How to video frame capture?

What's the best way to capture an individual frame(s) of a video as a jpg file
I read somewhere that you can do this with Quicktime pro, but have not been able to confirm.
there are other software applications available, such as "video frame capture for mac" for $25.
Would prefer some freeware if possible.
Thanks!

You've posted in the Windows side of these Discussions pages but list a Mac profile.
Open the QuickTime file with the free QuickTime Player.
Position the "playhead" (movie controller) on the frame you want to capture. Right/left arrow keys step one frame at a time.
Command-C (Control-C for Windows) to get a capture. To get a larger sized image use the grow window (lower right corner of the Player window) and drag it down and to the right.
Open an image editing app, size a new document to the dimensions of your capture and "paste". Save as to any format you desire.

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LR 5.5 - Cannot export/publish to HDD or Flickr from video frame capture - "An internal error has occurred: assertion failed"

Basically as the title states, I cannot publish a set of photos that originated as video frame captures, whether to my hard drive or using a service plugin for Flickr. I have tried multiple publish service plugins for Flickr and everything fails precisely the same way. This only happens when I add photos to the collection that are JPG's derived from video, and it only started doing this recently. I have other frame captures that I uploaded just fine, but it appears that nothing from the set I worked on the other day wants to upload. Other NEF-derived photos from the same set work just fine.
All I get is a Warning dialog stating that an error has occurred while the main dialog stops on "Preparing to export...", then it kicks me back with no action taken when I click OK. The status in the upper left says "Updating Published Collections". If I remove the new frame capture photo, it works fine, but as soon as I add one to the collection, it fails to publish.
I updated from 5.4 to 5.5, tried new publish plugins, completely removed and recreated my local profile, reimported my catalog, all to no avail. Everything worked fine two days ago, then when I went to upload my latest edits yesterday, I started receiving the error and have had no luck fixing it.
I used debugView to capture a log as the error occurred, so I can provide that for a developer or support contact if required.
EDIT: I just tried choosing some different photos in the set, and most appear to work, so it is just some particular images that it does not like. I will try to narrow it down.
Message was edited by: Andrew Morton

I narrowed it down to one photo in particular that it does not like. It's not a deal-breaker, but I am still curious what is going on that is causing that one photo being in a set to break the publish process

Video frame capture SW?

I need to capture still video frames from a couple movies to use the graphics for DVD labels. I need software that is freeware or dirt cheap as I wont be doing this again.
Xilisoft.com makes such software but I dont want to spend $30 for something I use once. Its trial version slaps their logo on everything making it useless.
Any ideas? I really dont want to use "Grab" if I dont have to.
Suggestions?

MPEG Streamclip will do this. It is free from Squared 5.
Drag your file into MPEG Streamclip. Move the playhead to the frame you want. Then FILE/EXPORT STILL FRAME. Select JPEG PNG or TIFF and save to location of your choice.

Video Frame Capture

Can you capture individual video frames for sharing or printing using Premiere Elements?

I am with you pal. Jpeg never has the same quality as an original when viewed up close, and discerning pros will definitely be looking close. However, when outputting your work, always consider your target. I do a lot of posts to my Facebook with photographs. I start with 8megapixel images, crop and enlarge in camera raw, clean some dust, save them in TIFF, then run automation actions in photoshop to add watermarks and save for web, with settings that are conducive to the type of image (action still, steady still, noise reduced still), which saves as Jpeg in a 1920x1080 or similar size based on the crop. This saves a high def image with some smoothing of the pixels, with a standardized internet rgb color balance. It holds fairly close to the real file, and from screen size, it's really difficult to tell a difference without pressing your face against the screen. By compressing with the save for web, I can control the smooth\sharp compression artifacts to a greater degree, and I can ensure a smaller file size for use on the web. Since most of my audience will sit back and enjoy (i.e., not the most discerning of eyes and not pressing faces against their screen), Jpeg will do fine.
As for screen caps from video... ...they are never clear when using a single frame. If you can find two or more frames that don't have motion, export all of them, and have them process together, like with photoshop auto blend, you can usually get better results. Personally, I process each as an HDR. The best way I've found for extracting the frames is to create a dupe sequence, then add edit marks around the frames you want, export that to AE, and have AE export to image files as TIFF. Then I go to work. I dupe each frame at least twice, and process dark, and light, adding clarity and processing for the detail in each, then I process the main image for the smoother details like solids or skin tones, and combine each set to make an HDR, then I stack the TIFFs again, auto blend and make any adjustments to get the detail.
I use this when making the main menus of some video discs. It's an emotional linkup when you're working on a family oriented project (wedding, bar\bat mitzvah, christening, baptism, etc), and it always ups the sell when you show the previews. On faster systems this doesn't take long, but on my mobile setup, the processing takes hours, while the actual work is more like minutes. It results in great images, with exceptional clarity. Even when compressed, they retain better sharpness.

