Video Thumbnails

Hi all,
OK, I have a website that allows my client to upload images
and movie files to document the progress of their projects. My
client has asked me if thumbnails could be created for the video
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.
So my question is. Is there a way of dynamically creating a
thumbnail of the video file showing the first frame of the video.
Any help would be fantastic.
Kind regards
Richard McKenna

Was a solution ever found for this? I need to do the same
thing (show 1 video playing and several additional ones as
thumbnails that are clickable to change the one that is currently
playing). Files for videos would be in .wmv and .mpeg
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