No video preview in Android app

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Thank you. So, why does it work on previewer?

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Hum… :thinking:
Can you please make a screenshot of your player configuration (the Poster Image URL field)?

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@lottemint can I suggest a component to create. :blush::blush:

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In short, you need to send to the Plyr component such URLs:

  • Video URL
  • Poster Image URL - that’s an optional one. If you keep this empty, there is no image shown before a user plays the video.
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@lottemint for this field I putted the current video - Video (file property)- URL.

But not working @lottemint .

Is it wrong?

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Here, you need to send a link to an image, not a video. For instance, try this one:
https://cdn.plyr.io/static/demo/View_From_A_Blue_Moon_Trailer-HD.jpg

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It’s working @lottemint . @lottemint my users have access to upload videos and how do I put that video URL for this ?

:blush::blush:

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So, in that case, you need to ask users to upload two things:

  • Video
  • Poster/Cover of the Video
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Sure. Here it is with an app as preview. Please let me know.

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Yeah I thought about that but @lottemint I want like that YouTube. Not required to upload a thumbnail.

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@lottemint I also set like this.

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Not sure why it works there. You should attach the link to an image, not a video.

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Yeah, I know. The thing is that YouTube has a background workflow that automatically creates the poster image for a video. The Plyr component doesn’t support that.

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Ah ok. Then I will add a field to upload the thumbnail. It’s good. Thanks for the information @lottemint :blush: :+1:

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It worked even once on my app with shorter video. Strange.

So there is no option to enable that?

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This is useless, none user will upload thumbnails. Do Instagram require that? You’ve got the answer.

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I didn’t Post anything still in Instagram :grin: :grin:. So I don’t know about that Dawid.

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But Dawid then how do I upload auto thumbnail from that video? @lottemint said not supported.

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I see your frustration. The problem is that you need to handle it on the video uploading step. Plyr component or another video player just plays a video.

So, you need a kind of another component that uploads a video and generates one or a list of images randomly grabbed from the video.

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