JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<video width="400" controls>
<source src="https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>
<canvas width="364" height="204"></canvas>
<button id="snap">Take screenshot</button>
JavaScript
document.getElementById("snap").addEventListener("click", function() {
snap();
});
// Get handles on the video and canvas elements
var video = document.querySelector('video');
var canvas = document.querySelector('canvas');
// Get a handle on the 2d context of the canvas element
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
// Define some vars required later
var w, h, ratio;
// Add a listener to wait for the 'loadedmetadata' state so the video's dimensions can be read
video.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function() {
// Calculate the ratio of the video's width to height
ratio = video.videoWidth / video.videoHeight;
// Define the required width as 100 pixels smaller than the actual video's width
w = video.videoWidth - 100;
// Calculate the height based on the video's width and the ratio
h = parseInt(w / ratio, 10);
// Set the canvas width and height to the values just calculated
canvas.width = w;
canvas.height = h;
}, false);
// Takes a snapshot of the video
function snap() {
// Define the size of the rectangle that will be filled (basically the entire element)
context.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
// Grab the image from the video
context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, w, h);
}