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Generate a Video Filmstrip

Render one image strip of evenly spaced frames for timelines, previews, scene review or vision-model input. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

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Drop a video, adjust the defaults if you need to, and download the result here.

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BEFORE / AFTER

See what the tool changes.

A real example: the after side is the unedited output of a KinoPipe job. Run the live form above to generate the same result from your own media.

BeforeSource video
00:0000:09
00:09
AfterFilmstrip image
Ready
8 frames · one JPEG

Demo footage: public-domain timelapses (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon · NASA SVS). Processed by the same pipeline the API and MCP tools call.

Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

  • 2 to 20 frames in one image
  • One request, one file
  • Ideal for LLM vision input
What this preset does
  1. 01Probe the video duration
  2. 02Sample evenly spaced frames
  3. 03Scale each frame
  4. 04Tile one strip image
Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/video-filmstrip
Live API request
{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4" }],
  "options": { "frames": 10, "frame_width": 320 }
}
Successful output example
{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "video-filmstrip-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}

Know the boundaries before you run.

Upload files up to 300 MB or use public HTTP(S) URLs.
A successful run consumes at least one credit.

About video filmstrip

The clip duration is probed first, then frames are sampled at evenly spaced timestamps across the whole video and tiled left to right.

One image is easier to drop into a timeline UI, a review doc or a vision-model prompt. Use extract-frames when you need individual files.

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