Thumbnail generator Plugin
Description
This plugin generates documents' thumbnails using external programs.
Installation
- Install the appropriate program on your OS (eg ImageMagick+Ghostscript, ffmpeg, SoX, ...).
- Edit the plugin admin properties and add the command to convert a document into an image using the following variables :
{webapp-root}: the webapp root folder (without ending slash). e.g :C:\tomcat\webapps\jcms-x.y{src.path}: the absolute path of the source file to convert. e.g :C:\tomcat\webapps\jcms-x.y\upload\docs\application\pdf\2009-04\mydocument.pdf
{dest.path}: the absolute path of the thumbnail to be generated. e.g :C:\tomcat\webapps\jcms-x.y\upload\docs\application\pdf\2009-04\th-320x240-mydocument.pdf.jpg
{format.ext}: the extension of the image format to use for the thumbnail to generate. e.g :jpg{format.mime-type}: the mime type of the image format to use for the thumbnail to generate. e.g :image/jpeg{width}: the width of the thumbnail to generate. e.g :320{height}: the height of the thumbnail to generate. e.g :240
"{webapp-root}\WEB-INF\plugins\ThumbnailGeneratorPlugin\programs\ImageMagick-6.5.0-9\convert.exe" "{src.path}[0]" -resize {width}x{height} "{dest.path}"Example for video files on a unix system (make sure you don't have any space in your webapp path) :/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i {src.path} -f mjpeg -ss 1 -vframes 1 -s {width}x{height} -an {dest.path} - Optionnally you can edit your
custom.propand specify any program for any mime type other than the predefined video, image and pdf properties.
Changes
Thumbnail Generator plugin v1.0.1
- Added compatibility with JCMS 6.1.1
Thumbnail Generator plugin v1.0
- Initial release
