The Movie ScreenCap Batch Creator… Create Screencaps of
- any number of movies,
- located anywhere on your computer,
- manually or with a time-scheduler,
- with a free to choose number of caps,
- the ability to ignore already processed files,
- a customizable design
- and most important, it allows you to do it in Batch Mode!
AMT is THE Movie ScreenCap Batch Creator!
The Auto Movie-Thumbnailer is an automation GUI to batch create Screencaps, Thumbnail Index Pictures, Preview Pictures or Contact Sheets for any given number of movies. It supports many different input (AVI, MPG, Quicktime, Real-Media, Windows-Media,….) formats, in fact every input format that is supported by MPlayer.
Additionally AMT offers you a huge number of possibilites to customize the design and layout of the Screencaps.
AMT works by remotely controlling the MPlayer, some applications of the ImageMagick Suite and a MediaInfo plugin to perform the screenshoting and Picture creation.
Known Problems
Short movies might not have enough key-frames (depending on format) for multiple screenshots. E.g. if you want to have 20 screenshots per movie, but the movie only has 10 Key-frames, will get duplicate screenshots. That’s because the seek function of MPlayer is controlled by simple maths. 20 screenshots means start at 2.5%, next shot 7.5%, 12.5%… if now too few key-frames are defined in the movie (during creation process), 7.5% and 12.5% might point to the same key-frame, if for example the movie has a key-frame at 5% and the next at 15%. MPlayer is only capable of seeking key-frames for certain formats.
License
This program is freeware under Creative Commons License “by-nc-nd 3.0″, and this means, you are free to share, to copy, distribute and transmit the work under the following conditions:
- Attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
- Noncommercial – You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
- No Derivative Works – You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
See also http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 for details.
For any form of distribution of this software a link back to the authors website at http://www.amt.cc is required.
It works fine at least on the XP-Pro 32-bit SP3 machines I tested it on. Beta-Testing also took place on Vista 32 and 64bit machines and on Windows 7 RC. If you find bugs please let me know.
Changelog
1.0.7.0 > 1.0.7.1
- Removed ‘exclusive read+write access’ needed on media files for now, as this prevented creation from read-only drives (CD/DVD)
1.0.6.3 > 1.0.7.0
- Changed log file max size truncation logic
- Upgraded SubBinaries from v7 to v8 (2009-Aug-17)
- Updated Treeview: Now restores previous selection states after program restart
- Added frequent check for AMT-mplayer.exe crash window
- Changed style of input file search progress bar to MARQUEE
- Removed _ReduceMemory() function
- Changed startup timer for AMT-Watcher from 2*5 seconds to 2*15 seconds
- Changed style for custom progress GUI
- Fixed an issue, if total file-location length of temp-files in AMTWorkDir is > 256 characters
- Skip of file creation with a total file-length > 252 characters (.jpg appended > 256 characters) in File search function
1.0.6.2 > 1.0.6.3
- AMT can now be closed while processing
1.0.5.9 > 1.0.6.2
- Added Option to start ‘amt.exe minimized’
- Added Startup/Autostart with Windows shortcut to installer (starts minimized) (nice way, not using reg)
- Tweaked traytip, now shows more detailed process infos
- Changed Uninstaller Icon
1.0.5.8 > 1.0.5.9
- Created a custom progress GUI for Filesearch and Design Preview Progress
1.0.5.7 > 1.0.5.8
- Move and zoom in AMT-Previewer now with cursor keys (press SHIFT for faster movement)
- Fixed Error on Exit, if AMT-Watcher was not found
- Fixed progress display bug in conjunction with restart triggerd by timers
- Upgraded SubBinaries from v6 to v7 (2009-Jun-14)
- ImageMagick: 6.5.3-Q16 > 6.5.3-Q16
- Mediainfo: MediaInfo DLL 0.7.15 > MediaInfo DLL 0.7.16
- MPlayer: MPlayer-rtm-svn-29312 > MPlayer-rtm-svn-29355
1.0.5.6 > 1.0.5.7
- Added more options to the AMT-Picture Previewer (change size with keys, add buttons for fixed size)
- Updated Uninstaller to check whether AMT is running before uninstalling
- Corrected bug in output of Unicode Filenames on Picture
- Localized Treeview Folder Names
- Treeview now supports Unicode Folder Names
1.0.5.5 > 1.0.5.6
- Fixed a WIN7 specific bug I introduced in _ReduceMemory()
- Relocated AMT-Watcher.exe and AMT-Previewer.exe from @AppDataDir to @ProgramFilesDir
1.0.5.4 > 1.0.5.5
- Minor design updates only
- Trayicon always visible
- Trayicon blinks while processing
- Imagelist for Treeview icons now also recreated on refresh (occasionally got lost)
- Changed default JPG size of previewer from 50 to 75% of desktop size
Kudos to: AdmiralAlkex, Richard Robertson, Draygoes, BrettF & Achilles for Beta-Testing!
AMT was created with AutoIt, visit the forum at
Disclaimer
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
The Author of this Software expressly disclaims any warranty for the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT and any related documentation is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties or merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT remains with you.
NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES
In no event shall the author of this Software be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use this product, even if the Author of this Software has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
AMT – SubBinaries v7 (2009-Jun-14)
AMT utilizes some external binaries. All binaries are fully functional and can be used as standalone programs. They are only provided with this installer for installation convenience. The SubBinaries AddOn-Package consists of the following applications:
MPlayer
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2
MPlayer Binary Codec Packages
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2 (assumed, as it is distributed along with the MPlayer)
MediaInfo
This program is freeware (GLPv3)
ImageMagick
The ImageMagick license is compatible with the GPL.
A copy of the license agreements for these programs can be found in the respective installation folder. The AMT license does not cover these programs. All copyrights remain with the respective authors.
Just cannot get this to work. It won’t select any of the thumbnail patterns, it always uses the 60 thumbnail one. Tried creating a new pattern but it doesn’t save the numbers I put in. Seems to work for other people, but not me. Don’t know if it’s a Win7 64-bit issue or what.
I’m running it on Win7-64bit myself, but I’ve done some updates (my current private build is v1.0.8.6). One thing was the Aero effect being disabled and re-enabled again and again. The reason for this is that the MPlayer is being restarted and Windows itself found it incompatible with Aero. This can be turned off by checking the “Disable Desktop Composition” checkbox on the second tab of the shortcuts properties page.
There are still some rough edges that need to be rasped away in the next versions, then I’ll release an update.
AVG says it is a AutoIt virus. Any advice please?
It’s coded with AutoIt script, which sometimes generates false positives. Try another scanner or something like http://www.virustotal.com/.
Hello,
Nice program, but, I am trying to “catalog”
(make contact sheets) some CDs and DVD discs containing video clips on them, I have set the program, defined a special folder where to store the created images, but got nothing!
It is working only when the clip is on the computer’s harddisk only.
Have I overlooked something ? or is it a bug?
Installation was clean
Will appreciate some answers.
Thanks
Mordechai
It ‘should’ work, so I fear its a bug
. Will check and come back to you.
Not truly a bug, but a ‘feature’ that backfired
… give release 1.0.7.1 a try.
Cheers
Thanks for all the effort put on this project; I hope this works in this end. Real much appreciated, thinking of donating!
Thanks for the feedback! Nice to know that my work is appreciated
.