Thumbnailer (process plugin) - creates automaticly thumbnails from video files

[MoPhat]

Who doesnt need thumbnails from the videos for a good overview?

I need it and have tryed various solution to get thumbnails with more or less success
So i created now a process plugin which creates automaticly the thumbnails from the video files



What does the plugin?

- creates/deletes thumbnails automaticly if a video file is created, changed, deleted...
- creating "folder.jpg" if its needed and only one file are in the folder
- picture size from the thumbnails are adjustable
- video time where the thumb is taken can be entered
- uses the ffmpeg.exe for creating the thumbs
- handles up to 5 folders(!)
- needs minimum resources
- it just works

Attached are the sources and the plugin as a mpi file.

What are the next steps?
- integrating the tv recordings so that there a thumbs too


CAUTION: if you start MP the first time with this plugin and you have a lot of video files the start maybe slow... but the second start is without any slownes

Log:

05.08.2008
- tv recording thumbs
- own offset for tv recordings and videos
- initial start delay

thx
MoPhat

[Spragleknas]

Good idea. So good that someone already did this?
See: http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/pl...version-39181/

[MoPhat]

@Spragleknas

Yes i have seen this... but i need a solution that the thumbnails are created automaticly if a file is copied/changed/deleted etc... and there are no source code

i copy the code after a few testings to a process plugin so that the thumbs are created in the background of MP

have you tryed the test app, and works at your machine?

thx
MoPhat

[MoPhat]

Check post #1, release attached.

MoPhat

[diskeeper]

super, läuft gut.
was mir noch fehlt ist die angabe des thumb-ordner.

ps: und dann müsste noch "jemand" das #TV.RecordedTV.thumb wieder umstellen vom chanel-logo
auf die bilder, dann hätten wir ja das wieder was früher schonmal ging.

no english

[MoPhat]

@diskeeper

Hi habe heute gerade mal den Code von TvPlugin angeschaut und den auskommentierten Code von der Thumb erzeugung gefunden (!)...

Werde dies mal mit den Änderungen kompilieren und mal testen ob dies funktioniert

Ähhh, wozu benötigst du einen "thumb-ordner"???
Die Bilder werden immer dort hin gelegt wo die Video Datei ist.

thx
MoPhat

[Darre]

Really cool, will make it better to browse files that arent IMDB'able or working in TV-series plugin =) I'll have a look when I'm done moving.

[Spragleknas]

Since this is the English part of the forum:

Originally Posted by diskeeper

super, is good.: thx:
I was still missing is the indication of the thumb-folder.

ps: and then would have to be "someone" # TV.RecordedTV.thumb change again, chanel-logo
in the pictures, then yes we would have again what the past ever went.

Originally Posted by MoPhat

@diskeeper

Hi have today just the code of TvPlugin viewed and auskommentierten code from the Thumb generation found (!)...

Will this change with the times and compile times to test whether this works

Ähhh what you need to get a "thumb-folder"?
The images are always laid out where the video file.

- Google translate

[diskeeper]

Originally Posted by MoPhat

Ähhh, wozu benötigst du einen "thumb-ordner"???
Die Bilder werden immer dort hin gelegt wo die Video Datei ist.

naja, die funktion das von den aufnahmen ein bild erzeugt wird gab es ja schon mal in mp.
diese bilder wurden, wenn ich mich recht erinnere, in einem speziellen thumb-ordner abgelegt.
war bzw. ist im pfad
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\thumbs\tv\Recorded
ja noch vorhanden und falls das mal wieder so werden sollte müsste man den pfad ja angeben.

well, the function of the recordings that a picture is created, there were times already in mp.
these pictures, if I remember correctly, in a special thumb folders stored.
was or is in the path
C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Team Media Portal \ Media Portal \ thumbs \ tv \ Recorded
still exist and if so which again should be the path should be yes.

for Spragleknas, goggle translate

[MoPhat]

@diskeeper

I have found the code place where are the thumbs displayed in the tv recordings, its in the file TvRecorded.cs from TvPlugin on Line 791

it sould instead of this:

string strLogo = Utils.GetCoverArt(Thumbs.TVRecorded, Utils.SplitFilename(Path.ChangeExtension(aRecording.FileName, Utils.GetThumbExtension())));

be this:

string strLogo = Thumbs.TVRecorded + @"\" + Utils.SplitFilename(aRecording.FileName).Replace(".mpg", ".png").Replace(".ts", ".png");

...and shure the thumbs should be under the folder "..\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\thumbs\tv\Recorded"


i can compile the plugin but the list is every time empty
the list ist also empty if i download the latest svn and do only compile it with vs2005 pro...(!?)

that do i'am wrong - or how to compile the tvplugin correctly?

thx
MoPhat