node.jsffmpegvideo-thumbnailsfluent-ffmpeg

How to generate video thumbnail in NodeJs?

I am trying to generate video thumbnail but I am not getting an idea how to do that, I tried using fluent-ffmpeg & Video-thumbnail libraries but I don't know how to use them. Please, someone, help me Note I cannot usersocket.io in my project

I have tried this 

const ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
const ffmpeg_static = require('ffmpeg-static');    
 ffmpeg(req.file.path)
          .screenshots({
            timestamps: [0.0],
            filename: 'xx.png',
            folder: upload_folder
          }).on('end', function() {
            console.log('done');
          });

getting this error

events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: Cannot find ffmpeg
Solution

  • You should install ffmpeg >= 0.9 on the host machine in order to use fluent-ffmpeg package.