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Simple package for generating video thumbnail in Laravel using FFMpeg.

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Installation

Composer install:

composer require ekoukltd/video-thumbnail

After package installation, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php

Ekoukltd\VideoThumbnail\VideoThumbnailServiceProvider::class

And to the aliases array

'VideoThumbnail' => Ekoukltd\VideoThumbnail\Facade\VideoThumbnail::class

Also you can publish package config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=video-thumbnail

and set ffmpeg and ffprobe paths in .env file:

FFMPEG="/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
FFPROBE="/usr/bin/ffprobe"

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Usage

VideoThumbnail::createThumbnail(
    $videoUrl, 
    $storageUrl, 
    $fileName, 
    $second, 
    $width = 640, 
    $height = 480
);

$videoUrl - absolute path to video file,
$storageUrl - absolute path where the thumbnail should be save,
$fileName - name of thumbnail file,
$second - from which second of the movie thumbnail should be created,
$width [Optional] - width (in pixels) of the thumbnail (default 640),
$height [Optional] - height (in pixels) of the thumbnail (default 480).

Example

VideoThumbnail::createThumbnail(
    public_path('files/movie.mp4'), 
    public_path('files/thumbs/'), 
    'movie.jpg', 
    2, 
    1920, 
    1080
);