---
title: "Extract frames from videos"
description: "Pull frames from video files at specified intervals for analysis, thumbnails, or training data."
url: "https://www.pixeltable.com/notebooks/video-extract-frames"
updated: "2026-09-03"
---

# Extract frames from videos

Pull frames from video files at specified intervals for analysis, thumbnails, or training data.

- **Type:** Notebook
- **Group:** Video

## How it works

You create a view with a frame_iterator that automatically extracts frames from each video. New videos are processed without extra code.

## What it covers

- Extract frames at a fixed rate (FPS)
- Extract a specific number of frames
- Extract only keyframes for efficiency

## What it uses

- **Install:** `pip install pixeltable`
- **Pixeltable calls:** `video.frame_iterator()`, `pxt.create_table()`, `pxt.create_view()`, `insert()`

## Open it

- **Open in Colab:** https://colab.research.google.com/github/pixeltable/pixeltable/blob/release/docs/release/howto/cookbooks/video/video-extract-frames.ipynb
- **Docs page:** https://docs.pixeltable.com/howto/cookbooks/video/video-extract-frames
- **Source on GitHub:** https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/blob/release/docs/release/howto/cookbooks/video/video-extract-frames.ipynb