Extract single frame from mpeg2

[Mostafa Z. Afgani]

J. K. Cliburn wrote:
> J. K. Cliburn wrote:
> 
>> Can Xine or Mplayer be paused and coaxed into extracting a single 
>> frame from an mpeg2 file and saving it as, say, a jpeg (or png, or 
>> gif)?  If not, can someone recommend something that can?
> 
> 
> Sometimes all it takes is to ask a question to focus the mind toward the 
> answer.
> 
> mplayer -vo jpeg /path/to/mpeg2
> 
> Doesn't do *quite* what I was looking for, but it's close enough.
> 

VLC can do exactly what you want.

-M