diff --git a/musicalgestures/_utils.py b/musicalgestures/_utils.py
index eec73e8..93e25e9 100644
--- a/musicalgestures/_utils.py
+++ b/musicalgestures/_utils.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def cast_into_avi(filename, target_name=None, overwrite=False):
 def extract_frame(
     filename: str,
     frame: int=None,
-    time: str=None,
+    time: str|float=None,
     target_name: str=None,
     overwrite: bool=False,
     )-> str:
@@ -581,12 +581,13 @@ def extract_frame(
     Args:
         filename (str): Path to the input video file.
         frame (int): The frame number to extract.
-        time (str): The time in HH:MM:ss.ms where to extract the frame from.
+        time (str|float): The time in HH:MM:ss.ms where to extract the frame from. If float, it is interpreted as seconds from the start of the video.
         target_name (str, optional): The name for the output file. If None, the name will be \<input name\>FRAME\<frame number\>.\<file extension\>. Defaults to None.
         overwrite (bool, optional): Whether to allow overwriting existing files or to automatically increment target filename to avoid overwriting. Defaults to False.
     """
 
     import os
+    import datetime
     if frame is not None and time is not None:
         raise ValueError("frame and time cannot be both not None.")
     if frame is None and time is None:
@@ -597,6 +598,7 @@ def extract_frame(
         if frame is not None:
             target_name = f"{name}_frame_{str(frame)}.png"
         elif time is not None:
+            time = time if isinstance(time, str) else datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time-3600).strftime('%H:%M:%S.%f')
             target_name = f"{name}_time_{time}.png"
     if not overwrite:
         target_name = generate_outfilename(target_name)
@@ -606,14 +608,16 @@ def extract_frame(
                 '-y' if overwrite else "-n",
                 '-i', filename,
                 "-vf", f"select='eq(n\,{frame})'",
-                "-vframes", "1",
+                "-vsync", "0",
+                # "-vframes", "1",
                 target_name]
     elif time is not None:
         cmds = ['ffmpeg',
                 '-y' if overwrite else "-n",
                 '-i', filename,
-                "-ss", f"{time}",
-                "-frames:v", "1",
+                "-vf", f"select='eq(t\,{time})'",
+                "-vsync", "0",
+                # "-vframes", "1",
                 target_name]
     ffmpeg_cmd(cmds, get_length(filename), pb_prefix='Extracting frame:')