Answers.Body: <p>Not that I know of or can find, Marco. </p>
  
  <p>It'd be interesting to see if anyone else knows of one. I guess one challenge would be to define which frame of the video should be used as a thumbnail.</p>
  
  <p>I typically use YouTube or Vimeo for client videos - as you know, the 'cover images' are available for use, from both.</p>
  
  <p>This might help: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12788287/how-to-get-hq-youtube-thumbnails">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12788287/how-to-get-hq-youtube-thumbnails</a></p>
  
  <p>That said, often times, the client prefers to upload an image as they have more control and better quality images.</p>
  
  <p>Good luck!</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Matt, I can sure use your tipp for another project since I didn't know how to get a hq thumbnail from youtube.
  
  In my case embedding youtube or vimeo videos isn't an option since the videos need to be self-hosted. The client won't be able to connect to the internet, only to the server craft will be running on.
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Answers.Text: I also like having control over a thumbnail but it would be nice to have a generated fallback image.
  
  This might be an idea for a plugin if the community sees the use for it.
  
  Good day sir.
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Answers.Body: <p>There is a plugin called 'Transcoder' But it's not free:
  <a href="https://github.com/nystudio107/craft-transcoder/blob/v1/README.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/nystudio107/craft-transcoder/blob/v1/README.md</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I need a thumbnail image of a video which i upload as an asset. Instead of uploading an image manually I'd prefer craft to generate a thumbnail for me.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a plugin I didn't find or did someone find another workaround?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Are you hosting the videos or is YouTube/Vimeo?
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Title: Is there a thumbnail generator plugin for video assets?
ThreadText: # Is there a thumbnail generator plugin for video assets?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-18)
  
  I need a thumbnail image of a video which i upload as an asset. Instead of uploading an image manually I'd prefer craft to generate a thumbnail for me.
  
  Is there a plugin I didn't find or did someone find another workaround?
  
  **Tags:** assets, plugins
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Are you hosting the videos or is YouTube/Vimeo?  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-19. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Not that I know of or can find, username_0.
  
  It'd be interesting to see if anyone else knows of one. I guess one challenge would be to define which frame of the video should be used as a thumbnail.
  
  I typically use YouTube or Vimeo for client videos - as you know, the 'cover images' are available for use, from both.
  
  This might help: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12788287/how-to-get-hq-youtube-thumbnails>
  
  That said, often times, the client prefers to upload an image as they have more control and better quality images.
  
  Good luck!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1, I can sure use your tipp for another project since I didn't know how to get a hq thumbnail from youtube.  In my case embedding youtube or vimeo videos isn't an option since the videos need to be self-hosted. The client won't be able to connect to the internet, only to the server craft will be running on.  
  > **username_0**: I also like having control over a thumbnail but it would be nice to have a generated fallback image.  This might be an idea for a plugin if the community sees the use for it.  Good day sir.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-02. Score: 4
  
  There is a plugin called 'Transcoder' But it's not free:
  <https://github.com/nystudio107/craft-transcoder/blob/v1/README.md>
  
  
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