This is a python script for using ffmpeg to create screenshots from a collection of videos at one specified time(in the videos)(variable time) for all the videos in a source folder(variable path) and using them as thumbnail in the same video sent to another location(variable destination).
All of these variables can be replaced in the main() function.
To install ffmpeg refer https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows. Sometimes after adding path a restart is needed and sometimes a "\" is needed at the end that is in the path variable change it from c:\FFmpeg\bin to c:\FFmpeg\bin\.
This is not yet complete but works ok, some of the work remaining off the top of my head are:
#TODO Create a try except block for if the filename contains "."
#TODO Auto rename the files if they have "." in them to change them to "-".
#TODO Auto create a folder in the home directory to store the newly thumbnailed videos.
#TODO Split the engine function to two separate functions so that this script can be used as a module to either get thumbnails from video or thumbnail videos.
#TODO Add a control for number of files so that if only the file is given as input then only one file gets thumbnailed.
#TODO Add GUI too advanced for me now.
Sources """ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42438380/ffmpeg-in-python-script https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Create%20a%20thumbnail%20image%20every%20X%20seconds%20of%20the%20video https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54717175/how-do-i-add-a-custom-thumbnail-to-a-mp4-file-using-ffmpeg """