# Create thumbnails for when FF/REW on Roku **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260 "2012-09-11T06:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unisonruss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/unisonruss/32/546_2.png) [@unisonruss](https://forums.plex.tv/u/unisonruss)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/1 "2012-09-11T06:36:23Z")
Automatically done by PMS This is probably already planned, especially since there is a way to do this currently. But I would like this to be built Into the plex media server automatically, so I can see where to stop when I am fast forwarding or rewinding. Thank you! The hack seems complicated, and I really hate messing with terminal... ---
**Author:** ![majorseagull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@majorseagull](https://forums.plex.tv/u/majorseagull)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/2 "2012-09-14T11:35:44Z")
Same here, Iโ€™d love for Trick FF/REW on the Roku, it really helps to have visual thumbnails. Voted up ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![unisonruss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/unisonruss/32/546_2.png) [@unisonruss](https://forums.plex.tv/u/unisonruss)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/3 "2012-09-24T23:50:16Z")
Bump. Please vote using the little green โ€œ+โ€ in the original post! Thanks. By the way, this request does not need to be for just a Roku. In any client, if you are navigating while there is a transcode in session, it is impossible to tell where you are navigating until you start playing back the contents. These thumbnails could be used while AirPlaying to an Apple TV, using the Roku, android, IOS, etc. This seems like a no-brainer feature to vote in ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![jackandjohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jackandjohn/32/500_2.png) [@jackandjohn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jackandjohn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/4 "2012-09-27T02:35:59Z")
Far as I understand, there is a standard format for these, and you can cobble together a setup that does this using another app to serve the thumbnails ---
**Author:** ![Chip\_Mini\_Moon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chip_mini_moon/32/3501_2.png) [@Chip\_Mini\_Moon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chip_Mini_Moon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/5 "2012-10-01T00:31:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Far as I understand, there is a standard format for these, and you can cobble together a setup that does this using another app to serve the thumbnails Jack, your some what correct... In order for this to work you need to run another bif server, and a modified version of plex channel made by another user. What these guys want is these items to be in plexs' nature not having to modify anything which i completely agree with. Im sure this will happen at sometime shortly. +1 ---
**Author:** ![jackandjohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jackandjohn/32/500_2.png) [@jackandjohn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jackandjohn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/6 "2012-10-01T00:49:48Z")
What I meant to comment on was that since there is a common and accepted standard protocol, that itโ€™s something we could actually conceive of having in plex (especially since incorporating it in to xbmc would make sense) ---
**Author:** ![Dianoga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dianoga/32/140094_2.png) [@Dianoga](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dianoga)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/7 "2012-11-29T14:03:10Z")
I just picked up a Roku and would love to see this built into Plex. Iโ€™m running the bifserver now and it works but isnโ€™t at all elegant. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/8 "2021-01-12T17:57:06Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-thumbnails-for-when-ff-rew-on-roku/21260/9 "2021-06-10T01:02:13Z")