How to get video thumbnail in android?

Question

I am trying to get a thumbnail of a video. But unfortunately i am not able to get thumbnails.

        itmap bmThumbnail;

        // MICRO_KIND: 96 x 96 thumbnail
        bmThumbnail = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail("file://" + catBean.tempImage,
                MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);
        img_icon.setImageBitmap(bmThumbnail);

look at this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1334694/android-is-it-possible-to-display-video-thumbnails — Nandakishore Shetty, Nov 06 '15 at 05:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:35

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I create video thumbnail like this in my app

 Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathOfFile);
    if(myBitmap == null) {
        myBitmap = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(pathOfFile, Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);

 }

answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:35

Chirag Savsani

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I have tried it, but it didn't work for the videos that are on SD Card (External Storage) on Android 5.0+. It returned null bitmap – Dante May 23 '16 at 14:20
If you get video from sd card, then check first, Is video is in external storage or in some cloud storage. Because if video is on cloud storage, you will receive bitmap null. – Chirag Savsani May 24 '16 at 04:06
It has nothing to do with cloud. It is the new Storage Access Framework that screws it up. This won't work with SD card from Android 5.0 – Dante May 24 '16 at 11:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:50

In Xml :

 <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/thumbnail"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>

In java:

 long id = ""; //Video Id 

 ImageView thumbnail = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.thumbnail);
 ContentResolver crThumb = getContentResolver();
 BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
 options.inSampleSize = 2;
 Bitmap curThumb = MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.getThumbnail(crThumb, id,
                            MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND, options);
 thumbnail.setImageBitmap(curThumb);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:42

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Try this

Bitmap bMap = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(file.getAbsolutePath(), MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);

and for more details see this ThumbnailUtils

answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:42

Zubair Akber

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 05:43

It's not too hard to do. Something like this:

int id = **"The Video's ID"**
ImageView iv = (ImageView ) convertView.findViewById(R.id.imagePreview);
ContentResolver crThumb = getContentResolver();
BitmapFactory.Options options=new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 1;
Bitmap curThumb = MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.getThumbnail(crThumb, id, MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND, options);
iv.setImageBitmap(curThumb);

See more about MediaStore at: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.Video.html

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 06:05

The following code runs perfectly:

Bitmap bitmap = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(file.getAbsolutePath(), MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);

If you do not go through CURSOR or If you have only PATH or FILE OBJECTS, you can use :

 public static Bitmap createVideoThumbnail (String filePath, int kind)

Reference : http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.html#createVideoThumbnail%28java.lang.String,%20int%29

How to get video thumbnail in android?

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