Title: Generating thumbnail from programatically uploaded video
Last modified: March 14, 2019

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# Generating thumbnail from programatically uploaded video

 *  Resolved [shubh1976](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shubh1976/)
 * (@shubh1976)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generating-thumbnail-from-programatically-uploaded-video/)
 * Hello,
 * I have created a plugin which allows registered users to upload video in their
   created channel and which is added to post programmatically.
 * I would like to know is there filter or hook or function through which I can 
   create thumbnail if video path os provided? So that I can attach the thumbnail
   to the post.
 * Thanks,

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generating-thumbnail-from-programatically-uploaded-video/#post-11314565)
 * Yes, if you have FFMPEG installed on your server the plugin will automatically
   generate a thumbnail and attach it to the post. Without FFMPEG there’s no way
   to do it automatically.
 *  Thread Starter [shubh1976](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shubh1976/)
 * (@shubh1976)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generating-thumbnail-from-programatically-uploaded-video/#post-11314639)
 * If I upload video from wordpress admin having your plugin installed. Then also
   FFMPEG required to generate thumbnail?
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generating-thumbnail-from-programatically-uploaded-video/#post-11314672)
 * My plugin relies on FFMPEG to generate automatic thumbnails without user input.
   I developed a system to generate thumbnails using the browser’s built-in video
   decoding capabilities with user input, but there is currently no system to make
   in-browser thumbnails programatically.

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 * [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnail/)
 * [video upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/video-upload/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generating-thumbnail-from-programatically-uploaded-video/#post-11314672)
 * Status: resolved