# Frame grabbing from youtube video source

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/frame-grabbing-from-youtube-video-source/1394>\
**Category:** p5.js\
**Created:** [June 30, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/frame-grabbing-from-youtube-video-source/1394 "2018-06-30T19:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![blakec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@blakec](https://discourse.processing.org/u/blakec)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/frame-grabbing-from-youtube-video-source/1394/1 "2018-06-30T19:48:53Z")

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Hi there,

Is there a way to use a Youtube streaming video in p5.js? I’d like to grab the video frame by frame, do a bit of processing on each frame and draw them on screen.

Many thanks,  
Blake

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**Author:** ![kfrajer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kfrajer/32/196_2.png) [@kfrajer](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kfrajer)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/frame-grabbing-from-youtube-video-source/1394/2 "2018-07-01T04:04:06Z")

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Hmmm what about downloading the video and loaded as a second operation in p5js. You download the video manually using google’s search wisdom.

Kf