Video frame capture/save/ftp/repeat ad infinitum

I am looking for MacIntosh software with the following capability.
1. Capture one frame of video as a JPG from a DV cam
2. Automatically adjust the captured jpg to a particular specified size
3. Automatically place this jpg in a specified folder with a computer generated name
4. Automatically upload this jpg to a specified FTP location.
5. Automatically repeat this process every 10 minutes
6. Runs indefinently
OS 10.3.9 preferred but any later level OK.
This software must exist but I have only been able to find software which does pieces of this process. I have found this software for Windows!
This is intended for use as a "weather cam" but it would also be useful for security applications.

I am looking for MacIntosh software with the following capability.
1. Capture one frame of video as a JPG from a DV cam
2. Automatically adjust the captured jpg to a particular specified size
3. Automatically place this jpg in a specified folder with a computer generated name
4. Automatically upload this jpg to a specified FTP location.
5. Automatically repeat this process every 10 minutes
6. Runs indefinently
OS 10.3.9 preferred but any later level OK.
This software must exist but I have only been able to find software which does pieces of this process. I have found this software for Windows!
This is intended for use as a "weather cam" but it would also be useful for security applications.

This is how you extract frames from video

right then, in answer to many posts about how to get the individual frames from video, here is my solution. it seems to work with mpg files but it doesnt seem to work with any of the avi files i tried. not sure why it doesnt work with those. i have modified javas frame access.
nothing is displayed except it prints which frame it is doing.
if anyone wants to improve it, please do. i still dont understand fully how it works so i probably wont be able to answer many questions about it. anyway here it is:
* @(#)FrameAccess.java 1.5 01/03/13
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import java.awt.*;
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.control.TrackControl;
import javax.media.Format;
import javax.media.format.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.imageio.stream.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.media.util.*;
* Sample program to access individual video frames by using a
* "pass-thru" codec. The codec is inserted into the data flow
* path. As data pass through this codec, a callback is invoked
* for each frame of video data.
public class FrameAccess implements ControllerListener {
     Processor p;
     Object waitSync = new Object();
     boolean stateTransitionOK = true;
     public boolean alreadyPrnt = false;
     * Given a media locator, create a processor and use that processor
     * as a player to playback the media.
     * During the processor's Configured state, two "pass-thru" codecs,
     * PreAccessCodec and PostAccessCodec, are set on the video track.
     * These codecs are used to get access to individual video frames
     * of the media.
     * Much of the code is just standard code to present media in JMF.
     public boolean open(MediaLocator ml) {
          try {
               p = Manager.createProcessor(ml);
          } catch (Exception e) {
               System.err.println(
                    "Failed to create a processor from the given url: " + e);
               return false;
          p.addControllerListener(this);
          // Put the Processor into configured state.
          p.configure();
          if (!waitForState(Processor.Configured)) {
               System.err.println("Failed to configure the processor.");
               return false;
          // So I can use it as a player.
          p.setContentDescriptor(null);
          // Obtain the track controls.
          TrackControl tc[] = p.getTrackControls();
          if (tc == null) {
               System.err.println(
                    "Failed to obtain track controls from the processor.");
               return false;
          // Search for the track control for the video track.
          TrackControl videoTrack = null;
          for (int i = 0; i < tc.length; i++) {
               if (tc.getFormat() instanceof VideoFormat) videoTrack = tc[i];
               else     tc[i].setEnabled(false);
          if (videoTrack == null) {
               System.err.println("The input media does not contain a video track.");
               return false;
          String videoFormat = videoTrack.getFormat().toString();
          Dimension videoSize = parseVideoSize(videoFormat);
          System.err.println("Video format: " + videoFormat);
          // Instantiate and set the frame access codec to the data flow path.
          try {
               Codec codec[] = { new PostAccessCodec(videoSize)};
               videoTrack.setCodecChain(codec);
          } catch (UnsupportedPlugInException e) {
               System.err.println("The process does not support effects.");
          // Realize the processor.
          p.prefetch();
          if (!waitForState(Processor.Prefetched)) {
               System.err.println("Failed to realise the processor.");
               return false;
          p.start();
          return true;
     /**parse the size of the video from the string videoformat*/
     public Dimension parseVideoSize(String videoSize){
          int x=300, y=200;
          StringTokenizer strtok = new StringTokenizer(videoSize, ", ");
          strtok.nextToken();
          String size = strtok.nextToken();
          StringTokenizer sizeStrtok = new StringTokenizer(size, "x");
          try{
               x = Integer.parseInt(sizeStrtok.nextToken());
               y = Integer.parseInt(sizeStrtok.nextToken());
          } catch (NumberFormatException e){
               System.out.println("unable to find video size, assuming default of 300x200");
          System.out.println("Image width = " + String.valueOf(x) +"\nImage height = "+ String.valueOf(y));
          return new Dimension(x, y);
     * Block until the processor has transitioned to the given state.
     * Return false if the transition failed.
     boolean waitForState(int state) {
          synchronized (waitSync) {
               try {
                    while (p.getState() != state && stateTransitionOK)
                         waitSync.wait();
               } catch (Exception e) {
          return stateTransitionOK;
     * Controller Listener.
     public void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent evt) {
          if (evt instanceof ConfigureCompleteEvent
