How do I save Thumbnail?

Jul 17, 2008 8:11pm

greeny 3 posts

Hi, I have succesfully uploaded a video (via HTML from) and had it auto encoded and sent to my s3 bucket. Not being a pro PHP coder, I now have spent numerous days trying to understand how your ping after trasfer works so that I can update the database and also how to get the thumbnail into my server without success.

I can access the thumbnail and show it in the browser with cURL like this:

$url = "http://heywatch.com/encoded_video/xxxxxx.jpg";
$ch = curl_init();    
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "xxxxx:xxxxxxx"); 
$image = curl_exec($ch); 
curl_close($ch);
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
print $image;

But how do I then save it with cURL to my server or s3? or if not cURL how do I do it? I followed some forum posts on creating a ping_after_transfer.php file and enabling it in my account. But don’t get any info!

PLEASE,PLEASE HELP!!!!!any help will be very appreciated!

Jul 18, 2008 6:41am

Bruno Celeste 374 posts

To save the thumbnail on your server:

$url = "http://heywatch.com/encoded_video/xxxxxx.jpg";
$ch = curl_init();    
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "xxxxx:xxxxxxx"); 
$image = curl_exec($ch); 
curl_close($ch);

$file = fopen('thumbnail.jpg', 'wb');
fwrite($file, $image);
fclose($file);

Jul 18, 2008 9:22am

greeny 3 posts

Thanks Bruno for the very very quick reply! Regarding the ping after transfer query, does the page redirect to the ping url I set in my account after the transfer is complete? or am I confused as to what the ping does?

Jul 19, 2008 8:24am

Bruno Celeste 374 posts

Absolutely not. The ping notifies you that a transfer or an encode is done in the background.

You want redirect_if_success parameter. You can find an example here: http://wiki.heywatch.com/Upload+videos+from+your+service

Jul 20, 2008 3:24pm

greeny 3 posts

OK! thanks, how then do I access this info in the ping if it’s in the background. If I set my PING address to ping.php what do I put in that php page to access the results. I’ve read your documentation but still am getting confused. do you have an example? It’s definately a ping I want not a redirect.

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How do I save Thumbnail?

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Jul 17, 2008 8:11pm greeny 3 posts	Hi, I have succesfully uploaded a video (via HTML from) and had it auto encoded and sent to my s3 bucket. Not being a pro PHP coder, I now have spent numerous days trying to understand how your ping after trasfer works so that I can update the database and also how to get the thumbnail into my server without success. I can access the thumbnail and show it in the browser with cURL like this: $url = "http://heywatch.com/encoded_video/xxxxxx.jpg"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "xxxxx:xxxxxxx"); $image = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); header("Content-type: image/jpeg"); print $image; But how do I then save it with cURL to my server or s3? or if not cURL how do I do it? I followed some forum posts on creating a ping_after_transfer.php file and enabling it in my account. But don’t get any info! PLEASE,PLEASE HELP!!!!!any help will be very appreciated!

Jul 18, 2008 6:41am Bruno Celeste 374 posts	To save the thumbnail on your server: $url = "http://heywatch.com/encoded_video/xxxxxx.jpg"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "xxxxx:xxxxxxx"); $image = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); $file = fopen('thumbnail.jpg', 'wb'); fwrite($file, $image); fclose($file);

Jul 18, 2008 9:22am greeny 3 posts	Thanks Bruno for the very very quick reply! Regarding the ping after transfer query, does the page redirect to the ping url I set in my account after the transfer is complete? or am I confused as to what the ping does?

Jul 19, 2008 8:24am Bruno Celeste 374 posts	Absolutely not. The ping notifies you that a transfer or an encode is done in the background. You want redirect_if_success parameter. You can find an example here: http://wiki.heywatch.com/Upload+videos+from+your+service

Jul 20, 2008 3:24pm greeny 3 posts	OK! thanks, how then do I access this info in the ping if it’s in the background. If I set my PING address to ping.php what do I put in that php page to access the results. I’ve read your documentation but still am getting confused. do you have an example? It’s definately a ping I want not a redirect.