From b0f42855cb3958ae9652973643948fea0abdec32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Jastrow Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:29:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated ReadMe --- ReadMe.md | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md index e76a969..f68e577 100644 --- a/ReadMe.md +++ b/ReadMe.md @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ # thumbnails -## Sources +Create "video thumbnail collection" with metadata -Original gist: https://gist.github.com/zmwangx/11275000 -Forked project: https://github.com/romanwarlock/thumbnails +## About + +I was looking for a simple tool to create video thumbnail files, like I created years ago with "Media Player Classic". +In my research I found a few tools for Windows, but only few for macOS and even less (none) open source. +But instead a found the original zsh/bash script from @zmwangx and the fork of @romanwarlock which were looking promising. +Since I'm no expert in FFMPEG nor shell scripting I had some trouble adapting the script to my needs initially, but improved finally. + +## Requirements +- FFMPEG +- Imagemagick + +## Sources +- [Original gist](https://gist.github.com/zmwangx/11275000) +- [Forked project](https://github.com/romanwarlock/thumbnails)