Taking a frame from imported video in extension panel

[dpt12]

Hey,

I'm building a custom panel and I need to show a frame of an imported video inside my panel.

I have the following within my panel context -

    - the path to the target video file

    - imported that video into the project

Is there a way to do it?

[Bruce Bullis]

Any reason you can't open the media, to that frame, in the Source monitor? 

[dpt12]

I can do that. But then, say I paused at a certain frame in the Source monitor, can I access the time of that frame, relative to the source video?

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

How to get current time, from Source monitor: https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/Samples/blob/6882de3e9919f458d4f6e30b0e1cf1a73365cc01/PProPanel/jsx/PPR...

You may have to do some math, based on in point and starting time code.

[dpt12]

Hey, I succeeded capturing current time from source monitor. But I also need the actual frame, I can take a frame from active sequence via exportFrameJPEG method on activeSequence object, is there a way to do the same with sourceMonitor object? 

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

You could transcode the projectItem (or source media, if it's not a project item), using a .jpg output preset (.epr file), and a very short time range (one frame).

[dpt12]

thanks. using transcode requires Adobe Media Encoder. is there a way to get a frame from a source video without a mediator? from the panel.

thanks

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

Programmatic rendering requires AME (for which every PPro user is licensed); no, there is no way to get that source frame, without transcoding.