Video tools
Simple local video tasks, with no upload queue.
Video tools
3 useful little tools. All free. All yours.
About video tools
Video in the browser is constrained by which codecs the browser itself can decode, so this is a deliberately narrow set of tasks rather than a general editing suite. What works reliably is pulling a still frame out of a file you already have, using the same decoder that plays the video, without waiting in an upload queue for a job to finish.
Common reasons to reach for these
- A thumbnail or poster image is needed from a clip you already have.
- A still is needed as evidence of what a recording contains.
- A frame has to be attached to a document, ticket, or message.
- The file is too large or too sensitive to upload for a single frame.
Codec support is the real limit
The browser decodes the file with the codecs the operating system and browser provide. H.264 in MP4 is broadly supported; VP9 and AV1 depend on the browser and platform; older or unusual codecs may not decode at all. When a file fails, that is a decoder limitation rather than a problem with the file, and the same clip may work in a different browser on the same machine.
Frame accuracy
Seeking in a compressed video lands on the nearest decodable keyframe rather than an arbitrary timestamp, so an extracted still may come from slightly before the moment you aimed at. The extracted frame is saved as a PNG at the video's native resolution, so a 1080p source yields a 1920×1080 still with no upscaling.