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Poster: mkmonu Date: Jan 12, 2021 8:38am
Forum: movies Subject: Changing thumbnail

How to change Thumbnail of a Set of videos I have added

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Jan 12, 2021 4:11pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

upload an image file (jpg, png or gif). then in Edit > change the information > in the Files, formats and derivates section make the new image format:Item Image > change the format of the old image to the file format (jpg, png, etc)

ideally you would name the file that you want used with a filename that ends with _itemimage.jpg (assuming it is a jpg).

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Poster: Science Documentaries Date: Jun 14, 2021 4:45pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

I am not clear on these instructions. Upload an image file where? To my library? Directly to the video editing menu? What about the old image? Please clarify.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Jun 14, 2021 5:15pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

to the item that you want to have that image. these instructions are only for audio items and collection pages. it will not work for movies or texts items.
This post was modified by Jeff Kaplan on 2021-06-15 00:15:21

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Poster: Science Documentaries Date: Jun 14, 2021 5:29pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

On the contrary, I have seen other Archive users change their movie's cover file days after the video was initially uploaded. Please look into this further.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Jun 14, 2021 8:41pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

if you can point me to an example i'll look.

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Poster: Science Documentaries Date: Jun 15, 2021 3:54am
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

This video was uploaded initially with it's video thumbnail, but as of yesterday, it's listing in the library changed to a picture with the video title in it, just as all of the other videos in this user's library have been done.

https://archive.org/details/NOVAToBoldlyGo

https://archive.org/details/@ratterfat_mcwhiskers

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Jun 15, 2021 8:43am
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

oh, ok. you're talking about the tile image that appears in search results. yes, assigning "Item Image" to an image file uploaded to the item should do that. the thumb on the player itself will not change though.

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Poster: expressiveegg.org Date: May 21, 2022 6:50am
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

Hi Jeff. This is a mystery. How do I change the thumbnail here:

https://archive.org/details/the-system-and-the-self

I’ve uploaded an image (cover.png) but can’t find anywhere to change the thumbnail to this.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: May 21, 2022 1:46pm
Forum: movies Subject: Re: Changing thumbnail

i'm seeing that the thumb and the cover match