Cover and 4 frames of a YouTube video

What this example returns

The dataset’s “Images” view shows 12 columns: Image, Type, Time, Title, Creator, Link, Platform, Width, Height, Format, Published, and Length (s). See every output field.

What each setting does

The input this example runs Video Thumbnail & Frame Extractor with. “Try this input” opens it in the console, where you can run it as-is or change any field first.

Video or episode links videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

Public video links (YouTube videos, Shorts, playlists and channels; TikTok; Vimeo; Dailymotion; direct MP4 links) and podcast links (Apple Podcasts shows and episodes, Spotify episodes, podcast RSS feeds).

Save the cover image includeCover

Yes

Save the video thumbnail or the episode cover art at the largest size the platform offers.

Frames at these times frameTimestamps

0:05, 50%

Times to take a still frame from each video: seconds (90), clock time (1:30 or 01:02:03), units (1m30s) or a share of the length (50%). Times after the end are skipped with a note.

Evenly spaced frames evenlySpacedFrames

2

Number of frames spread evenly across each video, skipping the very first and last picture. 0 takes none.

Default: 0 → this example uses 2

Frame size frameMaxHeight

720p

Largest picture size for frames, measured on the short side (a vertical clip at 720p is 720 px wide). A video published in a smaller size gives smaller frames, and the row's note says so. Frames above 1080p from a video platform also carry the large-frame add-on. Direct video files larger than 1080p, and videos from…

Image format imageFormat

JPG

File format of the saved images. Covers are converted when the platform serves another format.

{
  "videos": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"
    }
  ],
  "includeCover": true,
  "frameTimestamps": [
    "0:05",
    "50%"
  ],
  "evenlySpacedFrames": 2,
  "frameMaxHeight": "720p",
  "imageFormat": "jpg"
}

What it costs

You pay for the events the actor reports, such as each result or page it produces. Platform usage is included in the event prices: compute, proxies, browser and storage cost nothing extra.

• Image savedfrom $0.0006174One image saved with the run: a cover or a still frame.
• Frame above 1080pfrom $0.0019Added to the image event for a frame larger than 1080p (1440p or 2160p) read from a video platform (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, TikTok). Frames up to 1080p and covers do not have it; direct video files and videos downloaded whole pay per megabyte instead (video megabyte add-on).
• Video megabytefrom $0.0004Charged per megabyte (1,000,000 bytes) read from a video in two cases: a direct video file or stream link (not a video platform) whose own picture is larger than 1080p, and a video whose host does not answer byte-range requests, so it is downloaded whole to read frames. Rounded up per video and charged with the frames saved from it.

Full pricing

When to use this example

From the Video Thumbnail & Frame Extractor readme:

Other ways to run Video Thumbnail & Frame Extractor

• Podcast episode coversCover art of the newest episodes of a podcast feed and an Apple Podcasts show, plus an episode search.
• Frames from YouTube search resultsTwo evenly spaced PNG frames from each of the first 2 videos for a keyword.
• Covers and frames from Vimeo, Dailymotion, TikTok and MP4sCover plus a frame at 0:03 from each link, saved as WebP. The 4K MP4 file and the file from a host without byte-range reads also carry the per-MB video add-on.

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About Video Thumbnail & Frame Extractor

Save cover images and still frames from public YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo and Dailymotion videos and podcast episodes (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS feeds). Pick exact times or evenly spaced frames; every image is stored with the run and gets a download link.

Price:

From $0.617 / 1,000 results

Developer:

Toolwright

Categories:

Videos, Social media

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