video-snapshot

Get snapshots from a video file in the browser

Demo 💅

https://zzarcon.github.io/video-snapshot

Install 🚀

$ yarn add video-snapshot

Usage ⛏

import VideoSnapshot from "video-snapshot";

document
  .querySelector('input[type="file"]')
  .addEventListener("change", onChange);

const onChange = async (e) => {
  const snapshoter = new VideoSnapshot(e.target.files[0]);
  const previewSrc = await snapshoter.takeSnapshot();
  const img = document.createElement("img");

  img.src = previewSrc;

  document.body.appendChild(img);
};

Api 👀

type CustomVideoTime = "start" | "middle" | "end";
type VideoTime = number | CustomVideoTime;

class VideoSnapshot {
  constructor(blob: Blob) {}
  takeSnapshot(time?: VideoTime): Promise<string>;
  end(): void;
}

Features 💸

• Dependency free
• 2kb size
• Take snapshot at any time
• You can pass smart times to easily get better previews

Author 🦄

@zzarcon