This is a simple c++ program to grab jpeg images from VDR-Recordings. It's based on vdrsync.pl and ffmain, and was design as little study to enhance xxv. vdr2jpeg are used from xxv to generated preview images of recordings. Requirements ------------- ffmpeg-svn (tested with r15589) Recommended ------------ ffmpeg as shared libary and with software scaler $ cd ffmpeg && \ ./configure --enable-shared --enable-swscale && \ make && \ make install Installation ------------ to build, type simple $ make all for install on /usr/bin/local : $ make install or build with more diagnostic $ make all DEBUG=1 or to link vdr2jpeg static, if your want that no external libraries are needed at run-time $ make all STATIC=1 Usage ---------- $ ./vdr2jpeg Usage: ./vdr2jpeg -r recordings : VDR recording folder -f frame : wanted frame (resolution at PAL - 1/25s) -o outdirectory : output folder -x 160 : scaled width of output image -y 120 : scaled height of output image -s 5000 : frame range, started at wanted frame (e.g 500 : 20s) -i 25 : space beetween frames at selected range (resolution at PAL - 1/25s) -c 5 : number of extracted frames of an recording or within the selected range e.g. to extract frames 5000,10000,15000 (at 3,6,9 Minutes) $ vdr2jpeg -r /video/Auf_der_Flucht/2004-12-28.22:10.50.99.rec \ -f 5000 -f 10000 -f 15000 same using with selected span of frames $ vdr2jpeg -r /video/Auf_der_Flucht/2004-12-28.22:10.50.99.rec \ -f 5000 -s 10000 -i 5000