Grab random frames from video & make a gif image - Java

Question

Hi!

I want to know if it's possible to grab random frames from a video and then "stick" these frames together to make a gif image?

I intend to achieve the above said idea by programming in Java.

What should I use? (I have no previous experience in programming involving videos, although am proficient in Java)

Answer 1

The Java Media Framework let you do this kind of things

Answer 2

Here's some source code using Xuggler that lets you get the raw images from a video. Saving to an image from Java is then pretty straightforward.

Sample Code.