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/AVFoundation/Extract video frames
Required plugins for this example: MBS AVFoundation Plugin, MBS MacCG Plugin, MBS MacCF Plugin, MBS Main Plugin, MBS MacBase Plugin
Last modified Sat, 3rd May 2019.
You find this example project in your MBS Xojo Plugin download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /AVFoundation/Extract video frames
Download this example: Extract video frames.zip
Project "Extract video frames.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
EventHandler Sub Open()
dim av as new MyAVFoundationMBS
// load a movie
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.mov")
dim a as AVAssetMBS = AVAssetMBS.assetWithFile(f)
// wait for loading?
dim e as NSErrorMBS
'dim status as integer = a.statusOfValueForKey("duration", e)
'while status = a.AVKeyValueStatusLoading
'status = a.statusOfValueForKey("duration", e)
'wend
// create an asset reader
dim ar as new AVAssetReaderMBS(a, e)
if e <> nil then
MsgBox e.localizedDescription
Return
end if
// find the video track
dim VideoTracks() as AVAssetTrackMBS = a.tracksWithMediaType(av.AVMediaTypeVideo)
dim VideoTrack as AVAssetTrackMBS = VideoTracks(0)
// setup track output
dim d as new Dictionary
d.Value(CVPixelBufferMBS.kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey) = CVPixelBufferMBS.kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB
dim arto as new AVAssetReaderTrackOutputMBS(VideoTrack, d)
ar.addOutput arto
// start it!
ar.startReading
dim folder as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child(f.name+" frames")
folder.CreateAsFolder
// look over track and get all samples and write them to disk as jpg files
dim n as integer = 0
while ar.status = ar.AVAssetReaderStatusReading
dim b as CMSampleBufferMBS = arto.NextSampleBuffer
if b <> nil then
dim buf as CVImageBufferMBS = b.ImageBuffer
if buf <> nil then
'dim ci as CIImageMBS = buf.CIImage
'dim nsi as NSImageMBS = buf.NSImage
'dim pic as Picture = nsi.CopyPicture
dim jpegData as MemoryBlock = buf.JPEG
n = n + 1
if jpegData <> nil then
dim name as string = str(n, "00000")+".jpg"
dim file as FolderItem = folder.child(name)
dim bb as BinaryStream = BinaryStream.Create(file, true)
bb.Write jpegData
end if
end if
end if
wend
End EventHandler
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
Class MyAVFoundationMBS Inherits AVFoundationMBS
End Class
End Project
Download this example: Extract video frames.zip
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