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Video Thumbnails Maker
{{::vtm:vtm.png?direct&350\|Preview}}	Status
	[[project-discontinued\|Discontinued]] {{:icons:discontinued.png?nolink\|Discontinued}}
	Platforms
	{{:icons:linux.png?nolink\|Linux}}
	Download
	[[{:wiki:download.png\|width: 150px; color: #41a1b1; font-weight: bold;}https://www.dropbox.com/s/afe62t6nkjg4iyy/VideoThumbnailsMaker_v5.zip?dl=0\|v5.0 (BIN)]]

**Video Thumbnails Maker** is a simple [[wp>Linux]] tool to get thumbnails from any video file. The output will be an image collage of video thumbnails taken in various moments. In other words, it's very similar to the [[wp>Media Player Classic]] "save thumbnails" feature for [[wp>Windows]].\\ It has been coded using [[wp>gambas|gambas2]] (gambas3 from v4) and it uses [[wp>mplayer]] and [[wp>imagemagick]] functions. ===== Installation ===== - Install the dependencies:

gambas3-gb-form, gambas3-gb-image, gambas3-gb-image-effect, gambas3-gb-form-stock, gambas3-gb-gtk, gambas3-gb-qt4, gambas3-runtime, imagemagick, mplayer

**Note:** //gambas3-gb-qt4// is optional, install it only if you need the [[wp>Qt_(software)|QT]] support for [[wp>KDE]]. - Download the package containing the binaries (BIN) - Give the execution rights to the binary file: chmod +x VideoThumbnailsMaker.gambas - Run the binary file double-clicking on it or typing in a terminal: ./VideoThumbnailsMaker.gambas ===== Changelog ===== ==== v5.0 ==== * Added a new feature to get thumbnails from only some parts of the video (100%, 50%, 25% and 10%). Useful to avoid spoilers. * Changed again the GUI structure. * Added Italian translation. ==== v4.0 ==== * Development environment migrated from Gambas2 to the new Gambas3 * Removed support for custom fonts * Now as a temporary path will be used a specific invisible folder in own home * Improved the GUI structure and cleaned up the code. ==== v3.0 ==== * Now the program uses a temporary path for all files created by the process. * Now at the end of the process the program will ask where to save the created thumbnails. * Added an icon to the program. ==== v2.0 ==== * Deleted the function to print video details on the thumbnails. * Added a new value for thumbnails' number: now you can make up to 20 thumbnails at once. * Added a function to choose your thumbnails width: it can be set as the original video width, half of it, 400px, 320px, 250px and 100px. * Added a progress bar to show the current process status. ==== v1.0 ==== * Possibility to take thumbnails (screenshot) from any video file compatible with mplayer. * Possibility to choose the number of thumbnails to get (4,8,12, or 16). * Possibility to print video file details in the output image. * Possibility to choose a custom font for video details printing. Just replace font.tff file with your favorite TTF font. ===== Thanks ===== * To my girlfriend for her patience.