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[Image & Media](/categories/media) 4. / 5. pawlox/video-thumbnail ActiveLibrary[Image & Media](/categories/media) pawlox/video-thumbnail ====================== Video thumbnails v5.2.0(1y ago)24236.3k↓11.2%17[1 issues](https://github.com/pawlox/video-thumbnail/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/pawlox/video-thumbnail/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=8.0 Since Aug 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pawlox/video-thumbnail)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pawlox/video-thumbnail)[ Fund](https://paypal.me/pawlox)[ RSS](/packages/pawlox-video-thumbnail/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (7)Dependencies (4)Versions (9)Used By (1) Video Thumbnail --------------- [](#video-thumbnail) Simple package for generating video thumbnail in Laravel using FFMpeg. Support my work --------------- [](#support-my-work) If you want to support my work in other way than contributing the code itself, you can always pass me some small donation 🍺 at :) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Composer install: ``` composer require pawlox/video-thumbnail ``` After package installation, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php ``` Pawlox\VideoThumbnail\VideoThumbnailServiceProvider::class ``` And to the aliases array ``` 'VideoThumbnail' => Pawlox\VideoThumbnail\Facade\VideoThumbnail::class ``` Also you can publish package config file with: ``` php artisan vendor:publish --tag=video-thumbnail ``` and set ffmpeg and ffprobe paths in .env file: ``` FFMPEG="/usr/bin/ffmpeg" FFPROBE="/usr/bin/ffprobe" ``` Versions -------- [](#versions) LaravelPHPpawlox/video-thumbnailphp-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg>= ^5.0 and < ^5.8< 7.4^1.\*0.11.0^5.8 and ^6.\*>= 7.4 and <= 8.1^2.\*0.13.0^7.\* and ^8.\*>= 7.4 and <= 8.1^3.\*0.19.0^9.\*>= 8.0^4.\*1.\*Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` VideoThumbnail::createThumbnail( $videoUrl, $storageUrl, $fileName, $second, $width = 640, $height = 480 ); ``` **$videoUrl** - absolute path to video file, **$storageUrl** - absolute path where the thumbnail should be save, **$fileName** - name of thumbnail file, **$second** - from which second of the movie thumbnail should be created, **$width** \[Optional\] - width (in pixels) of the thumbnail (default 640), **$height** \[Optional\] - height (in pixels) of the thumbnail (default 480). Example ------- [](#example) ``` VideoThumbnail::createThumbnail( public_path('files/movie.mp4'), public_path('files/thumbs/'), 'movie.jpg', 2, 1920, 1080 ); ``` ### Health Score 50 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance45 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity47 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity73 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~461 days Recently: every ~261 days Total 7 Last Release 419d ago Major Versions v1.0.3 → v2.0.02022-05-14 v2.0.0 → v3.0.02022-05-15 v3.0.0 → v4.0.02022-05-15 v4.0.0 → v5.0.02023-09-29 PHP version history (2 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=7.4 v4.0.0PHP >=8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/456ac79d36e41b41fb801ae31de63d30a044c876c7844b97ba158cfbfa658848?d=identicon)[pawlox](/maintainers/pawlox) --- Top Contributors [![pawlox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8789470?v=4)](https://github.com/pawlox "pawlox (13 commits)")[![sukhilpits](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23118498?v=4)](https://github.com/sukhilpits "sukhilpits (11 commits)")[![pawel-omniaz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100271775?v=4)](https://github.com/pawel-omniaz "pawel-omniaz (7 commits)")[![thanosalexandris](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95676615?v=4)](https://github.com/thanosalexandris "thanosalexandris (3 commits)")[![stojankukrika](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10199584?v=4)](https://github.com/stojankukrika "stojankukrika (1 commits)")[![thanosalexander](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6491808?v=4)](https://github.com/thanosalexander "thanosalexander (1 commits)") --- Tags laravelVideo ThumbnailsLaravel video thumbnail ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/pawlox-video-thumbnail/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/pawlox-video-thumbnail/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/pawlox-video-thumbnail) ``` ### Alternatives [creativeorange/gravatar A Laravel Gravatar package for retrieving gravatar image URLs or checking the existance of an image. 5467.5M54](/packages/creativeorange-gravatar)[intervention/image-laravel Laravel Integration of Intervention Image 1536.5M102](/packages/intervention-image-laravel)[bkwld/croppa Image thumbnail creation through specially formatted URLs for Laravel 510496.0k23](/packages/bkwld-croppa)[ralphjsmit/laravel-glide Auto-magically generate responsive images from static image files. 4719.6k5](/packages/ralphjsmit-laravel-glide)[spatie/laravel-og-image Generate OG images for your Laravel app 305.2k](/packages/spatie-laravel-og-image)[nikkanetiya/laravel-color-palette Laravel Wrapper for `ksubileau/color-thief-php`. 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