# Preview image with the JWplayer?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 3, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041 "2011-08-03T12:03:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@Jason\_Hebert](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hebert)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/1 "2011-08-03T12:03:37Z")

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Hi everyone,

I got my JWplayer to work with a livestream, however is there a way to have a preview image on the player when the user has not yet hit the “play” button?

Here’s my code:

\<embed

flashvars=“file=beheard&streamer=rtmp://ec2-50-18-135-35.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:1935/live&provider=rtmp”

allowfullscreen=“true”

allowscripaccess=“always”

id=“player1”

name=“player1”

src=“player.swf”

width=“480”

height=“270”

/\>

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/2 "2011-08-03T21:22:44Z")

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I think there is. Check the JW player Flashvars reference

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/3 "2011-08-03T21:22:59Z")

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I think there is. Check the JW player Flashvars reference

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/4 "2012-03-02T17:26:56Z")

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Take a look at the [ModuleCreateSnapshot](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-take-a-single-frame-snapshot-of-a-live-stream-for-thumbnail-creation-modulecreatesnapshot) example

Richard

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_Lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Christophe\_Lopez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Christophe_Lopez)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/5 "2011-09-15T00:06:42Z")

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[http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/15992/showing-a-preview-image](http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/15992/showing-a-preview-image)

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**Author:** ![Marmuladin\_Dolovac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Marmuladin\_Dolovac](https://community.wowza.com/u/Marmuladin_Dolovac)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/preview-image-with-the-jwplayer/37041/6 "2012-03-02T18:22:31Z")

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yes… preview with manual created image…

but is there maybe some way of getting WOWZA snapshot created every ex.10 seconds of current live stream in JPG format… or some other - nonWOWZA way to manage that?