Android Api get thumbnail from video

[alex b.38]

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]

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.

[alex b.38]

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.

[Carl H.9]

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. 

[Carl H.12]

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.