How to change movie thumbnail image?

jschuman

Joined: 2003-03-12
Posts: 20
Posted: Mon, 2003-04-21 01:56

I've uploaded a couple of mpeg's and they all get the familiar 'movie' thumbnail. I'd like to create my own thumbnails for the movies (different for each movie). I've got the jpeg thumbnail image ready-to-go, but I can't figure out how to upload it. I keep having Permission problems on the thumbnail file. I've tried chmod'ing the thumbnail files (I only have ftp access to my server), but I just get Permission errors when I do this. Any help out there?
 
joan
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Joined: 2002-10-21
Posts: 3473
Posted: Mon, 2003-04-21 07:35

Those files are created by a different user, so you can't change them. However, clever Bharat has written a script that will fix it for you. Find it in User Guide->Scripts->Cleanup

You may also be interested in this, which I believe will go into 1.3.4:
<!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=693044&amp;group_id=7130&amp;atid=307130" TARGET="_blank">ffmpeg</A><!-- BBCode End -->
 
dodofreak
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Joined: 2002-12-09
Posts: 75
Posted: Mon, 2003-04-21 15:39

ffmpeg support is planned for gallery 1.3.4

ffmpeg URL:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg/

Announce:
http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=phpBB_14&amp;file=index&amp;action=viewtopic&amp;topic=3267&amp;9

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=693044&amp;group_id=7130&amp;atid=307130

Summary:
ffmpeg patch
here are the ffmpeg patches, that allow to
automatically create thumb nails for movies.

Unpacked in the GALLERY_BASEDIR it will create .patch
files that can be applied like

patch -b classes/AlbumItem.php classes/AlbumItem.php.ffmpeg.patch

the -b will create classes/AlbumItem.php.orig

The archive contains four patches

./readme.patch
./classes/AlbumItem.php.ffmpeg.patch
./setup/config_data.inc.ffmpeg.patch
./setup/functions.inc.ffmpeg.patch
./view_album.php.ffmpeg.patch

After applying the patches you can either run the
configuration wizard again (ffmpeg is integrated like
jhead for EXIF support), or you can just add the
following line to your config.php

$gallery->app->use_ffmpeg = "<your path to the ffmpeg
binary>";

original post by

NOTE: there is slightly different command line parameters for ffmpeg versions 0.4.5 and 0.4.6
 
fingery
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Joined: 2003-03-15
Posts: 38
Posted: Mon, 2003-04-21 16:14

Anybody know where i can get the ffmpeg binary for i386/linux?

All i seem to see is the source...
 
gothballoon
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Joined: 2003-02-17
Posts: 68
Posted: Mon, 2003-04-21 22:24

if you don't mind doing it from a remote windows computer and then uploading them i found a good program for prossessing batches of movies with suffix support no scripts needed
<!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://download.com.com/3000-2192-10196314.html?tag=lst-0-9" TARGET="_blank">Media Resizer Thumbnail Creator 1.72 </A><!-- BBCode End -->
 
sstteevvee

Joined: 2003-04-01
Posts: 14
Posted: Wed, 2004-01-07 03:26

You can down the binary from my site if you wish

http://www.ukvsaus.com/downloads-cat1.html

I've installed g2 and the movie thumbnails are generated pretty nicely!
 
patrickd123

Joined: 2008-05-11
Posts: 1
Posted: Sun, 2008-05-11 11:09

How to change the thumbnail image for your movie
Posted in Editing by support on the May 25th, 2006
The thumbnail image for a Jumpcut movie is automatically selected from the first video clip or photo in the movie’s timeline. If you want to change the thumbnail, here’s what to do:

1. Find a video clip that has a thumbnail you like
2. Copy it at the beginning of the movie
3. Drag the clip handles together to set the clip duration to zero
4. The clip won’t play since it has a duration of zero, but the system will select a new thumbnail
 
caothang

Joined: 2010-02-04
Posts: 1
Posted: Sat, 2010-02-06 01:28

cao thang thank you.