how can I create a thumbnail of a video url in android?
android, image, java
Solution
I suppose there is no easy way to build the thumbnail without actually downloading the video locally.
So if your question is 'Can I get a thumbnail without having to download the full video?', I'd say...no.
Otherwise, once you have downloaded the video locally, then I guess you can perfectly use `ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(...)` by giving the path to the downloaded file.
Problem
I have a problem, I can only create thumbnails of local video files but not of a remote url, here is my code: ``` bmThumbnail = ThumbnailUtils.extractThumbnail(ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail("http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4", MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND), 50, 50); ``` I hope you can help me, regards christian