Thumbnails without FFMPEG

This is something that interests me too...
I even tried to put self-made thumbs in the files directory with the same name, i.e. video file = video.flv thumb file = video.jpg
and when I put [thumbnail:index=0] in the body of a node that contains uploaded file video.flv i get img alt
thumbnail_MIA.png.

also I am curious if there is any idea to get video in pop-up window upon click on thumbnail.

any help is much appreciated + congratulations for this great module !

I ended up making my own custom view with an image on the left set to thumbnail. Then in my image cache settings I made sure thumbnails were 100x100. Then I put an image upload form on the video nodes under the video uploader. I use RIVA on my machine to convert the videos before I upload them. RIVA can export the first frame as a jpg, so I just had it do that. I upload it with the video when I create the video node. Then in the views it shows up fine. I just have a naming scheme going on where videos and thumbails share the same name and are in th same folder on my machine, so it's relatively hassle free.

Of course you can make the thumbnail by use another field . What I want to know is FFmpeg export the thumbnail images? or is there any other options to export images without FFmpeg.

@ The AL

Did you get a thumbnail to replace the "Thumb not found" image in the teaser? If so, how?

I understand RIVA was used to get a "thumbnail effect" for your main video.

Thanks!