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: ^0.0.2

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 = 'jpg';

String? imageThumbnail = await VideoThumbnailPlugin.generateImageThumbnail(
  videoPath: videoPath,
  thumbnailPath: imageThumbnailPath,
  format: format,
  width: 100,
  height: 100,
  quality: 95,
);

print('Image Thumbnail: $imageThumbnail');

Generating GIF Thumbnail #

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

String? gifThumbnail = await VideoThumbnailPlugin.generateGifThumbnail(
  videoPath: videoPath,
  thumbnailPath: gifThumbnailPath,
  width: 100,
  height: 100,
  multiProcess: true, // Multi-process is used for generating GIF thumbnails, default is true
);

print('GIF Thumbnail: $gifThumbnail');

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.

Contributions #

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

License #

MIT License

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