When a thumbnail of a video is displayed it is by default linked to the media page. If you want to link to the actual node content a work around for views has been found here #1189076: Linking problem in Views

My question is, how can you link to the node content when using the options provided to you on the "Manage Display" tab? The only options offered are to display the youtube embed itself and thumbnails that link to the media page (http://snpr.cm/5ysTNA.jpg).

This means without resorting to panels or display suite, it is impossible to link to the node content from a "Media: Youtube" thumbnail.

I'm wondering if linking to the media page is the intended behavior. If it is then this should be turned into a feature request to allow for overriding the link's destination.

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azinck’s picture

azinck commented

This module solves the problem: http://drupal.org/project/file_entity_link

(full disclosure, I'm the author)

dlsmore’s picture

dlsmore commented

I'm afraid File Entity Link does not solve the problem. File Entity Link does not work for fields of type multimedia asset, which any Youtube video would be, including the thumbnail.

Any other ideas?

dlsmore’s picture

dlsmore commented

After I upgraded to the dev version of Media and File Entity, I was able to change my video field from multimedia asset to a regular file field. Then File Entity Link is able to link the thumbnails. Hint: use "Rendered File" under Format in the Manage Displays screen.

RobW’s picture

RobW commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Closing this in favor of #1392900: Integrate File Entity Link's features into File Entity?, which includes step by step instructions on using File Entity Link.