ThumbnailMakerAmiga
Description:	Creates thumbnails from a video
Download:	thumbnail_maker_amiga.lha       (TIPS: Use the right click menu if your browser takes you back here all the time)
Size:	49kb
Version:	1.12a
Date:	06 Oct 26
Author:	David Woolley
Submitter:	David Woolley
Requirements:	ProAction, ffmpeg, imagemagick
Category:	video/misc
Replaces:	video/misc/thumbnail_maker_amiga.lha
License:	Public domain
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
FileID:	14116
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Short:		Thumbnail Maker Amiga
Author:		David Woolley
Uploader:	        David Woolley
Version:		1.12a
Type:		video/misc

About
Thumbnail Maker Amiga is an application for creating thumbnails from
a video.

There are a number of applications for other platfroms that do this, but
to my knowledge there are none for AmigaOS 4.x

A few years ago I wrote an Arexx script for Art Effect that did this job.
This application implements a GUI, offers more functions, and does not 
require Art Effect.

This is version 1.12a, which fixes fatal incompatibilities with ffmpeg 
version 9.0.1. In addition, version 1.12 implements the following changes:

* NEW - Option to add a border with user-defined colour and width
* NEW - Custom scaling option. Can now scale thumbnails from 5 - 100 percent
* NEW - Added resize gadget
* CHANGED - Scaling and Preset Layout button banks replaced with choosers
* CHANGED - Swapped the Scaling and Thumbnails Effects groups

Requirements
* Amiga OS4.1 Final Edition. Tested on X5000 and A1XE.
* Proaction. Provides the GUI. Available on OS4 Depot.
* FFMpeg. Minimum required version is 3.3. Available on OS4 Depot.
* Imagemagick. Minimum required version is 6.8. Available on 
	OS4 Depot.
* rexxsupport.library. Part of the standard OS4 installation.
* Python. Provides saving and loading tool types. Part of the
	standard OS4 installation.
* TrueType (.ttf) fonts. Part of the standard OS4 installation.
* Some videos...
* Depending upon the size of your video, you may require alot of RAM, 
	hard disk space, and CPU cycles.

Disclaimer
This reads and writes data from a source, and as such
an interruption may cause data loss. Use at your own risk.

Installation
Copy the Thumbnail Maker Amiga folder to anywhere on your system.

History
1.12a Handles deprecation of -vsync in ffmpeg v9.0.1
	Fixed timecode font path format to ensure compatibility
	with OS4 ffmpeg v9.0.1
	Handles broken video files more gracefully
	(Back ported from as-yet unreleased 1.2)
1.12	Added Border Thumbnail effect options; 
	Changed scaling and preset layout button 
	banks to choosers; 
	Added custom scaling option; 
	Swapped scaling and tile effects groups
1.11	Added Border Thumbnail effect
1.10	First public release.
1.00	Replicates all the functionality of my original Arexx script.

See the Guide for more details.