How to capture a frame from video in android?

Question

Hi i have made a custom video played in android.with some simple \"play\",\"pause\",\"play again\" and \"capture\" button.NOw i have done all this functionalities except \"c

Answer 1

I too have searched the same for some days and finally i came across opencv library through that we can able to read the frames from a live video and do the operations accordingly.

I have did successfully and keeping the project in github for your reference.

https://github.com/Karthi96/Video-Recorder-with-Frames-Analysis

Let me know if you still need a help.

Answer 2

You can get a video frame with MediaMetadataRetriever. The basic usage is as follows.

MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();

// Set data source to retriever.
// From your code, you might want to use your 'String path' here.
retriever.setDataSource(yourPath);

// Get a frame in Bitmap by specifying time.
// Be aware that the parameter must be in "microseconds", not milliseconds.
Bitmap bitmap = retriever.getFrameAtTime(timeInMicroSeconds);

// Do something with your bitmap.

You might want to use FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever for better performance.