From jpap's thread on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137979, here is why he isn't trying to extract picture

From jpap's thread on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137979, here is why he isn't trying to extract pictures from the video buffer: The idea behind SnappyCam was also to code each picture independently, and not rely on motion prediction or video codecs. If you try and pull a single frame from a HD video you might be disappointed: they compress the YUV dynamic range (studio swing) and it looks washed out, even if you land on an i-frame