how to create thumbnail system for MP4 files

Question

Hi everyone!

I know I know, why am I using MP4 still?? It's because I have like 100 files already in this format and I need to upload to a website, I have the mp4 file embeded in the site already and the file played changes according to php.

but what I really need is a way to dynamically create a thumbnail or take a snapshot of the video file to display on the page. I've read a couple things online but they all require the file type to be in FLV, what would be the best way to accomplish this?

Thank you Guys!

Answer 1

have you looked at ffdshow? You can program against it, including capturing thumbnails.