# How can I create thumbnail for streaming video .mp4 files in Android

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [July 1, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101 "2017-07-01T06:27:46Z")
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### Author: ![Muthukumar\_Subraman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Muthukumar\_Subraman1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Muthukumar_Subraman1)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101/1 "2017-07-01T06:27:46Z")

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I am new to the android development. I used the live streaming video from android mobile to wowza streaming engine. I need know how create thumbnail for live streaming video mp4 files with wowza

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### Author: ![Jermaine\_Hemby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jermaine\_Hemby](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jermaine_Hemby)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101/2 "2017-07-01T17:00:01Z")

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Hello,

Thanks for contacting the Wowza Community!

You can do this a few ways. Here are 2 ways of achieving this:

[Thumbnail Module](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-take-a-single-frame-snapshot-of-a-live-stream-for-thumbnail-creation-modulecreatesnapshot)

[Generate Thumbnail](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-generate-thumbnail-images-of-live-streams)

Hope this helps. If any questions, feel free to reach out

regards,

Jermaine

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### Author: ![Muthukumar\_Subraman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Muthukumar\_Subraman1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Muthukumar_Subraman1)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101/3 "2017-07-03T13:02:37Z")

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Thanks for your help.

Can generate thumbnail in WowzaGocoder SDK ?

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### Author: ![Sehen\_Gratis2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sehen\_Gratis2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sehen_Gratis2)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-create-thumbnail-for-streaming-video-mp4-files-in-android/49101/4 "2017-07-14T18:20:36Z")

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Thanks for [clipart](https://clipartpig.com/) response jermaine ! I appreciated.