H264 ByteStream To Image Files

first time here so be gentle. I've been working for a few weeks on a given H.264 byte stream: General notes: The Byte Stream is not from a file, it is being fed live to me from an

Solution 1:

Converting the frames of the H264 stream to a saveable picture file (png/jpeg etc')

Assuming you are using the ffmpeg cli tool.

Single image:

ffmpeg -framerate 25 -i input.h264 -frames:v 1 output.png

Single image at 01:23:45 timestamp:

ffmpeg -framerate 24 -i input.h264 -ss 01:23:45 -frames:v 1 output.png

All images. Will be named output_0001.png, output_0002.png, output_0003.png, etc. No need to set -framerate or -frames:v in this case.

ffmpeg -i input.h264 output_%04d.png

See FFmpeg image muxer for more info.

Converting the H264 raw bytes into a MP4 stream that can be played as source by a browser.

ffmpeg -framerate 24000/1001 -i input.h264 -c copy -movflags +faststart output.mp4