Thumb nails for videos

djjeffa · June 20th, 2005, 10:30 PM

is there a way to put certin pics to each vid uploaded like if I put a mod incharge could he like use a screen shot for each vid?

June 21st, 2005, 08:47 AM

Right now there is not an option for this. You could manually edit the entries in the database and add the filename for the screenshot in the 'thumbname' column.

djjeffa · June 26th, 2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

Right now there is not an option for this. You could manually edit the entries in the database and add the filename for the screenshot in the 'thumbname' column.

ok is there any way you could explain a little better how I would do this im a bit of a dummie lol what would i look for in my db?

June 29th, 2005, 05:14 PM

You would need to go into your adv_gallery_images table in your database, locate that specific video, add the name of the file you want to use for the thumbnail in the 'thumbname' column, and then make sure to upload that file to the same directory that the video is stored in.

imported_BRC2 · August 23rd, 2005, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian

You would need to go into your adv_gallery_images table in your database, locate that specific video, add the name of the file you want to use for the thumbnail in the 'thumbname' column, and then make sure to upload that file to the same directory that the video is stored in.

I did this and it is still showing the default thumbnail for a WMV file. I double checked the filename and location. I also changed the post count manually in the DB to make sure it was updating and the gallery showed that change, but not the thumbnail. Any reason why this would not work in 1.0.1? Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Brian

August 23rd, 2005, 09:31 AM

Try looking in your forum/includes/functions_gallery.php file for this code:

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Replace with this:

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imported_BRC2 · August 23rd, 2005, 03:23 PM

Ok, I tried the above modifications...and the results were...
The WMV file is still using the default thumbnail and now the images (jpgs) are also using the default JPG thumbnail as opposed to the one that was generated during upload...see attachment

August 23rd, 2005, 04:17 PM

That's what I get for posting code before I've had my daily dose of caffeine.

I just modified the post above with the correct change though.

imported_BRC2 · August 23rd, 2005, 04:48 PM

Thanks for your help Brian, your're almost there. I applied the new code and the results are...the "new" video thumbnail is now showing correctly as well as regular image thumbnails. However, when I click on the video thumbnail, there is no image of any type to click on to play the video, nor is it showing a broken link. All of the other information is displayed.

Thanks,
Brian

imported_BRC2 · August 25th, 2005, 03:48 PM

Any ideas why the thumbnail is not showing...only the alt text, on the showimage.php page (where you click download the video)?