Lintel

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Lintel is a Python module that decodes frames from video files by calling the FFmpeg C API directly. It was built to read video quickly and pass it as NumPy arrays in deep learning training pipelines, and it can extract only specified frames without decoding the whole file. Its distinguishing feature is finer control over the decoding process than OpenCV's VideoCapture.

A Python module to decode video frames directly, using the FFmpeg C API.

See also

• FFmpeg
• Python

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