               || evt instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent
               || evt instanceof PrefetchCompleteEvent) {
               synchronized (waitSync) {
                    stateTransitionOK = true;
                    waitSync.notifyAll();
          } else if (evt instanceof ResourceUnavailableEvent) {
               synchronized (waitSync) {
                    stateTransitionOK = false;
                    waitSync.notifyAll();
          } else if (evt instanceof EndOfMediaEvent) {
               p.close();
               System.exit(0);
     * Main program
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          if (args.length == 0) {
               prUsage();
               System.exit(0);
          String url = args[0];
          if (url.indexOf(":") < 0) {
               prUsage();
               System.exit(0);
          MediaLocator ml;
          if ((ml = new MediaLocator(url)) == null) {
               System.err.println("Cannot build media locator from: " + url);
               System.exit(0);
          FrameAccess fa = new FrameAccess();
          if (!fa.open(ml))
               System.exit(0);
     static void prUsage() {
          System.err.println("Usage: java FrameAccess <url>");
     * Inner class.
     * A pass-through codec to access to individual frames.
     public class PreAccessCodec implements Codec {
          * Callback to access individual video frames.
          void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
               // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
               // data length.
               long t = (long) (frame.getTimeStamp() / 10000000f);
               System.err.println(
                    "Pre: frame #: "
                         + frame.getSequenceNumber()
                         + ", time: "
                         + ((float) t) / 100f
                         + ", len: "
                         + frame.getLength());
          * The code for a pass through codec.
          // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
          protected Format supportedIns[] = new Format[] { new VideoFormat(null)};
          // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
          protected Format supportedOuts[] = new Format[] { new VideoFormat(null)};
          Format input = null, output = null;
          public String getName() {
               return "Pre-Access Codec";
          //these dont do anything
          public void open() {}
          public void close() {}
          public void reset() {}
          public Format[] getSupportedInputFormats() {
               return supportedIns;
          public Format[] getSupportedOutputFormats(Format in) {
               if (in == null)
                    return supportedOuts;
               else {
                    // If an input format is given, we use that input format
                    // as the output since we are not modifying the bit stream
                    // at all.
                    Format outs[] = new Format[1];
                    outs[0] = in;
                    return outs;
          public Format setInputFormat(Format format) {
               input = format;
               return input;
          public Format setOutputFormat(Format format) {
               output = format;
               return output;
          public int process(Buffer in, Buffer out) {
               // This is the "Callback" to access individual frames.
               accessFrame(in);
               // Swap the data between the input & output.
               Object data = in.getData();
               in.setData(out.getData());
               out.setData(data);
               // Copy the input attributes to the output
               out.setFlags(Buffer.FLAG_NO_SYNC);
               out.setFormat(in.getFormat());
               out.setLength(in.getLength());
               out.setOffset(in.getOffset());
               return BUFFER_PROCESSED_OK;
          public Object[] getControls() {
               return new Object[0];
          public Object getControl(String type) {
               return null;
     public class PostAccessCodec extends PreAccessCodec {
          // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
          public PostAccessCodec(Dimension size) {
               supportedIns = new Format[] { new RGBFormat()};
               this.size = size;
          * Callback to access individual video frames.
          void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
               // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
               // data length.
               if (!alreadyPrnt) {
                    BufferToImage stopBuffer = new BufferToImage((VideoFormat) frame.getFormat());
                    Image stopImage = stopBuffer.createImage(frame);
                    try {
                         BufferedImage outImage = new BufferedImage(size.width, size.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
                         Graphics og = outImage.getGraphics();
                         og.drawImage(stopImage, 0, 0, size.width, size.height, null);
                         //prepareImage(outImage,rheight,rheight, null);
                         Iterator writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("jpg");
                         ImageWriter writer = (ImageWriter) writers.next();
                         //Once an ImageWriter has been obtained, its destination must be set to an ImageOutputStream:
                         File f = new File(frame.getSequenceNumber() + ".jpg");
                         ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(f);
                         writer.setOutput(ios);
                         //Finally, the image may be written to the output stream:
                         //BufferedImage bi;
                         //writer.write(imagebi);
                         writer.write(outImage);
                         ios.close();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                         System.out.println("Error :" + e);
               //alreadyPrnt = true;
               long t = (long) (frame.getTimeStamp() / 10000000f);
               System.err.println(
                    "Post: frame #: "
                         + frame.getSequenceNumber()
                         + ", time: "
                         + ((float) t) / 100f
                         + ", len: "
                         + frame.getLength());
          public String getName() {
               return "Post-Access Codec";
          private Dimension size;

