HTML5 Dynamic generate thumbnail

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HTML5 Dynamic generate thumbnail

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index.html

<div style="border: solid 1px #ccc; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">
    <video id="video" width="320" controls="true">
        <source src="http://html5doctor.com/demos/video-canvas-magic/video.webm"><!-- FireFox 3.5 -->
        <source src="movie.mp4"><!-- WebKit -->
        Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag. Please download FireFox 3.5 or higher.
    </video><br/>
    <button onclick="shoot()" style="width: 64px;border: solid 2px #ccc;">Capture</button><br/>
    <div id="output" style="display: inline-block; top: 4px; position: relative ;border: dotted 1px #ccc; padding: 2px;"></div>
</div>

script.js

var videoId = 'video';
var scaleFactor = 0.25;
var snapshots = [];

/**
 * Captures a image frame from the provided video element.
 *
 * @param {Video} video HTML5 video element from where the image frame will be captured.
 * @param {Number} scaleFactor Factor to scale the canvas element that will be return. This is an optional parameter.
 *
 * @return {Canvas}
 */
function capture(video, scaleFactor) {
	if(scaleFactor == null){
		scaleFactor = 1;
	}
	var w = video.videoWidth * scaleFactor;
	var h = video.videoHeight * scaleFactor;
	var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
		canvas.width  = w;
	    canvas.height = h;
	var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
		ctx.drawImage(video, 0, 0, w, h);
    return canvas;
} 

/**
 * Invokes the <code>capture</code> function and attaches the canvas element to the DOM.
 */
function shoot(){
	var video  = document.getElementById(videoId);
	var output = document.getElementById('output');
	var canvas = capture(video, scaleFactor);
		canvas.onclick = function(){
			window.open(this.toDataURL());
		};
	snapshots.unshift(canvas);
	output.innerHTML = '';
	for(var i=0; i<4; i++){
		output.appendChild(snapshots[i]);
	}
}