# Labeling avi and mp4 video images

**URL:** <https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labeling-avi-and-mp4-video-images/3122>\
**Category:** 🤝  Community Help\
**Tags:** formats\
**Created:** [September 4, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labeling-avi-and-mp4-video-images/3122 "2023-09-04T01:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Petronelli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/paul_petronelli/32/2730_2.png) [@Paul\_Petronelli](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Paul_Petronelli)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labeling-avi-and-mp4-video-images/3122/1 "2023-09-04T01:07:11Z")

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We need to label 100,000 videos (.avi, & .mp4) for training and don’t want to extract and label the individual frames (in .jpg). What is the best approach?  
Thanks

Paul Petronelli

[Palm@palmcorp.com](mailto:Palm@palmcorp.com)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Petronelli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/paul_petronelli/32/2730_2.png) [@Paul\_Petronelli](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Paul_Petronelli)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labeling-avi-and-mp4-video-images/3122/2 "2023-09-04T01:08:22Z")

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This labeling includes specification of bounding boxes.

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**Author:** ![leo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/leo/32/2228_2.png) [@leo](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/leo)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/labeling-avi-and-mp4-video-images/3122/4 "2023-09-06T09:19:18Z")

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Hi @Paul_Petronelli

You can easily import a select number of frames to bring into Roboflow for a video. ([Check out this blog for more info](https://blog.roboflow.com/annotating-video/#annotating-video-frames))

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/roboflow1/original/2X/c/c578f83d6d9eec809372fe66759c86c553a6539c.jpeg)

Oftentimes, there isn’t necessarily a need for a large amount of data to train an effective, accurate model.

I’d recommend labeling a small portion of your data, then evaluating its performance and using [model-assisted labeling](https://docs.roboflow.com/annotate/use-roboflow-annotate/model-assisted-labeling) for help with labeling more data, if it’s required.

If you are pursuing a commercial use case, I’d recommend trying out [our Starter plan for startups and small businesses](https://roboflow.com/pricing) or [contacting our sales team for an enterprise use case](https://roboflow.com/sales).