Batch convert video files to frames

export-frames.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Batch convert video files to frames 
# script by Harrison Lingren

for file in Video/*; 
do
    echo ">  Parsing file: $file";
    if [ ! -d "${file:6:4}" ]; then
        echo ">  Creating directory ${file:6:4}...";
        mkdir "./${file:6:4}";
    fi
    echo ">  Saving to: ${file:6:4}/%04d.jpg";
    ffmpeg -i "$file" -r 3 ${file:6:4}/%04d.jpg;
done

Requires ffmpeg to run. Save your video files in a Videos/ directory next to the script. Output will be split to directories using the first 4 characters of the video name as directory names.