如何从i3上的m3u8直播中获取缩略图？

Question

Is there any way to get stream thumbnail photo from periscope or any other .m3u8 video stream on ios?

I tried to download video with requestThumbnailImagesAtTimes:timeOption: but cant get the thumbs, any suggestion?

Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same issue and I was playing the video through a UIWebView. When I called loadRequest: the video would automatically start playing and I just wanted to show the preview image of the video with the play arrow on top of the preview image.

The way I did it was to set the mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction property to YES like this:

[cell.webView setMediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction:YES];

So this way it shows a preview image and does not automatically start playing the video stream. Might not be exactly what you were looking for since the thumbnail is covered by a play arrow, but it is an option.