TakeThumbnail() creates new thumbnail of same frame

I tried to replicate this by creating a rotating cube and using the EveryplayTest.cs script to trigger the TakeThumbnail. I downloaded the captured thumbnails from the device and compared them - they were different. So at least for me this seems to be working correctly. Have you really compared the files? Maybe you just accidentally load the same file again or something.

You could also try to use texture for the thumbnails instead files since they create less overhead for the cpu when the thumbnail is taken. Method to set texture target: SetThumbnailTargetTexture(Texture2D texture)

 

Great! Need to start investigating this with Shield instead. Thanks!

 

I'm amazed that you got even one frame ok Since when I try the Shield tablet I get only black. Maybe it partly works on Android 4.4 but on Android 5.x which I used for testing it's totally broken. The device is problematic for us and the actual video recording was disabled until Everyplay 1.3 was released. Version 1.3 provided video recording support for it however we totally forgot to do a workaround for the thumbnail. So for now the file based thumbnail is broken for this device and I'm not sure if that can be fixed in the near future.

If you are showing the texture on screen there is no need to use file target for the thumbnail. Using a Texture2D target is much faster, less cpu overhead and no need to load anything from a file. Texture2D based texture target should also work with Shield tablet. If you really need the file you can use EncodeToPNG/EncodeToJPG methods to get a file from Texture2D.

Unfortunately the Texture2D related thumbnails methods are still missing from the Everyplay documentation however you basically use it like this:

Code (CSharp):

1.     public int thumbnailWidth = 256;
2.     private Texture2D thumbnailTexture;
3.  
4.     void Awake()
5.     {
6.         // Thumbnails are always stored landscape in memory
7.         float aspectRatio = (float)Mathf.Min(Screen.width, Screen.height) / (float)Mathf.Max(Screen.width, Screen.height);
8.      
9.         // Calculate height based on aspect ratio
10.         int thumbnailHeight = (int)(thumbnailWidth * aspectRatio);
11.      
12.         // Create a texture for the thumbnail
13.         thumbnailTexture = new Texture2D(thumbnailWidth, thumbnailHeight, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
14.         thumbnailTexture.wrapMode = TextureWrapMode.Clamp;
15.      
16.         // Set thumbnail target to be a texture instead of the default file target
17.         Everyplay.SetThumbnailTargetTexture(thumbnailTexture);
18.      
19.         // Add thumbnail ready callback
20.         Everyplay.ThumbnailTextureReady += ThumbnailTextureReady;
21.     }
22.  
23.     void ThumbnailTextureReady (Texture2D texture, bool portrait)
24.     {
25.         // Do something with the texture
26.         // e.g. something.material.mainTexture = texture;
27.     }

Texture based thumbnails are never taken automatically so you need to trigger it with Everyplay.TakeThumbnail().

 

Please remember that thumbnail works only when recording is running. And since you can't record on editor, you can take thumbnails only on a real device, iOS or Android.