How to get a bitmap image from a file that can be used in your Windows Store UI

GetBitmapFromThumbnail.cs

public async Task<BitmapImage> GetBitmapFromThumbnail(StorageFile storageFile)
{
  //get the thumbnail in VideoView
  var thumbnail = await storageFile.GetThumbnailAsync(Windows.Storage.FileProperties.ThumbnailMode.VideosView);

  //get the stream from the thumbnail
  var thumbnailStream = thumbnail.CloneStream();

  //create the bitmap from the stream
  var bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
  bitmapImage.SetSource(thumbnailStream);

  return bitmapImage;
}