How to generate thumbnail image of a video?
Yuki - July 30, 2009 - 09:54
| Project: | Flash Node |
| Version: | 6.x-3.1 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
How to generate thumbnail image of a video so that preview image of a video will show before playing a video. I have explored http://drupal.org/node/216909 this url and followed the methods what described but failed to put image before playing a video like youtube.(i have set url like /sites/default/files/xyz.jpg in the flash vars option under advance settings). I am using flowplayer with swftools and version 6. Please kindly reply.
#1
Can u give me an idea?
#2
bump again! i am sure that somebody knows how to do this :)
#3
Try to be more methodical in your approach. You can use ffmpeg to generate thumbnails for your videos, and playlists can be used to link thumbnails to your videos.
The information is there, just take the time to go through it properly.
#4
Where is info regarding ffmpeg and playlist?pls give me link.
#5
My mistake concerning flash node.
The flashvideo module is the one that has the option for generating thumbnails automatically from uploads.
With the D5 version of the module (I haven't used D6) the settings page contains options for ffmpeg conversion of the videos, and shows the code used to generate the thumbnails.
If you have access to the command line on your server and have a decent hosting provider, you should be able to run the ffmpeg commands to generate the thumbnails. Using the flashvideo module to upload your videos should also generate them automatically.
You can then set the swf options.
I have posted a question to the forums on how swf can add an automatically thumbnail file to the playlists file it generates.
Hopefully someone will get back to me soon on that.
#6
I couldn't figure out how to do it without ffmpeg. But my webhost doesn't provide ffmpeg support so I gave up and ended up manually making thumbnails in photoshop. If you find a way to do it without ffmpeg I'd love to see it.
#7
lets hope for getting response from creator.
#8
Check the SWF Tools documentation for FlowPlayer 3. There are instructions there for setting a splash image from either a jpeg or from the first frame of the video file.
As an aside, please refrain from bumping your posts so many times. This can be construed as irritating, and it won't mean you get a faster response. Project maintainers don't get paid, and supporting a module might not even be their regular job!