Video Screencapturing
Last updated: 2024-08-20 14:14:48
Overview
The video screencapturing feature allows you to take a screenshot of a video at the specified time to generate an image. VOD supports the following screencapturing methods:
Method | Description |
Time point screenshots | Takes screenshots at specified time points. |
Sampled screenshots | Takes screenshots at the specified interval. |
Thumbnail screenshot | Takes a screenshot of a video at the specified time point and uses it as the thumbnail. |
Image sprite | Takes a set of screenshots at the specified interval, splices them into a large image (image sprite), and generates a VTT file for displaying thumbnail previews on the progress bar. |
Use Cases
Common use cases include the following:
Use Case | Description |
Thumbnail generation | The screenshot taken at the specified time point of a video can be used as the video thumbnail. |
Highlight collection | Highlight moments can be captured and used for promotional purposes to attract more viewers. |
Manual moderation | To moderate uploaded videos, sampled screenshots can be taken from the videos, and moderators can quickly determine whether the videos are compliant based on the screenshots. |
Video summary | Multiple screenshots can be taken from a video and merged into a large image to give viewers a quick overview of the video content. |
Preview on the progress bar | Together with a VTT file, an image sprite can be used to preview the video content at a time point on the player progress bar. |
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