Uploaded video shows "QuickTime Video"

[Finster]

When one uploads a .mov file clip, the thumbnail shows in red letters: QuickTime Video.

That is like uploading a jpeg and rather than the image, it shows a red "Jpeg Image"

How do I get the thumbnail of the video file to show a thumbnail like a QuickTime Window or at least the open frame of the video?

[Chuck S]

You need to turn on the option in showphoto options in admin to embed video inline

[pistebasher]

Or, if you don't want to do that, upload a thumbnail separately and assign it to the video.

[Finster]

The latter worked, but it is too much work for the average member.

Chuck, in those settings the only thing I see close is "Use embedded multimedia" and I already had that set to yes, so where is the one you're talking about?

[Chuck S]

Correct use embedded media is correct

We play most of the normal multimedia files. If it was a true .mov file it will be played by the quicktime player embedded in the page

[Finster]

I don't get it, it was a .mov file, but it still didn't show a screen other than the red quicktime file graphic.

On some sites I see a graphic that is the video itself within the quicktime player window which lets everyone know it is a clickable video.

That is what I'm after, not making a screen cap, and uploading a thumbnail of that over the video file.

[Chuck S]

It must not have been a mov file. If it was the player would load if you have embed media on. here is the code right on showphoto.php

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[pistebasher]

Chuck, I believe it is an actual thumb of the video that Finster wants, not the generic mm-qt.gif

[Chuck S]

We do not process thumbnails from video's. You can upload a thumbnail you wish to represent the video but as far as our program all we do is upload a video no servers I know of have the mmpeg software installed yet to allow multimedia manipulation hense that is not part of our software as of yet.