video-content-extractor
Extract key frames from MP4 videos at configurable intervals, run Tesseract OCR, and generate structured Markdown reports with video metadata and timestamped text transcripts.
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill video-content-extractor --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Video Content Extractor ## Overview Automatically extracts key frames from MP4 video files at configurable time intervals, performs OCR text recognition on each frame, and generates a structured Markdown report. The report includes video metadata (duration, resolution, codecs) and frame-by-frame OCR transcripts with timestamp references. This skill is designed for Codex CLI and requires FFmpeg and Tesseract OCR installed on the local machine. ## When to Use This Skill - Use when you need to extract text content from video presentations, lectures, or screencasts. - Use when you want to create searchable transcripts from video files without embedded subtitles. - Use when you need to analyze video content programmatically and generate structured summaries. - Use when the user asks to "read what is on screen" or "extract the content from this video." ## How It Works ### Step 1: Analyze Video Metadata The skill uses ffprobe to extract video metadata: duration, resolution, frame rate, codec information, and file size. ### Step 2: Extract Key Frames Using FFmpeg, the skill captures frames at the configured interval (default: every 30 seconds). Each frame is saved as a timestamped JPEG i
- Overview
- When to Use This Skill
- How It Works
- Step 1: Analyze Video Metadata
- Step 2: Extract Key Frames
- Step 3: OCR Text Recognition
- Step 4: Generate Markdown Report
- Examples
- Example 1: Basic Extraction
- Example 2: Custom Interval
- Example 3: Bilingual Content
- Best Practices
- Limitations
- Security and Safety Notes
What does the video-content-extractor skill do?
Extract key frames from MP4 videos at configurable intervals, run Tesseract OCR, and generate structured Markdown reports with video metadata and timestamped text transcripts.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill video-content-extractor --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.