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iOS Developer
iOS Developer

Reputation: 1723

getting thumbnail images from saved path of video files in iPhone

I am trying to display thumbnail images for the downloaded videos in one of my apps. I have shown the images along with the video title inside a table view. I'm using this code for getting the image:

NSURL *videoURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:myString];
MPMoviePlayerController *player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] 
    initWithContentURL:videoURL];

UIImage *thumbnail = 
    [player thumbnailImageAtTime:1.0 
                      timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];      
cell.imageView.image = thumbnail;`

Images are showing for the files that are downloaded from YouTube, but I'm not getting the images from .flv video files. Can anyone suggest a solution? This is a sample of my video path 

/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.0/Applications/AA8DDEED-E91C-47BB-8F1E-C057D9E94B7C/Documents/downloads/qkycmzafawmk.flv

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3067

Answers (2)

iOS Developer
iOS Developer

Reputation: 1723

This is the tutorial i have followed to solve this issue.Hope this may help someone: http://www.codza.com/extracting-frames-from-movies-on-iphone.

Upvotes: 0

GarlicFries
GarlicFries

Reputation: 8323

What is the value of thumbnail after the call to -thumbnailImageAtTime:timeOption:? Assuming that this UIImage is not nil, have you checked its alpha property?

If thumbnail is nil, have you checked into the numerous other SO questions regarding this? Here are a couple to get you started:

Upvotes: 1

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