Frame Grabber v1.0.0

Video & audio frame-grabber 2 actions MCP

Extract frames from video with ffmpeg: a fixed rate, one every N seconds, or every single frame. Runs on one video or an entire folder; source videos are never modified.

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Actions

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Grab frames from a video

grab_frames

Extract frames from one video and write numbered images to a folder.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required / default	Values and notes
`video`	path	required
`fps`	float	optional, default `1.0`
`every_n_seconds`	float	optional, default `0.0`
`format`	enum	optional, default `jpg`	`jpgpng`
`quality`	int	optional, default `90`
`scale`	int	optional, default `100`
`out_dir`	path	optional, default `""`

Outputs

Name	Type	Notes
`count`	int
`out_dir`	path
`pattern`	string

Grab frames from a folder of videos

grab_folder

Extract frames from every video in a folder (optionally recursive), all written under one output folder.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required / default	Values and notes
`folder`	path	required
`fps`	float	optional, default `1.0`
`every_n_seconds`	float	optional, default `0.0`
`format`	enum	optional, default `jpg`	`jpgpng`
`quality`	int	optional, default `90`
`scale`	int	optional, default `100`
`out_dir`	path	optional, default `""`
`recursive`	bool	optional, default `false`

Outputs

Name	Type	Notes
`count`	int
`videos`	int
`out_dir`	path

Use it

Grab frames from a video

Command line

shell

python app.py --action grab_frames --params '{"video": "D:/path/to/video"}'

Run from the app’s own folder. Single quotes work in bash and PowerShell; in cmd.exe use double quotes and escape the inner ones.

MCP tool

mcp

run_action("frame-grabber", "grab_frames", {"video": "D:/path/to/video"})

Workflow node

json

{
  "id": "n0",
  "app": "frame-grabber",
  "action": "grab_frames",
  "params": {
    "video": "D:/path/to/video"
  },
  "inputs": {}
}

Grab frames from a folder of videos

Command line

shell

python app.py --action grab_folder --params '{"folder": "D:/path/to/folder"}'

Run from the app’s own folder. Single quotes work in bash and PowerShell; in cmd.exe use double quotes and escape the inner ones.

MCP tool

mcp

run_action("frame-grabber", "grab_folder", {"folder": "D:/path/to/folder"})

Workflow node

json

{
  "id": "n0",
  "app": "frame-grabber",
  "action": "grab_folder",
  "params": {
    "folder": "D:/path/to/folder"
  },
  "inputs": {}
}

Example prompts

Things you can say to Claude, Cursor or Codex once the MCP server is registered.

grab one frame per second from clip.mp4 into D:/frames
pull a frame every 5 seconds from every video in D:/footage as PNG
extract every single frame of intro.mov