[mythtv-users] Mildly OT - How to extract .jpeg snapshots from recordings

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 02:16:40PM -0000, Brian Jameson wrote:
> Having created a DVD Archive of recordings I would like to obtain some
> snapshots from the original recordings to form the cover for the DVD.
> Ideally these should be .jpeg or .png. Any suggestions on how to do this
> simply with MythTV, or utilities I could install on the same box would be
> much appreciated.

Can someone who understands the builtin player comment on how hard it
would be to add a "dump a JPG file" button/command?

Cheers,
-- jra
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