YouTube Thumbnail Preview Image

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Apr. 27, 2008Quang

Hello

Thank you for making a wonderful open source product. I love it!

Is there a way to specify/turn on a preview image for a YouTube video in the mixed media flash player?

I want my YouTube video to have a preview image (without having to create one manually).

I want to add it to my page www.deltadreams.com

Thank you.

Apr. 28, 2008Rockie

<track>
<creator>surfriderfoundation</creator>
<title>Sand Sculpture</title>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWRZrupLrI</location>
<image>http://img.youtube.com/vi/EqWRZrupLrI/2.jpg</image>
</track>
Can you see the image is the same code as the movie?

Apr. 28, 2008Quang

Thanks. Anyway we can make the image larger? It becomes pixelated.

See how it is at www.deltadreams.com

Thanks.

Apr. 28, 2008Rockie

Anyway we can make the image larger? It becomes pixelated.

You will have to make that request to YouTube, they make the images.

Apr. 28, 2008Quang

Can we make the request for Jeroe to add that feature? I mean, YouTube already has a preview image in the display.

Apr. 28, 2008YouTube

You can try the official YouTube API preview image; instructions here: http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-issues/browse_thread/thread/a6797d2441797105/4646271b6088a21f#4646271b6088a21f

You will still get a 130x97 image directly from the official YouTube API: http://img.youtube.com/vi/EqWRZrupLrI/1.jpg

What you are referring to as a preview image, is actually a frame of the video. The JW Player does not have that capability in the current version v3.16.

Aug. 18, 2008Mike

Use /0.jpg for a 320x240 image

Aug. 21, 2008JeroenW

Interesting. Perhaps I can extend the preview image functionality a little so the thumbnails in the playlist actually use another PG than the large preview in the display. Hacked into the YouTube API fast enough with the /0.jpg - /1.jpg trick, but it should be more generalized...

Aug. 25, 2008TomW

Is there away to force JW player to use 0.jpg?

Sep. 04, 2008r4lph

The current API allows us to use it when manually creating an .xml:
<track>
<title>Socom HD</title>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YnowiZ18tk</location>
<creator>r4lph</creator>
<image>http://img.youtube.com/vi/0YnowiZ18tk/0.jpg</image>
</track>
</trackList>

But when using a youtube playlist or channel the API needs to be altered. Maybe Jeroen can update us on this one.

Oct. 17, 2008JeroenW

4.2 will pick the /0.jpg image from YouTube feeds...

Oct. 14, 2009Mads

Hi,

I cant get JW player to show youtube image.
In the settings i have this line:

image:'http://img.youtube.com/vi/@CODE@/0.jpg',@IFS(IMG)@

Is that correct?

Regards
Mads

Oct. 14, 2009Zachary Ozer

Hi Mads,

Are you using the Joomla Module?

Oct. 14, 2009Mads

Hi Zachary,

I'm using AVR = AllVideos Reloaded for Joomla.

Regards
Mads

Oct. 16, 2009AVR2

In AVR to change to the newer HQ image:

In the youtubejw Tag, in Player template tweaks: section
change
image:'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/@CODE@/default.jpg',@IFS(IMG)@
to
image:'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/@CODE@/hqdefault.jpg',@IFS(IMG)@

That will change from the old 120x90 image
to the newer 480x360 image.

This is the same as the 0.jpg image above.

Oct. 16, 2009Mads

Hi AVR2,

Thank you for that, but I can't get the images to display in the player.

IF I write:
image:'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6jSBW0BOPqM/hqdefault.jpg',@IFS(IMG)@ the images thumb for the specific video shows correct up in the player.

BUT as soon i write this:

image:'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/@CODE@/hqdefault.jpg',@IFS(IMG)@

I only get a black screen as thumb. :(

It seems to @CODE@ insert the whole url and not just the video id from youtube.

Is there a @XXXXX@ that only insert the video ID from youtube??
Or what do you think the problem is then?

Oct. 16, 2009AVR2

Where are you writing this code?
All you have to do is add 2 characters (hq) in the Player tweaks.

It works fine for me.

Oct. 16, 2009Mads

Hi,

I am writing it in Player template tweaks in the manage tags/presets in joomla under youtubejw player.

It wont display the image,only when i shift "@CODE@" with a video id for a known video.

I can see when i look at the frontend that the address point at :
image:'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSt1d7o7G/hqdefault.jpg

So i seems that @CODE@ insert the watch address.
Does anyone have a clue for a solution?

Oct. 16, 2009AVR2

Did you put something in tag in the article?

Oct. 19, 2009Mads

No the tag in article is
{youtubejw}Youtube link{/youtubejw}

Anyone that has same problem?

Or a solution?

How can i ONLY insert the youtube ID and not the whole adress as @CODE@ does :(

Oct. 20, 2009Mads

Closing here.

Oct. 22, 2009Zachary Ozer

Have you found a resolution?

Oct. 25, 2009Mads

Hi Zachary,

Yes I have inserted the whole youtubelink, and found out that i only should insert the ID numers from youtube.

Now it works

Regards

Mads

Nov. 07, 2009hubble

How can i do popup`s window from thumb? My code in JCE Editor:

{youtubejw width="160" height="128" autostart="false"}Md51H5WCAf8{/youtubejw}
{flv popup="true" divid="mypopup"}Md51H5WCAf8{/flv}
{avrpopup type="window" id="mypopup"}Click here to show video in a popup window{/avrpopup}.

Thank`s

Nov. 08, 2009uuu

thank you

Nov. 16, 2009Shea

I second Hubble. That's what I need to figure out as well.

Dec. 04, 2009zach at longtail

We've opened a ticket for this:

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/ticket/642

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