Create a video thumbnail

Hi evryone,
I would create a video thumbnail in a still image, but i have not found. Can someone help me please ?

I'm a bit lost in translation …but in case you meant this:
click this link >> How can I make a still frame from iMovie 11?

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I would like to select the specific frame I want, regardless of where I upload it.
That's not going to work. The frames available on YouTube are set to specific times in the video.
Other services such as Vimeo might use a different timing or a different system altogether.
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I downgrade Nemo to 1.8.5-1 (and gnome-desktop 1:3.10.1-1 to 1:3.8.4-1) and then video thumbnails work again. I have tried every new Nemo version since, but it's the same.
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I found a hint here that pointed me in the right direction: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p … 95#p737221
The problem was that under:
Edit > Preferences > Preview > Other Previewable Files > Only for files smaller than: >
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Last edited by rxxt (2013-11-15 21:22:55)

Check out this bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26707. It's a problem for others as well, speak up on the bug report so we might solve the issue

I want to create new imovie project without having to upload iphoto video thumbnails.

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Creating a Video Gallery

I am creating a video gallery for a website. I am quite new
to Flash 8 and I am wondering whether it is possible to do the
following:
The file will contain a video player at the top that will
play all the video clips. Underneath will be a library that will
start off as four thumbnails and their will be an 'Expand All'
button. Once clicked, the gallery will expand in flash to show
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link to play the corresponding videos at the top!
Is it possible?

Thanks for the advice, I must have done something wrong
though as it has not worked.
In my SWF, I have imported the videos separately using the
wizard. I have named one of the videos with the instance name vid
and then added the code you have listed. When I preview the file,
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Video Thumbnails

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OK, I have a website that allows my client to upload images
and movie files to document the progress of their projects. My
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file during the upload process like what happens with the normal
photos. So the video thumbnails could be displayed inline with the
images.but with an icon below it indicating that its a video file.
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thumbnail of the video file showing the first frame of the video.
Any help would be fantastic.
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Here are a few links that might help you
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_tutorial_pt2.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/ - check the skinning section
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No video thumbnails on nautilus

The title pretty much describes it, I'm getting no video thumbnails on nautilus, I tried following solutions proposed in some older threads on this forum with no luck, I tried installing ffmpegthumnailer, ffmpeg, and all of the gstreamer plugins, reloaded gnome as suggested, even rebooted and video thumbnails are still not being generated.
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Last edited by LucetLux (2013-08-21 22:21:47)

bwat47 wrote:(it only shows in this menu, it does not show in the gear-menu).
strange, for me its visible in the gear menu. I'm not using gnome shell though.
anyway, back to the topic.
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[Thumbnailer Entry]
TryExec=/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer
Exec=/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer -s %s -i %i -o %o -c png
#Exec=/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer -s %s -i %i -o %o -c png -f #add "film"borders
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E17 - No mkv video thumbnails or previews

Hi all, I'm at my wit's end trying to fix this.
When using the elementary file manager, it simply will not generate video thumbnails or video previews for .mkv files (video/x-matroska), despite doing so for .avi, .mp4, .m4v, and others.
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Last edited by breed808 (2013-02-17 05:59:40)

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Your original post:
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