Get thumbnail as byte array from stdout

MediaToolkit src/MediaToolkit.Test/ConvertTest.cs

@@ -139,6 +139,29 @@ public void Can_GetThumbnail()
             Assert.That(File.Exists(outputPath));
         }
 
+        [TestCase]
+        public void Can_GetThumbnailAsByteArray()
+        {
+            var inputFile = new MediaFile { Filename = _inputFilePath };
+            var localAppData = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
+            var localMediaToolkitFfMpeg = Path.Combine(localAppData, "MediaToolkit", "ffmpeg.exe");
+
+            using (var engine = new Engine(localMediaToolkitFfMpeg))
+            {
+                engine.ConvertProgressEvent += engine_ConvertProgressEvent;
+                engine.ConversionCompleteEvent += engine_ConversionCompleteEvent;
+
+                engine.GetMetadata(inputFile);
+
+                var options = new ConversionOptions
+                {
+                    Seek = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(inputFile.Metadata.Duration.TotalSeconds / 2)
+                };
+                var thumbnailByteArray = engine.GetThumbnail(inputFile, options);
+                Assert.AreEqual(9530, thumbnailByteArray.Length);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestCase]
         public void Can_GetThumbnailFromHTTPLink()
         {

MediaToolkit src/MediaToolkit/CommandBuilder.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ internal static string Serialize(EngineParameters engineParameters)
 
                 case FFmpegTask.GetThumbnail:
                     return GetThumbnail(engineParameters.InputFile, engineParameters.OutputFile, engineParameters.ConversionOptions);
+                case FFmpegTask.GetThumbnailStream:
+                    return GetThumbnail(engineParameters.InputFile, engineParameters.ConversionOptions);
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
             }
@@ -43,6 +45,19 @@ private static string GetThumbnail(MediaFile inputFile, MediaFile outputFile, Co
             return commandBuilder.AppendFormat(" \"{0}\" ", outputFile.Filename).ToString();
         }
 
+        private static string GetThumbnail(MediaFile inputFile,  ConversionOptions conversionOptions)
+        {
+            var commandBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+
+            commandBuilder.AppendFormat(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, " -ss {0} ", conversionOptions.Seek.GetValueOrDefault(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)).TotalSeconds);
+
+            commandBuilder.AppendFormat(" -i \"{0}\"", inputFile.Filename);
+            commandBuilder.AppendFormat(" -vframes {0}", 1);
+            commandBuilder.AppendFormat(" -f mjpeg pipe:1");
+            return commandBuilder.ToString();
+        }
+
+
         private static string Convert(MediaFile inputFile, MediaFile outputFile, ConversionOptions conversionOptions)
         {
             var commandBuilder = new StringBuilder();

MediaToolkit src/MediaToolkit/Engine.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ public class Engine : EngineBase
         /// </summary>
         public event EventHandler<ConversionCompleteEventArgs> ConversionCompleteEvent;
 
+        private byte[] thumbnailByteArray { get; set; }
+
         public Engine()
         {
 
@@ -118,6 +120,20 @@ public void GetThumbnail(MediaFile inputFile, MediaFile outputFile, ConversionOp
 
             this.FFmpegEngine(engineParams);
         }
+
+        public byte[] GetThumbnail(MediaFile inputFile,  ConversionOptions options)
+        {
+            EngineParameters engineParams = new EngineParameters
+            {
+                InputFile = inputFile,
+                ConversionOptions = options,
+                Task = FFmpegTask.GetThumbnailStream,
+                ReturningStandardOutput = true
+            };
+
+            this.FFmpegEngine(engineParams);
+            return this.thumbnailByteArray;
+        }
 
         #region Private method - Helpers
 
@@ -291,6 +307,18 @@ private void StartFFmpegProcess(EngineParameters engineParameters)
                     }
                 };
 
+                if(engineParameters.ReturningStandardOutput)
+                {
+                    FileStream baseStream = this.FFmpegProcess.StandardOutput.BaseStream as FileStream;
+                    this.thumbnailByteArray = null;
+
+                    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+                    {
+                        baseStream.CopyTo(ms);
+                        this.thumbnailByteArray = ms.ToArray();
+                    }
+                }
+
                 this.FFmpegProcess.BeginErrorReadLine();
                 this.FFmpegProcess.WaitForExit();
 

MediaToolkit src/MediaToolkit/EngineParameters.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ internal bool HasCustomArguments
             }
         }
 
+        /// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        /// <summary>   Indicates whether we will be returning from stdout. </summary>
+        /// <value> True if returning from stdout, false otherwise. </value>
+        internal bool ReturningStandardOutput { get; set; }
         /// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         /// <summary>   Gets or sets options for controlling the conversion. </summary>
         /// <value> Options that control the conversion. </value>

MediaToolkit src/MediaToolkit/FFmpegTask.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ internal enum FFmpegTask
         GetMetaData,
 
         /// <summary>   An enum constant representing the get thumbnail option. </summary>
-        GetThumbnail
+        GetThumbnail,
+
+        /// <summary>   An enum constant representing the get thumbnail via a byte stream option. </summary>
+        GetThumbnailStream
     }
 }