ffpipe Frame Extraction

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ffpipe Frame Extraction is a paid API for AI agents from ffpipe.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13, last successful call 2026-09-07).

Extracts frames from a video source as images using configurable sampling modes, paid per job in USDC via x402

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How this service works

Extract still frames from any video as JPEG, WebP or PNG: sample many for a vision model, or grab one frame at a given timestamp (a thumbnail/poster/screenshot). Modes: every frame, every Nth, a rate in seconds, keyframes, N evenly spaced, or exact timestamps. One frame at 5s: mode=timestamps, timestamps=[5], format=jpeg. Up to 1000 frames/job; result is a manifest of frames with timestamps and download URLs, kept 24h. USDC over x402; no account; input <=100 MB.

Output

Returns a JSON object with a jobId, initial status ('queued'), and a statusUrl to poll for job completion and retrieve the extracted frame images once processing finishes.

Example use cases

Vision model scene analysis

“I need to analyze what's happening in this security camera footage — can you pull out evenly spaced frames, say 20 of them across the whole clip at https://example.com/footage.mp4, as JPEGs so I can pass them to a vision model?”

Video thumbnail generation

“Grab keyframes from this product demo video at https://mysite.com/demo.mp4 and give them back as WebP images — I want to use them as thumbnail options.”

Timestamp-specific frame capture

“I need exactly the frames at seconds 10, 45, and 120 from this interview video at https://cdn.example.com/interview.mp4 — extract those three timestamps as high-quality PNGs.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://ffpipe.dev/v1/frames?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Use this endpoint when you need to sample or extract still frames from a video in a flexible, programmatically controlled way — especially for AI vision pipelines, thumbnail generation, or frame-level analysis. Prefer interval or evenly_spaced modes for long videos to avoid hitting the 1000-frame cap. This is the right choice over general video conversion when your goal is images from video rather than a transcoded video file.

Side effects

Exceeds maxFrames limit (1000): job fails fast if the selected mode and source length would produce more than 1000 frames — a retry voucher is issued
Invalid mode/parameter combination: e.g. using 'every_nth' without 'n', 'interval' without 'fps', or 'evenly_spaced' without 'count'
Source URL unreachable or unsupported format: job fails if the video cannot be fetched or decoded
Upload window expiry: if using push intake, letting the uploadUrl expire without uploading is terminal — no refund
Payment failure: x402 payment not completed or insufficient USDC balance blocks the job from being accepted

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
n	integer	`every_nth` only: keep every Nth DECODED frame. This is a frame index, not a time - on a variable-frame-rate source the spacing in seconds varies.
fps	number	`interval` only: frames per second, framerate-independent. May be below 1 - `0.5` is one frame every two seconds.
mode	string	How to pick frames. Required - there is no default, because every possible one implies a sampling rate you did not ask for. `all` every frame; `every_nth` every Nth decoded frame (needs `n`); `interval` a fixed rate in seconds (needs `fps`, may be below 1); `keyframes` keyframes only (cheap on long sources); `evenly_spaced` N samples across the window (needs `count`); `timestamps` one frame per given second (needs `timestamps`). Every mode is bounded by `maxFrames` (1000): `all` and `interval` on a long source, and `keyframes` on a dense one, can exceed it - the job then fails fast and, being our own limit rather than your mistake, earns the usual retry voucher. For long inputs prefer `interval`, `evenly_spaced` or `timestamps`.
count	integer	`evenly_spaced` only: how many frames to spread across the window.
format	string	Image format of each frame. `jpeg` (default) is small and accepted by every vision API; `png` is lossless; `webp` splits the difference. `jpg` is accepted as a spelling of `jpeg`.
upload	boolean	Push intake: instead of a `sourceUrl`, reserve an upload window and PUT the raw bytes (<= 100 MiB, same cap) to the `uploadUrl` in the 202 before `uploadExpiresAt`. You are charged at the 202, before any bytes move: letting the window expire is a terminal `error` with no refund; a pipeline failure after your upload earns a `retryVoucher`.
endTime	number	Window end in seconds (0 = to the end). Must be greater than `startTime`; past the end of the media it is clamped.
quality	integer	Encoder quality for `jpeg`/`webp`; ignored for the lossless `png`.
maxFrames	integer	Ceiling on how many frames this job may produce, and also the hard limit: 1000 frames is what one job's flat price covers. A request whose sampling would exceed it fails before any decoding, with the predicted count in the message.
sourceUrl	string	https URL we fetch the input from. Rejected before any charge if it is not https, is an IP literal, or resolves to a localhost/.internal/.local name; redirects are followed (max 3) and every hop is re-checked. We fetch from datacenter IP ranges - hosts that block datacenter egress will fail with `ingest_failed`, so prefer a presigned URL from storage you control. Body size cap: 100 MiB by default, enforced while streaming.
startTime	number	Window start in seconds (0 = from the beginning). Applies to every mode.
timestamps	array	`timestamps` only: seconds into the source, one accurate frame each. Sorted for you. A timestamp at or past the end of the media fails the job.
maxOutputWidth	integer	Fit box width for each frame, applied to the source's DISPLAY dimensions: aspect preserved, never upscaled, oriented to the input (a portrait clip given 1920x1080 yields 1080x1920). 0 = no limit on this axis.
maxOutputHeight	integer	Fit box height. Same rules as `maxOutputWidth`.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "jobId": "6f1e28d4-3b52-4d0a-9c1f-2ab5cbe2f9c3",
    "status": "queued",
    "statusUrl": "https://ffpipe.example/v1/jobs/6f1e28d4-3b52-4d0a-9c1f-2ab5cbe2f9c3?t=9a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f9"
  }
}

