Export thumbnails of swf/flv

Hi
I have to deliver thumbnails along with SWFs to an asset management tool.
Using Adobe Bridge (CS4) I can see previews of selected SWF files but can't see how to export them.
I tried the BridgeExportToJpegCS4 extension which works well for images but got an error for an SWF test file I have.
"Error: Could not obtain a valid bitmap to export."
I'm not sure I'm using the correct application but open to other suggestions.
Any ideas?
Also, I'd appreciate if there are any suggestion on how to extract the thumbnails and XMP metadata programmatically.
I'm a java developer and hoping I could automate this process for users through an SDK or by calling a utility.
Regards,
Carmine

See http://forums.adobe.com/thread/852571?tstart=30 for an idea of sizes available.
Here is an example of getting a thumbnail and saving it on the desktop....
#target bridge
var thumb = app.document.selections[0];
var sourceBitmap = undefined;
app.synchronousMode = true;
sourceBitmap = thumb.core.thumbnail.thumbnail; //smallest
//sourceBitmap = thumb.core.preview.preview; //next size
app.synchronousMode = false;
if( !sourceBitmap || sourceBitmap.width == undefined || sourceBitmap.width == 0 ){
alert("Unable to get bitmap");
}else{
var Name = decodeURI(thumb.spec.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var exportFile = new File( Folder.desktop + "/" + Name + "-thumb.jpg" );
sourceBitmap.exportTo( exportFile, 100);
There are many examples of extracting metadata and it might be best to look at some of them, also download the sdk where you will find all the documentation and examples.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/bridge.html
If it looks a bit complex you could use ExifTool http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ as an alternative.

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