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iOS

Posted by damon patron
damon patron
4,692 Points

thumbnail image

i dont know how to place the videos i get from parse.com to a thumbnail image in the cell's in my tableViewController please help

3 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you will need to save a thumbnail for the captured video to parse which can be accomplished using a moviePlayerController method. so when the user uses the imagePicker to capture video, you will create a thumbnail in your didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo delegate method. then save that thumbnailImage to parse when you save the video data as well. Then you can just download the thumbnail image in the background in your cellForRowAtIndexPath and display it in your tableViewCell just like any other image.

//create the thumbnail for the video
            //you will have to add a moviePlayerController property to your viewController. 
            self.moviePlayer.contentURL = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
            UIImage *thumbnail = [self.moviePlayer thumbnailImageAtTime:1 timeOption:MPMovieTimeOptionNearestKeyFrame];
            //you also need a property to store the thumbnail image
            self.thumbnailImage = [self resizeImage:thumbnail toWidth:75.0 andHeight:75.0];

here is the resize method:

- (UIImage *)resizeImage:(UIImage *)image toWidth:(float)width andHeight:(float)height {

    CGSize newSize = CGSizeMake(width, height);

    CGRect newRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height);

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(newSize);
    [image drawInRect:newRect];
    UIImage *resizedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return resizedImage;

}
damon patron
damon patron
4,692 Points
damon patron
damon patron
4,692 Points

ok thank you soooooo much i was stuck with this for so long, one more thing do i have an object that parallels with the thumbnail image saved off the video that was uploaded and saved, and what do i do if i have videos i manually place in parse how do i get the thumbnail for them

damon patron
damon patron
4,692 Points
damon patron
damon patron
4,692 Points

is there a progam that i can download that i can create a thumbnail image of the videos if so please help