video-screen v0.0.1

video-screen

Generate screenshots from videos

Install

This module requires ffmpeg

$ npm install --save video-screen

Usage

var videoScreen = require('video-screen');
var fs = require('fs');

videoScreen('path/to/video.mp4')
	.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('video.png'));

// or if streams aren't your thing
videoScreen('path/to/video.mp4', function (err, screenshot) {
  fs.writeFile('screenshot.png', screenshot, function () {
    console.log('screenshot saved!');
  });
});

API

videoScreen(filename, options, callback)

filename

Required Type: string

String of video path

options

time

Type: string Default: '00:00:01'

The video time where the screenshot should be taken from

width

Type: number Default: 200

The width of the generated screenshot

height

Type: number Default: 125

The height of the generated screenshot

CLI

$ video-screen --help

  Take a screenshot of a video

  Usage
    $ video-screen <input-file> > <output-file>

  Options
    -t, --time       Seeked position of video to take screenshot
    -w, --width      Width of screenshot
    -h, --height     Height of screenshot

  Example
    $ video-screen clip.mp4 > clip.png

License

MIT