diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/frame.php b/web/skins/classic/views/frame.php
index 9edaa0371..582ecb55f 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/frame.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/frame.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $eid = validInt($_REQUEST['eid']);
 if ( !empty($_REQUEST['fid']) )
     $fid = validInt($_REQUEST['fid']);
 
-$sql = 'SELECT E.*,M.Name AS MonitorName,M.DefaultScale FROM Events AS E INNER JOIN Monitors AS M ON E.MonitorId = M.Id WHERE E.Id = ?';
+$sql = 'SELECT E.*,M.Name AS MonitorName,M.DefaultScale,M.VideoWriter FROM Events AS E INNER JOIN Monitors AS M ON E.MonitorId = M.Id WHERE E.Id = ?';
 $event = dbFetchOne( $sql, NULL, array($eid) );
 
 if ( !empty($fid) ) {
@@ -75,7 +75,13 @@ xhtmlHeaders(__FILE__, translate('Frame')." - ".$event['Id']." - ".$frame['Frame
       <h2><?php echo translate('Frame') ?> <?php echo $event['Id']."-".$frame['FrameId']." (".$frame['Score'].")" ?></h2>
     </div>
     <div id="content">
-      <p id="image"><?php if ( $imageData['hasAnalImage'] ) { ?><a href="?view=frame&amp;eid=<?php echo $event['Id'] ?>&amp;fid=<?php echo $frame['FrameId'] ?>&amp;scale=<?php echo $scale ?>&amp;show=<?php echo $imageData['isAnalImage']?"capt":"anal" ?>"><?php } ?><img src="<?php echo viewImagePath( $imagePath ) ?>" width="<?php echo reScale( $event['Width'], $event['DefaultScale'], $scale ) ?>" height="<?php echo reScale( $event['Height'], $event['DefaultScale'], $scale ) ?>" alt="<?php echo $frame['EventId']."-".$frame['FrameId'] ?>" class="<?php echo $imageData['imageClass'] ?>"/><?php if ( $imageData['hasAnalImage'] ) { ?></a><?php } ?></p>
+      <p id="image">
+<?php if ( in_array($event['VideoWriter'],array("1","2")) ) { ?>
+<img src="?view=image-ffmpeg&eid=<?php echo $event['Id'] ?>&fid=<?php echo $frame['FrameId'] ?>&scale=<?php echo $event['DefaultScale'] ?>" class="<?php echo $imageData['imageClass'] ?>">
+<?php } else {
+if ( $imageData['hasAnalImage'] ) { ?><a href="?view=frame&amp;eid=<?php echo $event['Id'] ?>&amp;fid=<?php echo $frame['FrameId'] ?>&amp;scale=<?php echo $scale ?>&amp;show=<?php echo $imageData['isAnalImage']?"capt":"anal" ?>"><?php } ?><img src="<?php echo viewImagePath( $imagePath ) ?>" width="<?php echo reScale( $event['Width'], $event['DefaultScale'], $scale ) ?>" height="<?php echo reScale( $event['Height'], $event['DefaultScale'], $scale ) ?>" alt="<?php echo $frame['EventId']."-".$frame['FrameId'] ?>" class="<?php echo $imageData['imageClass'] ?>"/><?php if ( $imageData['hasAnalImage'] ) { ?></a><?php } ?>
+<?php } ?>
+</p>
       <p id="controls">
 <?php if ( $frame['FrameId'] > 1 ) { ?>
         <a id="firstLink" href="?view=frame&amp;eid=<?php echo $event['Id'] ?>&amp;fid=<?php echo $firstFid ?>&amp;scale=<?php echo $scale ?>"><?php echo translate('First') ?></a>
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/image-ffmpeg.php b/web/skins/classic/views/image-ffmpeg.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..082c75099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/image-ffmpeg.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+//
+// ZoneMinder web frame view file, $Date$, $Revision$
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Philip Coombes
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+//
+
+if ( !canView( 'Events' ) )
+{
+    $view = "error";
+    return;
+}
+
+$eid = validInt($_REQUEST['eid']);
+if ( !empty($_REQUEST['fid']) )
+    $fid = validInt($_REQUEST['fid']);
+
+$sql = 'SELECT E.*,M.Name AS MonitorName,M.DefaultScale,M.VideoWriter,M.Orientation FROM Events AS E INNER JOIN Monitors AS M ON E.MonitorId = M.Id WHERE E.Id = ?';
+$event = dbFetchOne( $sql, NULL, array($eid) );
+
+if ( !empty($fid) ) {
+    $sql = 'SELECT * FROM Frames WHERE EventId = ? AND FrameId = ?';
+    if ( !($frame = dbFetchOne( $sql, NULL, array($eid, $fid) )) )
+        $frame = array( 'FrameId'=>$fid, 'Type'=>'Normal', 'Score'=>0 );
+} else {
+    $frame = dbFetchOne( 'SELECT * FROM Frames WHERE EventId = ? AND Score = ?', NULL, array( $eid, $event['MaxScore'] ) );
+}
+
+$maxFid = $event['Frames'];
+
+$firstFid = 1;
+$prevFid = $frame['FrameId']-1;
+$nextFid = $frame['FrameId']+1;
+$lastFid = $maxFid;
+
+$alarmFrame = $frame['Type']=='Alarm';
+
+if ( isset( $_REQUEST['scale'] ) )
+    $scale = validInt($_REQUEST['scale']);
+else
+    $scale = max( reScale( SCALE_BASE, $event['DefaultScale'], ZM_WEB_DEFAULT_SCALE ), SCALE_BASE );
+
+$Transpose = '';
+if ( $event['VideoWriter'] == "2" ) {
+	$Rotation = $event['Orientation'];
+// rotate right
+	if ( in_array($event['Orientation'],array("90")))
+		$Transpose = 'transpose=1,';
+// rotate 180 // upside down cam
+	if ( in_array($event['Orientation'],array("180")))
+		$Transpose = 'transpose=2,transpose=2,';
+// rotate left
+	if ( in_array($event['Orientation'],array("270")))
+		$Transpose = 'transpose=2,';
+}
+$focusWindow = true;
+$Scale = 100/$scale;
+$fid = $fid - 1;
+#$command = 'ffmpeg -v 0 -i '.getEventDefaultVideoPath($event).' -vf "select=gte(selected_n\,'.$fid.'),setpts=PTS-STARTPTS" '.$Transpose.',scale=iw/'.$Scale.':-1" -frames:v 1 -f mjpeg -';
+$command = 'ffmpeg -v 0 -i '.getEventDefaultVideoPath($event).' -vf "select=gte(n\\,'.$fid.'),setpts=PTS-STARTPTS,'.$Transpose.'scale=iw/'.$Scale.':-1" -f image2 -';
+header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
+system($command);
+?>