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Ajai Khattri wrote:
> Is there any way to generate a thumbnail image of a Flash movie (SWF) in 
> PHP?
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Using ffmpeg,
http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/
(you can also use the command line, but this is the utility all the 
youtube clone sites use)

ffmpeg supports swf, but how easily it can pull the video is a subject 
of discussion.

There are also various services, such as:
http://heywatch.com/page/home

Which have API's to convert video formats.  Most, IIRC also produce a 
thumbnail of the conversion, so you could use them if you don't want to 
muck with ffmpeg yourself[and ffmpeg can be a nightmare to muck with.  
It can also go very easily, so I would tend to say try it on your site 
and see what happens.]