how to create/generate thumbnail from a video in asp.net & c#

[shameer ali]

I am creating a web site similar to youtube..
In that after user uploads his/her video.. then corresponding thumbnail should be generated for that video..

any one can help me with the code/ reference links...


thanks
shameer ali shaik:ghost

[EastCoast]

You'll probably need an external application to extract a thumbnail such as ffmpeg or mencoder. There are windows binaries of these that you can install on your server and access from your own application.