Giorgi625 VIP
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05 Mar 2019 15:43

zerevans
Total posts: 61
10 Mar 2019 17:37

Why video field don't extract video thumbnails automatically for local self-uploaded videos ?

I use JW Player. Is it possible to create thumbnails with this solution ?

https://support.jwplayer.com/articles/how-to-add-preview-thumbnails


zerevans
Total posts: 61
11 Mar 2019 14:58

Can I try this when I have installed FFMPEG to the server ?

https://github.com/amnuts/jwplayer-thumbnail-preview-generator/blob/master/README.md


Sergey
Total posts: 13,748
12 Mar 2019 05:35

zerevans Why video field don't extract video thumbnails automatically for local self-uploaded videos ?

I use JW Player. Is it possible to create thumbnails with this solution ?

https://support.jwplayer.com/articles/how-to-add-preview-thumbnails

This is very complicated task. And there is not universal solution that would work on any server. FFMPEG works differently on different servers. Unfortunately I do тещ see any clear way to implement such a feature. Also I do not see any reason one would host videos on the same server with site.


zerevans
Total posts: 61
12 Mar 2019 09:28

Thanks for the answer. Is it possible to create video field to which I can add manually thumbnail to JW Player's video ?


zerevans
Total posts: 61
14 Mar 2019 07:30

JW Player created before thumbnail for self-uploaded videos. My developeer customoze also Player button for them. But they suddenly disappeared. Only update which has been done is Joomla update.


Sergey
Total posts: 13,748
21 Mar 2019 05:16

I do not know. If JW supplpies API parameter to indicate thumbnail image, then I think it is possible to add this functionality in components/com_cobalt/fields/video/video.php starting from line 109.


Giorgi625 VIP
Total posts: 655
21 Mar 2019 11:22

Sergey I do not know. If JW supplpies API parameter to indicate thumbnail image, then I think it is possible to add this functionality in components/com_cobalt/fields/video/video.php starting from line 109.

What about youtube videos? I am not good enough in php so was not able to edit video field template so I simply created template for text field which is explained here

Is it possible to add this feature to video field youtbue videos?

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