[linux] Create video thumbnails for all video in a specific folder

[Snell]

Need totem installed

- Copy the following script and save it as videothumb.sh

#!/bin/bash

for video in "$1"/*.avi;
do
file=${video##*/}
wext=${file%%.*}
totem-video-thumbnailer -g 18 -s 200 "$video" "$wext".png
done

for video in "$1"/*.mpg;
do
file=${video##*/}
wext=${file%%.*}
totem-video-thumbnailer -g 18 -s 200 "$video" "$wext".png
done

for video in "$1"/*.mpeg;
do
file=${video##*/}
wext=${file%%.*}
totem-video-thumbnailer -g 18 -s 200 "$video" "$wext".png
done 

- Move it to folder /bin

- Make it executable

chmod +x videothumb.sh

Usuage:

videothumb.sh <folder>

Snell Reviewed by Snell on 9th Jul 2010. [linux] Create video thumbnails for all video in a specific folder Need totem installed - Copy the following script and save it as videothumb.sh #!/bin/bash for video in "$1"/*.avi; do file=${video##*/} wext=${file%%.*} Rating: 5