Main

★ 6.3 · n8n · medium · 9 nodes

Main is an n8n automation template that generates video thumbnails using FFmpeg and saves the results to Google Drive. Reach for it when you need to extract preview images from videos without manually running FFmpeg each time, when a backlog of clips is building up and you want cover images to land on Drive automatically, or when your team handles a steady stream of video content and thumbnail creation is slowing things down. Trigger: webhook. Integrations: Google Drive. The workflow receives a webhook call, processes the video file through FFmpeg, and uploads the generated thumbnail to Google Drive; no additional integrations are listed in the metadata. The direction is outward — generating a static image from video, not converting video formats or editing footage. Suits teams that already run a self-hosted n8n instance with FFmpeg available and a connected Google Drive account. Not the right fit if you need batch processing without a webhook trigger or multi-frame extraction with timestamps, as those capabilities are not specified in the source metadata.