Video Timeline

Drop a folder of evenly-spaced, low-res frames from a video so they can be opened (by Claude or by the user) without processing the whole file. Cheap visual context for white-balance checks, scene scrubbing, editorial review.

Procedure

1. Inputs

Ask if not provided:

• Video — path to a video file (required).
• Frame count — default 12.
• Width — default 480 px.
• Output dir — default:
  • if invoked inside an index project, <project>/video_timeline/<video-basename>/
  • else, sibling to the source: <dir>/video_timeline/<basename>/

2. Get duration