How do I grab frames from a video stream on Windows 8 modern apps?

Question

I am trying to extract images out of a mp4 video stream. After looking stuff up, it seems like the proper way of doing that is using Media Foundations in C++ and open the frame/

Answer 1

Look at the Video Thumbnail Sample and the Source Reader documentation.

You can find sample code under SDK Root\Samples\multimedia\mediafoundation\VideoThumbnail