The quality of the produced video from this example is very poor.
It comes to huuuuge surprise the following fact.
If you comment the line where you set the PostAccessCodec, the chain of the codecs is:
MPEG-1 decoder -> YUV2RGB -> Direct Draw Renderer. ( The one used from the system to decode and render)
If you run the example purely as is above you get the following sequence(as long with the poor quality):
MPEG-1 decoder -> YUV2RGB -> Windows GDI Renderer.
So you say lets set another Renderer. So
you add the following line videoTracker.setRenderer( new DDRenderer() )
What comes to a surprise is the following chain of codecs:
MPEG-1 decoder -> YUV2RGB -> Post Codec -> Java RGB Converter - > DDRenderer
The quality now may be perfect but video runs to slow. The surprising thing here is that even though we have set the outputFormat of the PostAccessFrame codec to RGBFormat the system converts it again to RGB through codec Java RGB Format.
After searching a lot and reaching the conclusion that the deference between the 2 RGB's is their sizes I sudently was brought in front of a method called grabFrame(). Bels started ringing inside my head. Starts were comming up. Looking at the definition of the class com.sun.media.renderer.video.DDRenderer I descovered that this damn class implements the FrameGrabbingControl Interface. What the f.....? The problem that consumed 4 days of my life and multiplied with 10 to give hours has finally come to an and.
Summing up the solution for grabbing frames is this!!!!!
DDRenderer renderer = new DDRenderer();
videoTrack.setRenderer( renderer );
and in your actionPerformed implementation
FrameGrabbingControl fr = (FrameGrabbingControl)renderer.getControl( "javax.media.control.FrameGrabbingControl");
Buffer frame = fr.grabFrame();
The following stuff ...are stated in FrameAccess
--Sniper

