taking a still from a video

[udnh]

Just switched my wife's phone from an Xperia Z3 to a galaxy s8. One thing she dearly misses is the ability to capture stills from videos. This is built in Sony's video editor and seems pretty good. Can anyone recommend a good app that does that?

 

[ManiacJoe]

I was going to recommend VLC, but the android version does not have that feature.

I did find this "top 10" review:
https://itechgyd.com/best-video-editing-apps-android/

 

[udnh]

I was going to recommend VLC, but the android version does not have that feature.

I did find this "top 10" review:
https://itechgyd.com/best-video-editing-apps-android/

Thanks for the suggestions. So far I haven't found something satisfactory. One problem that keeps coming up is that all the screen captures are dated from the day of the capture, rather than of the video.

 

[ManiacJoe]

Regarding the file naming based on the capture time not the video time, I have never seen it done any other way.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Samsung used to do the same thing with their video player, could move frame by frame and save as an image. Feature got removed when they trimmed down touchwiz in an attempt to get people to quit calling it bloated. I've been searching for a good app that can do the same as well but haven't found one.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Found something useful, contains a guide too.
http://www.androidbeat.com/2015/06/grabbing-8mp-photos-4k-video-using-androvid/

 

[udnh]

Regarding the file naming based on the capture time not the video time, I have never seen it done any other way.

Not sure about the naming, but when my wife does it with her Z3, even for videos that are a couple of days old, then the pictures have the same time and date than the beginning of the video.

 

[udnh]

Found something useful, contains a guide too.
How to grab 8MP photos from 4K video on your Android phone

Just tried it and I find their frame grabbing feature really neat. Still uses the date of the grabbing rather than of the video, but so far one of the best I have tried.