Get thumbnail from Video URL

Hello coders,

Here we show you a code that can be helpful for getting thumbnail from video URL.

public static Bitmap retriveVideoFrameFromVideo(String videoPath) throws Throwable {
    Bitmap bitmap = null;
    MediaMetadataRetriever mediaMetadataRetriever = null;
    try {
        mediaMetadataRetriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
        mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(videoPath, new HashMap<String, String>());
        //   mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(videoPath);
        bitmap = mediaMetadataRetriever.getFrameAtTime();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new Throwable("Exception in retriveVideoFrameFromVideo(String videoPath)" + e.getMessage());

    } finally {
        if (mediaMetadataRetriever != null) {
            mediaMetadataRetriever.release();
        }
    }
    return bitmap;
}

Usage:

try {
    bitmap = retriveVideoFrameFromVideo("https://sample-videos.com/video123/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4");
    if (bitmap != null) {
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }
} catch (Throwable throwable) {
    throwable.printStackTrace();
}

If you want to change its width and height, then create scaledBitmap:

if (bitmap != null) {
    bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, 240, 240, false);
    imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
}

Sometimes you will get MediaRetriever exception. So if you a have better solution, then write here and make this post more helpful.

Output