Display video and save frames in the same time !

I want to display a video on GUI and in the same time I want it to convert video to frames and save on another folder automatically !

It's create a folder but the folder is empty ! also, I have some errors after I closed the window !

Code:

function Display_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
filename = get(handles.edit1, 'String');
if ~exist(filename, 'file')
    warndlg( 'Text in edit box is not the name of a file');
    return
  end
  try
    obj = VideoReader(filename);

    catch
      warndlg( 'File named in edit box does not appear to be a usable movie file');
      return
    end
      ax = handles.ax1;

      while hasFrame(obj)
          vidFrame = readFrame(obj);
          image(vidFrame, 'Parent', ax);
          set(ax, 'Visible', 'off');
          pause(1/obj.FrameRate);
      end
  OutVideoDir = 'Frames';
   mkdir(OutVideoDir);
      for i = 1:obj.NumberOfFrames
          img = read(obj,i);
          baseFileName = sprintf('%d.png', i); 
          fullFileName = fullfile(OutVideoDir, baseFileName); 
          imwrite(img, fullFileName);
      end

[Jan]

If you get some errors and want us to help you to fix them, it is a good idea to post the messages. Please do not let the readers guess, which problem you have and what you observe.

Answer 1

[Jan]

What does "in the same time" mean? Currently you run two loops after each other. What about inserting the code in one loop?

OutVideoDir = 'Frames';
mkdir(OutVideoDir);
ax = handles.ax1('NextPlot', 'add', 'Visible', 'off');
ImageH = image([], 'Parent', ax);
while hasFrame(obj)
   vidFrame = readFrame(obj);
   set(ImageH, 'CData', vidFrame);

     baseFileName = sprintf('%d.png', i); 
     fullFileName = fullfile(OutVideoDir, baseFileName); 
     imwrite(img, fullFileName);

     pause(1/obj.FrameRate);
  end

It is cheaper to create one image and update its CData afterwards.

[Han]

Sorry, I meant when the video display in user interface, the video will convert to frames simultaneously (user will display video and in the background of the GUI the video will convert to frames). I hope now it's clear and I'm really Sorry :/

Code:

function Display_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
filename = get(handles.edit1, 'String');
if ~exist(filename, 'file')
    warndlg( 'Text in edit box is not the name of a file');
    return
  end
  try
    obj = VideoReader(filename);

    catch
      warndlg( 'File named in edit box does not appear to be a usable movie file');
      return
    end
  OutVideoDir = 'Frames';
  mkdir(OutVideoDir);
  ax = handles.ax1('NextPlot', 'add', 'Visible', 'off');
  ImageH = image([], 'Parent', ax);
  while hasFrame(obj)
     vidFrame = readFrame(obj);
     set(ImageH, 'CData', vidFrame);
       baseFileName = sprintf('%d.png', i); 
       fullFileName = fullfile(OutVideoDir, baseFileName); 
       imwrite(img, fullFileName);
       pause(1/obj.FrameRate);
    end

I get errors:

Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

Error in trackEmpl>Display_Callback (line 153)
ax = handles.ax1('NextPlot', 'add', 'Visible', 'off');

Error in gui_mainfcn (line 95)
        feval(varargin{:});

Error in trackEmpl (line 42)
    gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});

Error in
matlab.graphics.internal.figfile.FigFile/read>@(hObject,eventdata)trackEmpl('Display_Callback',hObject,eventdata,guidata(hObject)) 
Error while evaluating UIControl Callback

I appreciate your help, thank you..

[Jan]

If handles.ax1 is the handle of an axes object, this line:

ax = handles.ax1('NextPlot', 'add', 'Visible', 'off');

tries to convert the character arrays 'NextPlot', 'add' and so on to numerical indices. You mean:

ax = handles.ax1;
set(ax, 'NextPlot', 'add', 'Visible', 'off');