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tbetool/php-video-screenshot
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Generate/Take screenshot of the video file in PHP using FFMPEG

1.1.1(7y ago)02.1k↑76.5%2PHPPHP >=5.5

Since Oct 24Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-video-screenshot
====================

[](#php-video-screenshot)

Generate screenshot from the video file using PHP

---

### Requirement

[](#requirement)

- FFMPEG

### Using the Library

[](#using-the-library)

#### Installation

[](#installation)

Intall library in PHP project using composer

```
composer require tbetool/php-video-screenshot

```

#### Using Library

[](#using-library)

```
$obj = new GenerateVideoScreenshots(FFMPEG_PATH);
$obj->setOutputPath('output_location');

```

#### Generating screenshot/thumbnail

[](#generating-screenshotthumbnail)

Screenshot/Thumbnail can be generate by passing absolute path of the video file in following function call.

```
$thumbnail = $obj->generateScreenshot('video_file_path');

```

If you want to save screenshot to a different directory, you can pass the path of the directory as the second parameter.

```
$thumbnail = $obj->generateScreenshot('video_file_path', 'output_path');

```

---

#### NOTE

[](#note)

- If output path is not set using **setOutputPath()** or during **generateScreenshot()**, it will use the path to the video file to save the screenshot.

---

### Exception Handling

[](#exception-handling)

*Ex:*

```
try {
    $thumbnail = $obj->generateScreenshot('video_file_path');
} catch (Exception $exception) {
    echo $exception->getMessage();
}

```

---

### Bug Reporting

[](#bug-reporting)

If you found any bug, create an [issue](https://github.com/TBETool/php-video-screenshot/issues/new).

---

### Support and Contribution

[](#support-and-contribution)

Something is missing?

- `Fork` the repositroy
- Make your contribution
- make a `pull request`

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% of commits — single point of failure

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 ~10 days

Total

3

Last Release

2790d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6560085?v=4)[Anuj Sharma](/maintainers/anuj9196)[@anuj9196](https://github.com/anuj9196)

---

Top Contributors

[![anuj9196](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6560085?v=4)](https://github.com/anuj9196 "anuj9196 (7 commits)")[![donwilson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/422444?v=4)](https://github.com/donwilson "donwilson (1 commits)")

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Tags

ffmpegAnuj SharmaTBEAnuj TBEphp ffmpegffmpeg video screenshotffmpeg php video screenshotvideo screenshotvideo thumbnailphp video thumbnailffmpeg video thumbnailgenerate video thumbnail in phpgenerate video thumbnail using ffmpeg in php

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