Create video thumbnail using ffmpeg/mplayer
Create thumbnail with ffmpeg
To create thumbnail from video using ffmpeg, use
ffmpeg -y -ss HH:MM:SS -i VIDEO.AVI -f image2 -vframes 1 1.jpg
Here
HH:MM:SS = replace with time where you want to take screen shot.
1.jpg = is the tumbnail image generated.
Create thumbnail with mplayer
METHOD 1
mkdir out mplayer VIDEO.AVI -ss 0:8:0 -nosound -vo jpeg:outdir=out -frames 2
-ss = you can specify time in seconds or in hh:mm:ss format.
-frames 2 = create 2 thumbnails with name 00000001.jpg and 00000002.jpg
-ss 0:8:0 = thumbnail from 8th minutes
METHOD 2
mencoder -ss 00:25:00 -endpos 0.001 -ovc copy -nosound VIDEO.AVI -o tmpfile1 mplayer -nosound -vo jpeg tmpfile1
Create thumbnail with avconv
avconv -ss 00:01:00 -i VIDEO_FILE.mp4 -f image2 -frames:v 1 1.jpeg
This will create thumbnail 1.jpeg from video.
-ss 00:01:00 – Time from where image is taken.
See ffmpeg