Re: Video Thumbnail Script

Hello MonkE, I wanted to get a thumbnail of a video file (.avi or .wmv) and also get the length (play time) of the video. I came across your script here but not quite know how to use it. I'm familiar with php but new to cgi, I try execute your cgi but couldn't get it to work. Can you tell me the steps in using your Video thrmbnail Script? Thanks in advance, -d

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Re^2: Video Thumbnail Script by MonkE (Hermit) on Apr 04, 2007 at 23:54 UTC
First thing: I don't recommend you use it on an internet-facing web server. I just threw it together for my own mollification. It is not hardened for internet use. Let's face it, it's accepting local pathnames as parameters. It's not internet-safe. CGI scripts frequently go in the cgi-bin directory of your web server or wherever it's configured to look for CGI scripts. Also, this particular script assumes that you are on a Unix-based system (the mplayer command invocations are Unix-specific).	[reply]

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Re^2: Video Thumbnail Script
by MonkE (Hermit) on Apr 04, 2007 at 23:54 UTC

First thing: I don't recommend you use it on an internet-facing web server. I just threw it together for my own mollification. It is not hardened for internet use. Let's face it, it's accepting local pathnames as parameters. It's not internet-safe.

CGI scripts frequently go in the cgi-bin directory of your web server or wherever it's configured to look for CGI scripts. Also, this particular script assumes that you are on a Unix-based system (the mplayer command invocations are Unix-specific).

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