• Python read video frames
• Python extract a specific frame from video

Python read video frames

Here, we can see how to read video frames in python.

• In this example, I have imported modules called cv2 and os.
• Next, we should read the path of the video.
• Here, we are creating a folder called pet by using os.makedirs to copy the frames of the video into the folder. The pet is the name of the folder.
• I have used exceptions if the folder is not created it should raise an error.
• As we are working with the frame we should mention the current frame to work in it.
• The ret is used to return the frames. The while condition is used, if the condition is true the video is read into the folder.
• To read the images .jpg extension is used. To assign the number to each frame in the folder currentframe += 1.
• If the condition is false then else is executed, the video.release() is used to free the objects.
• The cv2.destroyAllWindows() simply destroy all the windows created.

Example:

import cv2 
import os 
video = cv2.VideoCapture(r'C:\Users\Administrator.SHAREPOINTSKY\Downloads\catty.mp4') 
try:  
	if not os.path.exists('pet'): 
		os.makedirs('pet') 
except OSError: 
	print ('Error') 
currentframe = 0
while(True): 
	ret,frame = video.read() 

	if ret: 
		name = './pet/frame' + str(currentframe) + '.jpg'
		print ('Captured...' + name) 
		cv2.imwrite(name, frame) 
		currentframe += 1
	else: 
		break
video.release() 
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

The below screenshot show the creating of frames as the output.

We can see the frames of the video in the folder as the output. The below screenshot shows the output.

This is how to read video frames in Python.

Python extract a specific frame from video

Here, we can see how to extract a specific frame from video in python.

• In this example, I have imported a module called numpy as np and cv2, and then read the file by specifying the path.
• To give the value of the frame cap.set(1, 16) is used. Here, 16 is the number of the frame.
• To read the frame cap.read is used. I have used cv2.imshow() to show the image of the specified frame.

Example:

import numpy as np
import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(r'C:\Users\Administrator.SHAREPOINTSKY\Downloads\catty.mp4')
cap.set(1,16);
ret, frame = cap.read() 
cv2.imshow('window_name', frame)

The below screenshot shows the specified frame from the vedio.

This is how to extract a specific frame from video in Python.

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In this tutorial, we have learned about Python read video frames, and also we have covered these topics:

• Python read video frames
• Python extract a specific frame from video