Using ffmpeg to extract every n frames from a given range of an m2ts video

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To extract every second from a specific segment of a video using FFmpeg, the command should include the -ss option to specify the start time and the -t option to define the duration. For a video titled myvideo.m2ts, to extract frames from 54 minutes to 55 minutes, the command would be: ffmpeg -ss 3240 -t 60 -i myvideo.m2ts -r 1 output_%04d.png. This effectively captures one frame per second for the desired one-minute interval.
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I have a video titled myvideo.m2ts that is 2 hours long at 60 fps. I would like to extract every second from 54 min to 55 min via ffmpeg. It looks like I would execute something similar to this: ffmpeg -i myvideo.m2ts -r 1 output_%04d.png except this will run the entire video. Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
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Use the -ss option before the -i option like:
Code:
ffmpeg -ss 3240 -i myvideo.m2ts -r 1 output_%04d.png
as described in the online manual: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#toc-Main-options

Edit: oh, you only want 1 minute: use the -t option as well:
Code:
ffmpeg -ss 3240 -t 60 -i myvideo.m2ts -r 1 output_%04d.png
 
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Amazing, thanks so much!
 
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