video_skimmer 0.0.1

A lightweight Flutter widget that brings Final Cut-style video skimming to your apps.

🎞️ video_skimmer

A lightweight Flutter widget that brings Final Cut-style video skimming to your apps. Hover your mouse across the video container and preview frames instantly, just like pro editing tools!

Built with ❤️ for MacOS and Windows. Contributions welcome to extend platform support and squash bugs!

✨ Features

• Skim through video by simply hovering your mouse.
• Preview frames dynamically with minimal lag.
• Timestamp indicator follows your cursor.
• Tap to select a frame and get the video timestamp + image.
• Supports 16:9 video preview layout by default.

📦 Installation

You can add video_skimmer to your project in two ways:

Option 1: Manually edit pubspec.yaml

Add video_skimmer to your pubspec.yaml dependencies:

dependencies:
  video_skimmer: ^0.0.1  # Replace with the latest version

Then run:

flutter pub get

Option 2: Using flutter pub add

Alternatively, you can use the flutter pub add command to automatically add the package to your project:

flutter pub add video_skimmer

This will add the latest version to your pubspec.yaml and run flutter pub get automatically.

🚀 Getting Started

Import the package and drop the VideoSkimmer widget into your UI:

import 'package:video_skimmer/video_skimmer.dart';

class MyVideoPage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: VideoSkimmer(
        'assets/videos/demo.mp4',
        onTap: (selectedFrame) {
          // Do something with selectedFrame.image and selectedFrame.videoTimestampInSeconds
        },
        skimmerColor: Colors.blueAccent,
      ),
    );
  }
}

🖥️ Supported Platforms

• ✅ MacOS
• ✅ Windows
• ⚠️ Linux / Web / Mobile: Not currently supported — PRs welcome!

🧩 Contributing

Want to improve compatibility or fix bugs? You're very welcome!