[RESOLVED] Thumbnail from a video file

[greatchap]

Hello Guys,

I am making a program whereby I need to extract thumbnail from video files. Basically program should scan a set of video files and get thumbnails from each of them.

I have no idea how to go about it ? Does .net 3.5 support it through an api or so, or do I manually need to read video file and see if I can extract image.

Will be glad if anyone can help me out.

Thanks a lot,

Cheers,
GR

[dunfiddlin]

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack

Add Reference to shell.dll which comes in the above download.

Using shFile = Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.ShellFile.FromFilePath(filepath) 'extracts detailed fileinfo including the Explorer thumbnail image
            PictureBox1.Image = shFile.Thumbnail.MediumBitmap 'other options including small, large and original or draw manually for custom size
End Using

[greatchap]

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack

Add Reference to shell.dll which comes in the above download.

Using shFile = Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.ShellFile.FromFilePath(filepath) 'extracts detailed fileinfo including the Explorer thumbnail image
            PictureBox1.Image = shFile.Thumbnail.MediumBitmap 'other options including small, large and original or draw manually for custom size
End Using

Thanks for your help. I have two queries :

Requirements:
Minimum .NET Framework version required to use this library is 3.5 SP1. The APIs for Shell Extensions require .NET 4.
This library targets the Windows 7 RTM version, though many of the features will work on Windows Vista as well.

- I am using VS 2008 (.net framework 3.5 sp1). So it seems getting thumbnail images may not work. Do I need to shift to VS 2010 for this?
- Once compiled will my program work in Windows XP.

[dunfiddlin]

This is Shell not Shell Extensions, so 3.5 should be fine. XP, I think not, (although stranger things have happened!) I haven't had a running XP for a very long time so I'm afraid I can't help with that.

[greatchap]

Thanks a lot for your help dunfiddlin. The code works.