Answers.Body: <p>The command to get a thumbnail from the first frame of a video is</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vframes 1 -vf "scale=360:-1" small_thumnail.png
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The scale filter is set to resize the image to 360 px width and choose height so that image proportion is maintained.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: where should I put the command? I've never work with FFmpeg yet!
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Answers.Text: If you've never used the command prompt before, see http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chusedos.htm
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Body: <p>How can I get thumbnails from first frame of each video in a set of videos?  I am using Windows.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: [Fastest way to generate video thumbnail of particulate size by FFMPEG](http://stackoverflow.com/q/35453006/3091066)
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Comments.Text: To the OP, if you're going to use the command in the link, omit the `-ss 4` part, so you'll get the first frame.
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Comments.Text: @Mulvya could you exactly tell me where and how should I type the command?
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Title: How can I get thumbnails from first frame of a set of videos?
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ThreadText: # How can I get thumbnails from first frame of a set of videos?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-06)
  
  How can I get thumbnails from first frame of each video in a set of videos? I am using Windows.
  
  **Tags:** software-recommendation, windows
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: [Fastest way to generate video thumbnail of particulate size by FFMPEG](http://stackoverflow.com/q/35453006/3091066)  
  > **username_2**: To the OP, if you're going to use the command in the link, omit the `-ss 4` part, so you'll get the first frame.  
  > **username_0**: @Mulvya could you exactly tell me where and how should I type the command?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-12-18. Score: 2
  
  The command to get a thumbnail from the first frame of a video is
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vframes 1 -vf "scale=360:-1" small_thumnail.png
  
  ```
  
  The scale filter is set to resize the image to 360 px width and choose height so that image proportion is maintained.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: where should I put the command? I've never work with FFmpeg yet!  
  > **username_2**: If you've never used the command prompt before, see http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chusedos.htm  
  
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