How to get the video thumbnail path, and not the bitmap

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This question is actually asked and supposedly answered here: android get video thumbnail PATH, not Bitmap.

I've tried several times but can't get it to work. I always get a null returned. Any help on this please?

Edit: The sample code I'm using now:

public static String getVideoThumbnailPath(Context context,
        String filePath) {
    String thubmnailPath;
    String where = Video.Thumbnails.VIDEO_ID
            + " In ( select _id from video where _data =?)";
    final String[] VIDEO_THUMBNAIL_TABLE = new String[] { Video.Media._ID, // 0
            Video.Media.DATA, // 1
    };
    Uri videoUri = MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.getContentUri("external");

    Cursor c = context.getContentResolver().query(videoUri,
            VIDEO_THUMBNAIL_TABLE, where, new String[] { filePath }, null);

    if ((c != null) && c.moveToFirst()) {
        thubmnailPath = c.getString(1);
        c.close();
        Log.i(TAG, "thumb path: " + thubmnailPath);
        return thubmnailPath;
    } else {
        c.close();
        Log.i(TAG, "thumb path is null");
        return null;
    }
}

Doesn't seem like you need any permissions for this but I do have this permission: `` — Nii Laryea, Jan 12 '15 at 13:44
Did the below solution work for you... it does not seem to work for me? — Lion789, Aug 01 '15 at 12:36

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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First, you need to know the content uri of the file. If you have the file path, this shows you how to get the content uri.

public static String[] thumbColumns = { MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.DATA };
public static String[] mediaColumns = { MediaStore.Video.Media._ID };

public static String getThumbnailPathForLocalFile(Activity context,
        Uri fileUri) {

    long fileId = getFileId(context, fileUri);

    MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.getThumbnail(context.getContentResolver(),
            fileId, MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND, null);

    Cursor thumbCursor = null;
    try {

        thumbCursor = context.managedQuery(
                MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
                thumbColumns, MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.VIDEO_ID + " = "
                        + fileId, null, null);

        if (thumbCursor.moveToFirst()) {
            String thumbPath = thumbCursor.getString(thumbCursor
                    .getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.DATA));

            return thumbPath;
        }

    } finally {
    }

    return null;
}

public static long getFileId(Activity context, Uri fileUri) {

    Cursor cursor = context.managedQuery(fileUri, mediaColumns, null, null,
            null);

    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        int columnIndex = cursor
                .getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Video.Media._ID);
        int id = cursor.getInt(columnIndex);

        return id;
    }

    return 0;
}

Reference: http://androidcodezs.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-thumbnail-from-video.html

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Feb 04 '15 at 14:38

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`MediaStore.Video.Thumbnails.getThumbnail` before the `Cursor` is the key point, thanks. – Jul 29 '15 at 19:07
That too I found that works, with that piece of code added before the query it now loads the thumbnail paths. – kabuto178 Aug 06 '16 at 22:47
thumbCursor.moveToFirst() is always false on Android 5.0.1 – SpyZip Sep 15 '16 at 09:11
It worked well and i want image to be MICRO_KIND. Can someone please edit the cursor with kind=micro_kind. I tried but failed. – Hari krishna Andhra Pradesh Sep 25 '16 at 16:34
getThumbnailPathForLocalFile(Activity context, Uri fileUri) .... FOR which type of file this Uri fileUri parameter is ... (Video .. or .. ?) – Muhammad Jamal Apr 15 '17 at 22:37
`getFileId` always returns 0 – user25 Jun 05 '18 at 18:01
does Uri look like `file://storage/emulated/0/video.mp4` or is it something else? – user25 Jun 05 '18 at 18:22

How to get the video thumbnail path, and not the bitmap

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