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Android Api get thumbnail from video
Hi,
I wish to get thumbnail from videos with
sDbxClient.files().getThumbnail(metadata.getMetadata().getPathLower())
And it always throw me
com.dropbox.core.v2.files.ThumbnailErrorException: Exception in get_thumbnail: "unsupported_image"
How can I solve this?
Regards,
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
The unsupported_image error means "The image cannot be converted to a thumbnail."
It sounds like you're trying to get thumbnails for videos specifically, but unfortunately that's not currently supported. We'll consider it a feature request though.
Ok but what's the way to get thumbnail of videos element to show them as a grid?
Regards,
- Greg-DB
Unfortunately, the Dropbox API doesn't currently support thumbnails for video files.
Just checking, is it possible to get thumbnails of videos from temporary links at the moment, I noticed the previous comment saying it was not possible as of June 18 2016.
Thanks
- Greg-DB
No, temporary links only return the original file content, and don't offer an option for getting thumbnails.
So is there a way to generate thumbnail images from video urls in dropbox using the Javas APi.
- Greg-DB
No, the API doesn't offer a way to get thumbnails for video links.
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