How to use the frameaccess code to convert video frames to jpeg files

Hello everyone. I am working on a project on video processing, and i need to be able to do image processing on individual video frames. However, to do this, I need to convert the frames to an appropriate format, namely jpeg. It is actually the conversion from buffer frame to BufferedImage that is important, as i already have an approximate knowledge of filewriter for the saving of already rendered file.
The original frameaccess code can be found here: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/solutions/FrameAccess.html
there are several other threads tied to this topic, some of which do not work for me, or simply do not suit my needs, so please do not link me to them unless you are sure its the real solution.
if any one could help me by showing me the way of doing it correctly, and maybe give a nice short explanation, i would be very grateful.
Thanks you.
P.s: i am only a beginner to intermediate student in java and programming in general so...

Here is the code i am currently using.
package Test;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.control.TrackControl;
import javax.media.Format;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.bean.playerbean.MediaPlayer;
import javax.media.util.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.media.control.FrameGrabbingControl;
* Sample program to access individual video frames by using a
* "pass-thru" codec. The codec is inserted into the data flow
* path. As data pass through this codec, a callback is invoked
* for each frame of video data.
public class FrameAccess extends Frame implements ControllerListener {
Processor p;
Object waitSync = new Object();
boolean stateTransitionOK = true;
* Given a media locator, create a processor and use that processor
* as a player to playback the media.
* During the processor's Configured state, two "pass-thru" codecs,
* PreAccessCodec and PostAccessCodec, are set on the video track.
* These codecs are used to get access to individual video frames
* of the media.
* Much of the code is just standard code to present media in JMF.
public boolean open(MediaLocator ml) {
     try {
     p = Manager.createProcessor(ml);
     } catch (Exception e) {
     System.err.println("Failed to create a processor from the given url: " + e);
     return false;
     p.addControllerListener(this);
     // Put the Processor into configured state.
     p.configure();
     if (!waitForState(p.Configured)) {
     System.err.println("Failed to configure the processor.");
     return false;
     // So I can use it as a player.
     p.setContentDescriptor(null);
     // Obtain the track controls.
     TrackControl tc[] = p.getTrackControls();
     if (tc == null) {
     System.err.println("Failed to obtain track controls from the processor.");
     return false;
     // Search for the track control for the video track.
     TrackControl videoTrack = null;
     for (int i = 0; i < tc.length; i++) {
     if (tc.getFormat() instanceof VideoFormat) {
          videoTrack = tc[i];
          break;
     if (videoTrack == null) {
     System.err.println("The input media does not contain a video track.");
     return false;
     System.err.println("Video format: " + videoTrack.getFormat());
     // Instantiate and set the frame access codec to the data flow path.
     try {
     Codec codec[] = { new PreAccessCodec(),
                    new PostAccessCodec()};
     videoTrack.setCodecChain(codec);
     } catch (UnsupportedPlugInException e) {
     System.err.println("The process does not support effects.");
     // Realize the processor.
     p.prefetch();
     if (!waitForState(p.Prefetched)) {
     System.err.println("Failed to realize the processor.");
     return false;
     // Display the visual & control component if there's one.
     setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     Component cc;
     Component vc;
     if ((vc = p.getVisualComponent()) != null) {
     add("Center", vc);
     if ((cc = p.getControlPanelComponent()) != null) {
     add("South", cc);
     // Start the processor.
     p.start();
     setVisible(true);
     return true;
public void addNotify() {
     super.addNotify();
     pack();
* Block until the processor has transitioned to the given state.
* Return false if the transition failed.
boolean waitForState(int state) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
     try {
          while (p.getState() != state && stateTransitionOK)
          waitSync.wait();
     } catch (Exception e) {}
     return stateTransitionOK;
* Controller Listener.
