Video Thumbnail Plugin #

A Flutter plugin to generate image and GIF thumbnails from video files. This plugin supports multiple image formats including JPEG, PNG, and WebP.

Features #

• Generate image thumbnails from video files in JPEG, PNG, and WebP formats.
• Generate GIF thumbnails from video files.
• Cross-platform support (Android and iOS).

Installation #

Add the following dependency to your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  video_thumbnail_plugin: ^0.0.4+2

If you want to use the latest version, add this instead:

dependencies:
  video_thumbnail_plugin:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/sumitsharansatsangi/video_thumbnail_plugin.git

Then, run flutter pub get to fetch the package.

Usage #

Import the package in your Dart code:

import 'package:video_thumbnail_plugin/video_thumbnail_plugin.dart';

Generating Image Thumbnail #

String videoPath = '/path/to/your/video.mp4';
String imageThumbnailPath = '/path/to/your/image_thumbnail.jpg';

// Specify the format: 'jpg', 'png', or 'webp'
String format = ImageFormat.jpg;

final status = await VideoThumbnailPlugin.generateImageThumbnail(
  videoPath: videoPath, // Specify the path or url to the video file from which to generate the thumbnail.
  thumbnailPath: imageThumbnailPath, // Specify the path where the generated thumbnail image will be saved.
  format: format, // Specify the format: 'jpg', 'png', or 'webp'
  width: 100, // Specify the width of the thumbnail
  height: 100, // Specify the height of the thumbnail
  quality: 95, // Specify the quality of the thumbnail image, with a range from 1 to 100. Higher values indicate better quality.
);

if(status) {
  print('Image Thumbnail: $imageThumbnailPath');
} else {
  print('Image Thumbnail generation failed');
}

Generating GIF Thumbnail #

String videoPath = '/path/to/your/video.mp4';
String gifThumbnailPath = '/path/to/your/gif_thumbnail.gif';

final status = await VideoThumbnailPlugin.generateGifThumbnail(
  videoPath: videoPath, // Specify the path or url to the video file from which to generate the GIF thumbnail.
  thumbnailPath: gifThumbnailPath, // Specify the path where the generated GIF thumbnail will be saved.
  width: 100, // Specify the width of the thumbnail
  height: 100, // Specify the height of the thumbnail
  frameCount: 10, // Specify the number of frames here
  delay: 100, // Specify the delay between frames in milliseconds
);
if(status) {
  print('GIF Thumbnail: $gifThumbnailPath');
} else {
  print('GIF Thumbnail generation failed');
}

Platform-Specific Implementation #

Android #

• Uses MediaMetadataRetriever to extract frames from the video.
• Encodes frames into GIF using AnimatedGifEncoder.

iOS #

• Uses AVAssetImageGenerator to extract frames from the video.
• Encodes frames into GIF using ImageIO.

Author #

• Sumit Kumar

  

Support this project #

Please ⭐️ this repository if this project helped you!

If you find any bugs or issues while using the plugin, please register an issues on GitHub. You can also contact us at [email protected].

Contributions #

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

License #

MIT License