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This sample code will generate a thumbnail from any media.
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/* Copyright [[User:Funman|Rafael Carre]] (licence [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL WTFPL]) */
Moved [http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blob;f=doc/libvlc/vlc-thumb.c].
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <vlc/libvlc.h>
[[Category:libVLC]]
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static libvlc_exception_t ex;
static void catch (void)
{
    if (libvlc_exception_raised (&ex))
    {
        fprintf (stderr, "Exception: %s\n",
                libvlc_exception_get_message (&ex));
        exit(1);
    }
    libvlc_exception_clear (&ex);
}
#define usage() \
        fprintf( stderr, \
            "Usage: %s input output\n" \
            "input being any video VLC can read, and output a png file" \
            , argv[0] )
int main( int argc, const char **argv )
{
    if( argc != 3 )
    {
        usage();
        if( argc == 2 && ( !strcmp( argv[1], "-h" ) || strcmp( argv[1], "--help") ) )
            return 0;
        else
            return 1;
    }
    const char *input = argv[1];
    const char *output = argv[2];
    libvlc_exception_init( &ex );
    const char* const args[] = {
        "-I", "dummy",                      /* no interface */
        "--vout", "dummy",                  /* we don't want video */
        "--no-audio",                      /* we don't want audio */
        "--verbose=1",                      /* show only errors & warnings */
        "--no-media-library",              /* don't want that */
        "--services-discovery", "",        /* nor that */
        "--no-video-title-show",            /* nor the filename displayed */
        "--no-sub-autodetect",              /* don't want subtitles */
        "--control", "",                    /* don't want interface */
        "--extraintf", ""                  /* AT ALL ! */
    };
 
    int nargs = sizeof(args) / sizeof(args[0]);
    libvlc_instance_t *libvlc = libvlc_new( nargs, args, &ex );
    catch();
    libvlc_media_instance_t *mi;
    libvlc_media_descriptor_t *md;
    md = libvlc_media_descriptor_new( libvlc, input, &ex );
    catch();
   
    mi = libvlc_media_instance_new_from_media_descriptor( md, &ex );
    catch();
   
    libvlc_media_descriptor_release( md );
    libvlc_media_instance_play( mi, &ex );
    catch();
   
    /* go to position 30% to avoid introductions */
    libvlc_media_instance_set_position( mi, 0.30, &ex );
    catch();
   
    /* leave vlc some time to start playing */
    sleep(1);
   
    libvlc_video_take_snapshot( mi, (char*)output, &ex );
    catch();
   
    libvlc_media_instance_stop( mi, &ex );
    catch();
   
    libvlc_media_instance_release( mi );
   
    libvlc_release( libvlc, &ex );
    catch();
   
    return 0;
}

Latest revision as of 08:35, 4 March 2019

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