how to generate video thumbnail in node.js? - node.js

Question

I am building an app with node.js, I successfully uploaded the video, but I need to generate a video thumbnail for it. Currently I use node exec to execute a system command of ffmpeg to make the thumbnail.
exec("C:/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg -i Video/" + Name + " -ss 00:01:00.00 -r 1 -an -vframes 1 -f mjpeg Video/" + Name + ".jpg")
This code is coming from a tutorial from http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/how-to-create-a-resumable-video-uploade-in-node-js/
the code above did generate a jpg file but it's not a thumbnail but a video screen shot, I wonder is there any other method to generate video thumbnail, or how to exec the ffmpeg command to make a real thumbnail (resized), and I prefer png file.

Answer 1

Reference to GitHub fluent-ffmpeg project.
Repeating example from original StackOverflow answer:
var proc = new ffmpeg('/path/to/your_movie.avi')
.takeScreenshots({
count: 1,
timemarks: [ '600' ] // number of seconds
}, '/path/to/thumbnail/folder', function(err) {
console.log('screenshots were saved')
});

Answer 2

Resize by adding a -s widthxheight option to your command.

Answer 3

There is a node module for this:
video-thumb
It basically just wraps a call to exec ffmpeg

Answer 4

I recommend using https://www.npmjs.com/package/fluent-ffmpeg to call ffmpeg from Node.js

Answer 5

Using media-thumbnail, you can easily generate thumbnails from your videos. The module basically wraps the ffmpeg thumbnail functionality.
const mt = require('media-thumbnail')
mt.forVideo(
'./path/to/video.mp4',
'./path/to/thumbnail.png', {
width: 200
})
.then(() => console.log('Success'), err => console.error(err))
You can also create thumbnails from your images using this package.

Answer 6

Instead I would recommend using thumbsupply. In addition to provide you with thumbnails, it caches them to improve performance significantly.
npm install --save thumbsupply
After installing the module, you can use it in a following way.
const thumbsupply = require('thumbsupply')("com.example.application");
thumbsupply.generateThumbnail('some-video.mp4')
.then(thumb => {
// serve thumbnail
})

Answer 7

app.post('/convert', upload.any(), (req, res) => {
console.log("calling", req.files)
let thumbNailName = req.files[0].filename.split('.')
var gm = require('gm');
gm('./src/Upload/'+req.files[0].filename)// get pdf file from storage folder
.thumb(
50, // Width
50, // Height
'./src/thumbnail/'+thumbNailName[0]+'.png', // Output file name
80, // Quality from 0 to 100
function (error, stdout, stderr, command) {
if (!error) {
console.log("processing");
} else {
console.log("error")
}
}
);
})