# How to get thumbnail snapshots when using TranscoderTimedSnapshot

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-thumbnail-snapshots-when-using-transcodertimedsnapshot/48134>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api\
**Created:** [February 16, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-thumbnail-snapshots-when-using-transcodertimedsnapshot/48134 "2017-02-16T11:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hien\_Vu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hien\_Vu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hien_Vu)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-thumbnail-snapshots-when-using-transcodertimedsnapshot/48134/1 "2017-02-16T11:11:59Z")

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Hi everyone,

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

I followed this [thread](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-take-timed-thumbnail-snapshots-of-a-wowza-transcoder-stream-moduletranscodertimedsnapshot%28ModuleTranscoderTimedSnapshot%29).

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).

![](https://www.wowza.com/community/uploads/wowza1/original/1X/323e201c521da7fd03833512dadb7c00a0674005.jpeg)

Thanks,

Ken

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-thumbnail-snapshots-when-using-transcodertimedsnapshot/48134/2 "2017-03-15T21:56:45Z")

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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:

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

Regards,

Jason

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**Author:** ![Eddie\_Elzinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@Eddie\_Elzinga](https://community.wowza.com/u/Eddie_Elzinga)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-thumbnail-snapshots-when-using-transcodertimedsnapshot/48134/3 "2017-11-16T16:28:20Z")

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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?