Get thumbnail image of video file in C# [closed]

FFMpeg is a right tool that can be used to extract video frame at some position.
You can invoke ffmpeg.exe as mentioned above or just use existing .NET wrapper (like Video converter for .NET (it’s free) to get thumbnail with just one line of code:

var ffMpeg = new NReco.VideoConverter.FFMpegConverter();
ffMpeg.GetVideoThumbnail(pathToVideoFile, thumbJpegStream,5);

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