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Emgu CV get all frames from video file

I would like to ask you to help me with getting all the frames from video file using Emgu CV. I know I can
use Capture class and its QueryFrame() method, but this only returns one frame. What is the
easiest way to get all the frames? (and save it for example to Image<Bgr, Byte>[]) I need all the
frames to do some more processing (to be more specific: key frame extraction for video summarization).
Thanks a lot for your help.
c#

video

emgucv

asked Dec 12 '11 at 10:34

tom
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2 Answers
See my answer here for reference Emgu Capture plays video super fast
But this should do as you ask I've used a list to store the images you can use an array but you will need
to know how big your avi file is.

Timer My_Time = new Timer();

int FPS = 30;
List<Image<Bgr,Byte>> image_array = new List<Image<Bgr,Byte>>();
Capture _capture;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
//Frame Rate
My_Timer.Interval = 1000 / FPS;
My_Timer.Tick += new EventHandler(My_Timer_Tick);
My_Timer.Start()
_capture = new Capture("test.avi");
}
private void My_Timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Image<Bgr, Byte> frame = _capture.QueryFrame();
if (frame != null)
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if (frame != null)
{
imageBox.Image = _capture.QueryFrame();
image_array.Add(_capture.QueryFrame().Copy());
}
else
{
My_Timer.Stop();
{

}
This was designed to allow playback of the video file at a responsible rate but as your simply converting
you could use the Application.Idle method just as easily like this...

List<Image<Bgr,Byte>> image_array = new List<Image<Bgr,Byte>>();

Capture _capture;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
//Frame Rate
_capture = new Capture("test.avi");
Application.Idle += ProcessFrame;
}
private void ProcessFrame(object sender, EventArgs arg)
{
Image<Bgr, Byte> frame = _capture.QueryFrame();
if (frame != null)
{
image_array.Add(frame.Copy());
}
else
{
Application.Idle -= ProcessFrame;// treat as end of file
}
}
You will have to be careful of the end of the file error you will receive an error. You could always use a try
catch statement to catch the specific error it will give instead of simply terminating conversion.
If you use to use an image array you will have to loop through the file incrementing a variable and
counting the frames and then create the image array before converting the video file to an array.

[EDIT]
As requested this is a method version of retrieving all frames from a video file I have not tested this on a
large video file as I expect that the program would crash since it will require a lot of memory.

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private List<Image<Bgr, Byte>> GetVideoFrames(String Filename)

{
List<Image<Bgr,Byte>> image_array = new List<Image<Bgr,Byte>>();
Capture _capture = new Capture(Filename);
bool Reading = true;
while (Reading)
{
Image<Bgr, Byte> frame = _capture.QueryFrame();
if (frame != null)
{
image_array.Add(frame.Copy());
}
else
{
Reading = false;
}
}
return image_array;
}
Alternatively I realise you may wish to record say 10 seconds of video from a webcam so this method will
do that, I used a Stopwatch as the the while loop prohibits the use of a timer unless your multi threading
the application

private List<Image<Bgr, Byte>> GetVideoFrames(int Time_millisecounds)

{
List<Image<Bgr,Byte>> image_array = new List<Image<Bgr,Byte>>();
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch SW = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
bool Reading = true;
Capture _capture = new Capture();
SW.Start();
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while (Reading)
{
Image<Bgr, Byte> frame = _capture.QueryFrame();
if (frame != null)
{
image_array.Add(frame.Copy());
if (SW.ElapsedMilliseconds >= Time_millisecounds) Reading = false;
}
else
{
Reading = false;
}
}
return image_array;
}
and this would be called like this:
List<Image<Bgr, Byte>> Image_Array = GetVideoFrames(10000); //10 Secounds

Hope this helps,

Cheers,
Chris
edited Jan 9 '12 at 16:55

answered Dec 12 '11 at 14:56

Chris
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Thanks, I just don't want to use it in Application.Idle. I simply want to have a function that I can call
whenever I want and it returns me list of Image<Bgr,Byte> frames from given video input. tom Jan 6 '12 at
20:17
Hi I've added to code in a method that you could call, I hope this is what your after if no let me know Cheers
Chris Jan 9 '12 at 17:01

Even i faced the same issue.So i initialised another timer and provided the video save code in there.And
this timer is enabled only when the record button[The button on the form which on click record the video]
is clicked.Now i can capture video but the audio is not getting recorded.
answered Nov 10 '12 at 9:51
Ahammed
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