public void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent evt) {
     if (evt instanceof ConfigureCompleteEvent ||
     evt instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent ||
     evt instanceof PrefetchCompleteEvent) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
          stateTransitionOK = true;
          waitSync.notifyAll();
     } else if (evt instanceof ResourceUnavailableEvent) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
          stateTransitionOK = false;
          waitSync.notifyAll();
     } else if (evt instanceof EndOfMediaEvent) {
     p.close();
     System.exit(0);
* Main program
public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException {
     /*if (args.length == 0) {
     prUsage();
     System.exit(0);
     //String url = args[0];
     String url = new String ("file:D:FiMs/avpr.avi");
     if (url.indexOf(":") < 0) {
     prUsage();
     System.exit(0);
     MediaLocator ml;
     //MediaPlayer mp1 = new javax.media.bean.playerbean.MediaPlayer();
     //mp1.setMediaLocation(new java.lang.String("file:D:/FiMs/299_01_hi.mpg"));
     //mp1.start();
     if ((ml = new MediaLocator(url)) == null) {
     System.err.println("Cannot build media locator from: " + url);
     System.exit(0);
     FrameAccess fa = new FrameAccess();
     if (!fa.open(ml))
     System.exit(0);
static void prUsage() {
     System.err.println("Usage: java FrameAccess <url>");
* Inner class.
* A pass-through codec to access to individual frames.
public class PreAccessCodec implements Codec {
* Callback to access individual video frames.
     void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
     // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
     // data length.
     long t = (long)(frame.getTimeStamp()/10000000f);
     System.err.println("Pre: frame #: " + frame.getSequenceNumber() +
               ", time: " + ((float)t)/100f +
               ", len: " + frame.getLength());
     * The code for a pass through codec.
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     protected Format supportedIns[] = new Format [] {
     new VideoFormat(null)
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     protected Format supportedOuts[] = new Format [] {
     new VideoFormat(null)
     Format input = null, output = null;
     public String getName() {
     return "Pre-Access Codec";
     // No op.
public void open() {
     // No op.
     public void close() {
     // No op.
     public void reset() {
     public Format [] getSupportedInputFormats() {
     return supportedIns;
     public Format [] getSupportedOutputFormats(Format in) {
     if (in == null)
          return supportedOuts;
     else {
          // If an input format is given, we use that input format
          // as the output since we are not modifying the bit stream
          // at all.
          Format outs[] = new Format[1];
          outs[0] = in;
          return outs;
     public Format setInputFormat(Format format) {
     input = format;
     return input;
     public Format setOutputFormat(Format format) {
     output = format;
     return output;
     public int process(Buffer in, Buffer out) {
     // This is the "Callback" to access individual frames.
     accessFrame(in);
     // Swap the data between the input & output.
     Object data = in.getData();
     in.setData(out.getData());
     out.setData(data);
     // Copy the input attributes to the output
     out.setFormat(in.getFormat());
     out.setLength(in.getLength());
     out.setOffset(in.getOffset());
     return BUFFER_PROCESSED_OK;
     public Object[] getControls() {
     return new Object[0];
     public Object getControl(String type) {
     return null;
public class PostAccessCodec extends PreAccessCodec {
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     public PostAccessCodec() {
     supportedIns = new Format [] {
          new RGBFormat()
* Callback to access individual video frames.
     void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
     // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.control.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.util.*;
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however, i am unable to use it together with my code... i m not even sure if im using it at the right place.. (note that u will have to discard some lines from the second code, because it is actually grabbing frames from a webcam in that example)
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=
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DENSE
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