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Does anyone know a mac app for converting a movie (.mov) to a series of images ? I know quicktime could do this in the olden days, but that features has been deleted.

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Yup, you still can do it with Quicktime Player. Download it from here. I believe you can also install it from the Snow Leopard install disc. I'm not sure about the Lion install download. Open the movie and click File>Export:

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Then you can select Movie to Image Sequence:

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Set your destination folder and watch Quicktime Player do its magic.

Exporting to image sequence

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What a blessing! :D Thank you so much – Nils Munch Feb 14 '12 at 19:44
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You can also use ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -r 0.05 %06d.png

-r 0.05 = 0.05 Hz = 3 images per minute. It sometimes includes a few extra frames from the start though. Without -r it saves every frame.

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There is an app called "movie2picture" in App Store.

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