Is there a way to have the thumbnail link to the video in place? so that it doesn't go to the file?
I assumed "Content" was the option, but is simply links back to the thumbnail "content" and not the video content.

thanks!

and THANK YOU for the d7 port!!!!

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Jorrit commented
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So what you want is when the thumbnail is clicked, the thumbnail is replaced by the video and the page doesn't change?

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bredi commented

yes exactly. Similiar to flash videos or when you can custom have a link and thumb for a qt file.

if on the thumbnail toggle you had "File,Content, Video" that would awesome!

thanks again!

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heresh commented

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Jorrit commented

Can't you just display the video? When the video is displayed, it will show the thumbnail. When users click it, the video starts.

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bredi commented

well, yes and no. An image or thumbnail could be an ad or something like "play video" or "watch now", "see the do-dad in action now" or a still from the video with a play button etc. A customizable image to get the viewer to click on the link.

where as the video would be the first frame... which many times is black from a fade up.

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michael.k commented

@bredi perhaps you are talking about the difference between the automatically-generated thumbnails, one of which becomes the poster frame for a video, versus all the cool stuff you can do with the imagecache_actions module to customize the thumbnails?

It would be ideal to customize that poster image and have it work like the teaser thumbnails or other custom display types.

To further complicate this point, I have recently seen (and documented) how a Video node with a completed transcoding job began with no poster frame showing in the HTML output, then mysteriously a few hours later started showing the poster image. This might explain why a users might not be seeing a selected poster frame and only the first frame of a video.

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bredi commented

Hi,
This would not be automated thumbnail generation from poster frames or videos. But rather a specifically designed thumbnail image manually uploaded as a link to the video. With the option to play the video in place, link to an external site or node. Flash and quicktime have this capability in code. But this would really round out this module.

Right now, when I choose to display the thumbnail image and select link to "content". It goes to the thumbnail image. Shouldn't it go to the Video? Since that is the real "Content" and purpose of the module? Otherwise, there is no need for using the video field. Just use an image field?

thanks again for this module!

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michael.k commented

A crude workaround for using a custom image instead of a thumbnail from the video would be to:

  1. set the number of auto-generated thumbnail images to 1 (since you're not going to use any and don't need a selection)
  2. save the node with the one auto-generated selected
  3. replace sites/default/files/videos/thumbnails/NUMBER/thumbnail-NUMBER_0001.png with your custom image and use the same name
  4. make sure the default display is set to "video player" at admin/structure/types/manage/video/display
  5. set the teaser to a "video thumbnail" of the desired size and link it to "content" at admin/structure/types/manage/video/display/teaser
  6. be sure to save each display configuration after pressing "update" for it to take effect
  7. uncheck "Auto-play files on page load" in admin/config/media/videojs.
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Jorrit commented

In 7.x-2.x-dev I have added code that allows you to set an image style for the poster image. I hope this helps to alleviate part of the problems in this issue.

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Jorrit commented
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Closed because of lack of response.