Yes, this is what we do in FireAnt on Windows. There is a quicktime API function to get the poster frame image. But, not every movie on the web is Quicktime. In fact probably around 50% or less.
Again, I can't speak for MeFeedia because I don't know the nature of their setup. -Josh On 11/30/05, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh, > > Just curious: If a QT .mov has a poster frame set, is there any way to > read & save *that image? > > Don't know anything about the thumbnail extraction / saving of which > you speak, Josh, but seems to me it would be a less of a resource hog > to go that way. > > Or am I blowing smoke out an orifice? > > Jan > > -- > "It isn't done alone. Pay more." > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion > http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound > http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media > http://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature > . > > On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > > Thumbnail generation is a very CPU intensive process. > > Mefeedia's server must download your videos, extract thumbs and save > > them, then remove the video. Not to mention there are often errors due > > to various video codecs and the fact that it can be hard to decode all > > types and extract images. > > > > Even Yahoo! has difficulty in this area, and they have much better > > server resources than MeFeedia. Someone in Yahoo! Media Search once > > told me that it can take several days for a video to be indexed > > properly even after the crawler has discovered the video. Its for the > > same exact reason. There is a batch queue set up to extract the > > thumbnails and do whatever other processing needed on the file before > > it gets indexed properly by the search engine. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On 11/29/05, Devlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Our thumbnail generating code got a bit behind, but it will catch up > >> soon. > >> > >> On 11/29/05, Christopher Ivanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Problem with using mefeedia's archive code is that it does not > >>> consistently > >>> show thumbnails for all videos. Why do some vlogs don't have pics, > >>> and > >>> others do not. That's been an ongoing problem for a long, long time. > >>> > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> > >>> On 11/29/05, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> set blogger to show one post per page > >>>> > >>>> that takes care of question #1 > >>>> > >>>> you can use mefeedia's archive code to display a list of thmbnails > >>>> for > >>>> previous shows > >>>> > >>>> http://mefeedia.com > >>>> > >>>> --Steve > >>>> > >>>> On Nov 29, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Fire wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Id like a template that could make my site (look and operate) like > >>>>> rocketboom.com.... (see below) > >>>>> I like their interface... nice and simple... with the most current > >>>>> video automatically loading on the first page, and thumbnails of > >>>>> the > >>>>> recently archived ones below... > >>>> > >>>> --Steve > >>>> -- > >>>> Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com > >>>> Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com > >>>> Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com > >>>> > >>>> Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > >>> > >>> > >>> Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ~Devlon > >> http://mefeedia.com/ > >> See what we are up to: > >> http://mefeedia.com/blog/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
