Hello Linux Geeksters. ScreenGen is commandline tool for creating thumbnails from videos and uses the ffmpeg-libs in the background. The latest version available is ScreenGen 1.7, which brings some fixes to the previous version. A full list of parameters can be found at this link.
In this article I will show you how to install ScreenGen 1.7 on OpenSUSE 13.1, OpenSUSE 12.3 and OpenSUSE 12.2.
ScreenGen 1.7 is not available via any repository, but we can easily download the rpm packages and install them with rpm -i. Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to have a successful installation.
How to install ScreenGen 1.7 on OpenSUSE 13.1:
For 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491796/screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
For 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491797/screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm
How to install ScreenGen 1.7 on OpenSUSE 12.3:
For 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491798/screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
For 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491799/screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm
How to install ScreenGen 1.7 on OpenSUSE 12.2:
For 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491794/screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.i586.rpm
For 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c packman.links2linux.org/download/screengen/1491795/screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i screengen-1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm