thumbnail-seeker

return position of thumbnail in video

requirements

npm install

./bin/thumbseek <videoUrl>

npm run cleanup

youtube-dl --write-thumbnail -f 160 <video_url> -o video.mp4

ffmpeg -i video.jpg -vf scale=256:144 thumb.jpg

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -r 2 "./frames/thumb_%05d.jpg"

try a different threshold for better results

pixelmatch(thumb.data, frame.data, null, width, height, {threshold: 0.1});