Retrieving thumbnails programmatically

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Retrieving thumbnails programmatically - MediaLive

When the thumbnails feature is enabled, MediaLive generates thumbnails for the currently active input in a channel that is running. For a standard channel, MediaLive generates two thumbnails. For a single-pipeline channel, MediaLive generates one thumbnail.

You can use the AWS CLI to work with thumbnails programmatically. The following information assumes that you are familiar with the basics of using the AWS CLI. For information about the basics, see the AWS CLI Command Reference.

Use the DescribeThumbnails command. This command is represented differently in different interfaces:

In the AWS CLI, the command is describe-thumbnails.
In the API, the command is represented by an HTTP GET on describe-thumbnails/kmsKeyId.
In the AWS SDKs, the command is represented by constructs that are suitable to that SDK language.

To retrieve thumbnails using the AWS CLI

Make sure that you have enabled thumbnails in the channel, and make sure that the channel is running.
Enter this command:

aws medialive describe-thumbnails --channel-id value --pipeline-id value --thumbnail-type value

Where:

channel-id is required.

pipeline-id is 0 or 1. If you want thumbnails for both pipelines, enter the command twice.

thumbnail-type is always CURRENT_ACTIVE. This option is required, even though it has only one value.

The response appears on the screen. For example:


{
    "ThumbnailDetails": [
        {
            "PipelineId": "0",
            "Thumbnails": [
                {
                    "Body"base64 string of the JPEG image",
                    "ContentType": "image/jpeg",
                    "ThumbnailType": "CURRENT_ACTIVE",
                    "TimeStamp": "2023-07-15T21:01:11"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

If thumbnails are disabled, the response looks like this: