Generating poster image from uploaded videos

  • Hi all,

    So on my site I have added the ability for users to log in and upload videos – with the goal being that these user posts can be viewed in a forum / feed style.

    Im having issues with getting a thumbnail from the uploaded video to then be used as the featured image for the post. Videos are uploaded and as the post is created, the link to the video is added into the content section of the post. All videos will be hosted and stored by the site.

    Is there any way to do this? any hooks that can be used to grab a poster image?
    I have seen about using FFMPEG, but hoping there is an easier method.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    WP doesn’t do anything with video files beyond uploading the file. No thumbnail, no poster, just the file. Thus no hooks. I believe FFMPEG will be as “easy” as it gets.

    I don’t know much about video file structure, but could your trouble be there is no poster image embedded in that particular file? I believe a poster image might be an optional element. I could be wrong though.

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