Is it possible to Generate a thumbnail from a video url in android

I tried this with glide and it worked , Glide version 4.3.1

    GlideApp.with(context)
                .asBitmap()
                .load(FILE_URL)
                .diskCacheStrategy(DiskCacheStrategy.DATA)
                .into(iv_picture);

Edit : Glide was working slow for me

The Top answer was not giving result for some videos , here is how i did it

MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
 //give YourVideoUrl below
retriever.setDataSource("YourVideoUrl", new HashMap<String, String>());
// this gets frame at 2nd second
Bitmap image = retriever.getFrameAtTime(2000000, MediaMetadataRetriever.OPTION_CLOSEST_SYNC); 
//use this bitmap image

It is not possible to create thumbnail from steaming link, you have to show it from server. Better upload a thumbnail along the video. Use the below code to generate thumbnail

Bitmap bitmap = ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail("picturePath", MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND);

Without downloading video you can generate thumbnail from below code:

public static Bitmap retriveVideoFrameFromVideo(String videoPath) throws Throwable
{
    Bitmap bitmap = null;
    MediaMetadataRetriever mediaMetadataRetriever = null;
    try
    {
        mediaMetadataRetriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14)
            mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(videoPath, new HashMap<String, String>());
        else
            mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(videoPath);
   //   mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(videoPath);
        bitmap = mediaMetadataRetriever.getFrameAtTime();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new Throwable("Exception in retriveVideoFrameFromVideo(String videoPath)" + e.getMessage());

    } finally {
        if (mediaMetadataRetriever != null) {
            mediaMetadataRetriever.release();
        }
    }
    return bitmap;
}

NOTE : Video is stored as Intra and non Intra (Picture frames) getFrameAtTime will return the closest non- Intra frame as Bitmap. So basically it won't download the entire video.

Here's your link:

1. Android: Is it possible to display video thumbnails?
2. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.html

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In my opinion, Server side should create thumbnail from a video and transfer thumbnail video images through your service.