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+#!/bin/sh
+
+vid_path="$1"
+nail_dir="$2"
+
+# ./nail asd/fas/dfasdf.mkv /media/videos /media/thumbnails
+
+show_usage() {
+cat << EOF 
+$@ 
+./nail.sh VIDEO_FILE OUTPUT_DIR
+Example:
+	./nail video.mp4 /thumbnails/example
+VIDEO_FILE
+	Path to file from which we generate a thumbnail
+OUTPUT_DIR
+	Directory to save the thumbnail
+EOF
+}
+
+# First some basic checks
+if [ ! -f "$vid_path" ]; then
+	show_usage Video file path invalid
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+
+if [ ! -d "$nail_dir" ];then
+	show_usage Thumbnails directory invalid
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if we have _any_ parameters
+if [ -z $1 ];then
+	show_usage "Create thumbnails for videos"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Next make sure that we have ffmpeg installed
+if [ -z "`type ffmpeg`" ];then
+	echo ffmpeg is not installed! This is required for generating thumbnails
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+vid_base_name=`basename "$vid_path"`
+vid_extension="${vid_base_name##*.}"
+thumbnail_base_name="$vid_base_name.jpg"
+
+# Always overwrite, grab first second first frame from $vid_path to
+# nail_dir/vid_base_name.jpg
+ffmpeg -y -ss 00:00:01 -i "$vid_path" -frames:v 1 "$nail_dir/$thumbnail_base_name"