virusviki
03-10-2007, 06:43 AM
This tutorial will guide you to make sequential thumbnails or screenshots of a video file. Sequential thumbnail means it will autometically take screenshots from a video after some interval and scale them to a smaller size.
First we need to install a free software (open source) called Media Player Classic
Download Media Player (http://www.free-codecs.com/Media_Player_Classic_download.htm)
The software doesnt even need any installation. Simply extract the .zip and run the
Now open any video file. Click on File > Quick Open File…
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7787/quickopenlx0.jpg
Browse to the file and open it.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/594/fileslc1.jpg
Now click on File > Save Thumbnails…
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2411/thumbnailsag7.jpg
Note the thumbnail settings. This determines the size of the thumbnail page and how many thumbnails will be generated.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1720/rowswc8.jpg
U may choose according to u r choice.
(4×4=) 16 thumbnails. And the thumbnail page width will be 1024 pixels.
(6×5=) 30 thumbnails. Also setting the thumnail page to be of width 600 pixels.
Finally Upload it on Tinypic.com or Imageshack & use the BB code
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4205/urgw3.jpg
First we need to install a free software (open source) called Media Player Classic
Download Media Player (http://www.free-codecs.com/Media_Player_Classic_download.htm)
The software doesnt even need any installation. Simply extract the .zip and run the
Now open any video file. Click on File > Quick Open File…
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7787/quickopenlx0.jpg
Browse to the file and open it.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/594/fileslc1.jpg
Now click on File > Save Thumbnails…
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2411/thumbnailsag7.jpg
Note the thumbnail settings. This determines the size of the thumbnail page and how many thumbnails will be generated.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1720/rowswc8.jpg
U may choose according to u r choice.
(4×4=) 16 thumbnails. And the thumbnail page width will be 1024 pixels.
(6×5=) 30 thumbnails. Also setting the thumnail page to be of width 600 pixels.
Finally Upload it on Tinypic.com or Imageshack & use the BB code
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4205/urgw3.jpg