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How this service works

Output

Returns a JSON object with a jobId, initial status ('queued'), and a statusUrl to poll for job completion and retrieve the extracted frame images once processing finishes.

Example use cases

Vision model scene analysis

Video thumbnail generation

“Grab keyframes from this product demo video at https://mysite.com/demo.mp4 and give them back as WebP images — I want to use them as thumbnail options.”

Timestamp-specific frame capture

“I need exactly the frames at seconds 10, 45, and 120 from this interview video at https://cdn.example.com/interview.mp4 — extract those three timestamps as high-quality PNGs.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://ffpipe.dev/v1/frames?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Side effects

Exceeds maxFrames limit (1000): job fails fast if the selected mode and source length would produce more than 1000 frames — a retry voucher is issued
Invalid mode/parameter combination: e.g. using 'every_nth' without 'n', 'interval' without 'fps', or 'evenly_spaced' without 'count'
Source URL unreachable or unsupported format: job fails if the video cannot be fetched or decoded
Upload window expiry: if using push intake, letting the uploadUrl expire without uploading is terminal — no refund
Payment failure: x402 payment not completed or insufficient USDC balance blocks the job from being accepted

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
n	integer	`every_nth` only: keep every Nth DECODED frame. This is a frame index, not a time - on a variable-frame-rate source the spacing in seconds varies.
fps	number	`interval` only: frames per second, framerate-independent. May be below 1 - `0.5` is one frame every two seconds.
mode	string	How to pick frames. Required - there is no default, because every possible one implies a sampling rate you did not ask for. `all` every frame; `every_nth` every Nth decoded frame (needs `n`); `interval` a fixed rate in seconds (needs `fps`, may be below 1); `keyframes` keyframes only (cheap on long sources); `evenly_spaced` N samples across the window (needs `count`); `timestamps` one frame per given second (needs `timestamps`). Every mode is bounded by `maxFrames` (1000): `all` and `interval` on a long source, and `keyframes` on a dense one, can exceed it - the job then fails fast and, being our own limit rather than your mistake, earns the usual retry voucher. For long inputs prefer `interval`, `evenly_spaced` or `timestamps`.
count	integer	`evenly_spaced` only: how many frames to spread across the window.
format	string	Image format of each frame. `jpeg` (default) is small and accepted by every vision API; `png` is lossless; `webp` splits the difference. `jpg` is accepted as a spelling of `jpeg`.
upload	boolean	Push intake: instead of a `sourceUrl`, reserve an upload window and PUT the raw bytes (<= 100 MiB, same cap) to the `uploadUrl` in the 202 before `uploadExpiresAt`. You are charged at the 202, before any bytes move: letting the window expire is a terminal `error` with no refund; a pipeline failure after your upload earns a `retryVoucher`.
endTime	number	Window end in seconds (0 = to the end). Must be greater than `startTime`; past the end of the media it is clamped.
quality	integer	Encoder quality for `jpeg`/`webp`; ignored for the lossless `png`.
maxFrames	integer	Ceiling on how many frames this job may produce, and also the hard limit: 1000 frames is what one job's flat price covers. A request whose sampling would exceed it fails before any decoding, with the predicted count in the message.
sourceUrl	string	https URL we fetch the input from. Rejected before any charge if it is not https, is an IP literal, or resolves to a localhost/.internal/.local name; redirects are followed (max 3) and every hop is re-checked. We fetch from datacenter IP ranges - hosts that block datacenter egress will fail with `ingest_failed`, so prefer a presigned URL from storage you control. Body size cap: 100 MiB by default, enforced while streaming.
startTime	number	Window start in seconds (0 = from the beginning). Applies to every mode.
timestamps	array	`timestamps` only: seconds into the source, one accurate frame each. Sorted for you. A timestamp at or past the end of the media fails the job.
maxOutputWidth	integer	Fit box width for each frame, applied to the source's DISPLAY dimensions: aspect preserved, never upscaled, oriented to the input (a portrait clip given 1920x1080 yields 1080x1920). 0 = no limit on this axis.
maxOutputHeight	integer	Fit box height. Same rules as `maxOutputWidth`.

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "jobId": "6f1e28d4-3b52-4d0a-9c1f-2ab5cbe2f9c3",
    "status": "queued",
    "statusUrl": "https://ffpipe.example/v1/jobs/6f1e28d4-3b52-4d0a-9c1f-2ab5cbe2f9c3?t=9a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f9"
  }
}