Video Frame Extractor

How to extract frames from video

1. Drop in your video

   Drag a video onto the box above or pick one from your disk. VidPackit reads its duration, resolution and frame rate, then shows you what it found.

2. Pick a mode and a format

   In Auto mode choose how often to capture — every 1, 2, 5, 10 or 30 seconds — and the tool tells you how many frames that will produce. In Manual mode step through the video one frame at a time. Choose JPG (smaller) or PNG (lossless) for every frame.

3. Extract and download

   Press Extract and your browser grabs each frame locally, with a progress bar. Download any single frame, or grab them all at once as a ZIP. Nothing was uploaded at any point.

When you might want to extract frames

• Thumbnails and posters

  Pull a clean still to use as a video thumbnail, a blog cover image, or a poster frame for your player.

• Reference and analysis

  Capture exact frames for reviewing footage, comparing shots, or feeding a model or document with a precise still.

• Slides and presentations

  Grab a single key moment from a screen recording or demo to drop straight into a slide deck.

• Memes and creative edits

  Freeze the perfect expression or pose and export it as a PNG ready for further editing.

If the audio is all you need from the clip, extract the audio pulls the soundtrack out as an MP3.

Want to cut the clip before grabbing stills? trim the clip trims it to the exact range you need.

Prefer a moving GIF over still frames? convert it to GIF turns the same clip into an animated GIF.

JPG vs PNG, and what you can open

Both formats are produced entirely on your device — the choice is only about quality versus file size.

JPG

Smaller files with efficient compression. Saved at quality 92, which keeps detail while staying light. Best when you need many frames or want to save space.

PNG

Lossless, pixel-perfect frames with no compression artifacts. Larger files, but every pixel matches the source. Best when accuracy matters more than size.

Input

Anything your browser can decode: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG-TS and the usual video files.

Browsers only decode what their stack supports, so a file your browser cannot open simply cannot be processed here.

Privacy and security

Extraction happens inside the page you have open. Your video is read with the File API, decoded by your browser through WebCodecs, drawn to a canvas and written back as images on your device. No copy goes to VidPackit or anywhere else.

You can check that yourself in about a minute:

• Open the Network tab in your browser dev tools, then extract frames. No request carries your video data.
• Turn off your Wi-Fi after the page has loaded. The tool keeps working, because it does not need a connection.
• Close the tab and the file is gone. Nothing is kept on a server because nothing was ever uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

Is the frame extractor free?

Yes. No account, no payment step, no daily limit and no watermark on the frames. Extract as many as your device can handle.

Are my videos uploaded anywhere?

No. Decoding and drawing run in your browser with WebCodecs, so the file never leaves your device. The privacy section above lists two ways to verify that yourself.

Which format should I pick, JPG or PNG?

Pick JPG when you want smaller files or need a lot of frames — it is saved at quality 92. Pick PNG when you need the frame to be pixel-perfect and lossless; the files are larger but every pixel matches the source.

Which browsers work?

Desktop Chrome and Edge. They ship the complete WebCodecs support this kind of in-browser decoding needs. Other browsers show a warning above the tool.