YouTube Thumbnail Preview Image

<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?

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

See how it is at www.deltadreams.com

Thanks.

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

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

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

You can try the official YouTube API preview image; instructions here: http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-issues/browse_thread/thread/a6797d2441797105/4646271b6088...

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.

Use /0.jpg for a 320x240 image

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...

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

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.

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

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

Hi Mads,

Are you using the Joomla Module?

Hi Zachary,

I'm using AVR = AllVideos Reloaded for Joomla.

Regards
Mads

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.

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?

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.

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?

Did you put something in tag in the article?

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 :(

Closing here.

Have you found a resolution?

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

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

Thank`s

thank you

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

We've opened a ticket for this:

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

I am using Version 5.3
Then thumbnails do not show (see bottom of this page)
http://www.hipipo.com/
The playlist is specified in this format

<track>
<creator>Nick-Nola-ft-Bella -Okai-I-Love-The-Way-Ugandan</creator>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-HeqZADQQM</location>
<title>Nick-Nola-ft-Bella -Okai-I-Love-The-Way-Ugandan</title>
−
<image>
http://www.hipipo.com/videos/thumbs/Nick-Nola-ft-Bella -Okai-I-Love-The-Way-Ugandan.png
</image>
</track>

What could be wrong

You need a crossdomain.xml file here - http://www.hipipo.com/crossdomain.xml

More information - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html