streamio/streamio-ffmpeg — Issue #13: Creating screenshots is slow
Author: dsmalko
Created: 2011-10-19 12:01:50+00:00
State: open

Hello,

Screenshots generation can be very slow on long videos. There is a trick:

BAD:
fmpeg -i test.avi -ss 100 -f image2 screenshot1.jpg

GOOD:
ffmpeg -ss 100 -i test.avi -f image2 screenshot1.jpg

Is it possible to move -ss parameter before -i ? Thanks.