Is there a simple alternative to ffmpeg?

Question

C++ / C#

You need to programmatically get N frames from video files (avi, mkv mostly). This can be done through ffmpeg, but the main program weighs less than two megabytes and lugging around another 35 megabytes of ffmpeg is not an option at all. Is there any alternative to ffmpeg? You just need to get a few shots and FSE.

Answer 1

These 30+ megabytes are codecs and demuxers for various video formats in the world.
Rebuild ffmpeg without codecs if you already know which codec you need to rip out your three frames from.