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    Video
    Thumbnails
    Converter

    Generate optimized thumbnail images from video files. Uses intelligent frame selection to pick the most visually appealing and representative frames, with optional face detection and composition scoring.

    Max file size: 5 GB
    Estimated: 30 sec - 3 min per video
    5 input formats

    How It Works

    1

    Upload your video or provide a URL.

    2

    Frames are sampled across the video timeline.

    3

    Each candidate frame is scored for sharpness, composition, and face presence.

    4

    Top-scoring frames are selected and resized to your target dimensions.

    5

    Thumbnails are returned as images with quality metadata.

    Code Examples

    import os, requests
    
    API = "https://api.mixpeek.com"
    H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MIXPEEK_API_KEY']}",
         "X-Namespace": os.environ["NAMESPACE_ID"]}
    
    # 1. a bucket, with a schema that declares the field you will send
    bucket = requests.post(f"{API}/v1/buckets", headers=H, json={
        "bucket_name": "video-inputs",
        "bucket_schema": {"properties": {"video": {"type": "video"}}},
    }).json()
    
    # 2. land the file as an object. the URL goes in data, on the blob
    requests.post(f"{API}/v1/buckets/{bucket['bucket_id']}/objects", headers=H, json={
        "key_prefix": "run-1",
        "blobs": [{"property": "video", "type": "video",
                   "data": "https://example.com/clip.mp4"}],
    })
    
    # 3. a collection over that bucket, running the extractor
    collection = requests.post(f"{API}/v1/collections", headers=H, json={
        "collection_name": "video-to-thumbnails",
        "source": {"type": "bucket", "bucket_ids": [bucket["bucket_id"]]},
        "feature_extractor": {"feature_extractor_name": "multimodal_extractor", "version": "v1"},
    }).json()
    
    # 4. run extraction over the bucket
    requests.post(f"{API}/v1/buckets/{bucket['bucket_id']}/batches", headers=H, json={
        "collection_ids": [collection["collection_id"]],
        "auto_submit": True,
    })
    
    # 5. read the output
    docs = requests.get(
        f"{API}/v1/collections/{collection['collection_id']}/documents", headers=H
    ).json()
    print(docs)

    Use Cases

    Auto-generate thumbnails for video hosting platforms
    Create preview images for e-commerce product videos
    Build visual navigation tiles for streaming apps
    Generate social media preview images from video content

    Supported Input Formats

    MP4
    MOV
    AVI
    MKV
    WebM

    Quick Info

    Categorymedia
    Max File Size5 GB
    Est. Time30 sec - 3 min per video

    Processing millions of hours of video?

    Run this as a managed pipeline over your entire video archive, no infrastructure to build or maintain. Talk to us about processing at scale.

    Run it over a library

    Mixpeek runs this conversion as a pipeline over a whole library in your object storage, with the output landing as queryable documents. It is not a single-file converter.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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