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

Keywords

video snapshot preview screenshot capture image