How to get thumbnail snapshots when using TranscoderTimedSnapshot

Wowza Developer Dojo
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Hi everyone,

Currently, I’m using TranscoderTimedSnapshot module for generating a thumbnail snapshot when streaming.

I followed this thread.

Everything is okay, snapshots were created at [install-dir]/content when streaming. However, these snapshots are in wowza’s server. Is there any way to get them by using url like

http://[wowza-ip-address]:8086/thumbnail?application=[application-name]&streamname=[stream-name]&size=[width]x[height]&fitmode=[fitmode]&crop=[left],
,[top],[bottom]&format=[png,jpg], or something like that.

I need to get these snapshots to set for a preview image of recorded video after streaming (as below image) (using JWPlayer).

Thanks,

Ken

2

Hello @Hien Vu

The files are created in [install-dir]/content and you will either need to create an HTTPProvider or add the the snapshots on a web server document folder to access them.

The other option will be to use the built-in HTTPProvider to get a snapshot and you can view it this way:

http://[wowza-ip-address]:8086/transcoderthumbnail?application=[application-name]&streamname=[stream-name]&format=[jpeg or png]&size=[widthxheight]

after installing this HTTPProvider:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-get-thumbnail-images-from-wowza-transcoder-with-an-http-provider

Regards,

Jason

3

Tried your option and it is not working for me. I opened port 8086 on my core server firewall and entered http://[wowza-ip-address]:8086/transcoderthumbnail?application=[application-name]&streamname=[stream-name]&format=[jpeg or png]&size=[widthxheight] with my server and application details etc but the browser did not gave me a screenshot back while I see the screenshot in the /content directory. It has though a sc_ prefix (as described to use in the manual). Not sure if that is the problem?