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Why doesn't the thumbnail show up for the video link ?
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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
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Rimu piefed.social rimu@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-01-04
#2 · Quote Reply

That is a video post. To make a thumbnail would require piefed.nl to read the video and copy one of the frames from the video. This would make the server work hard and we don't want that.
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INeedMana piefed.zip INeedMana@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-07-03
#3 · Quote Reply
Rimu wrote:
That is a video post. To make a thumbnail would require piefed.nl to read the video and copy one of the frames from the video. This would make the server work hard and we don't want that.

Just thinking out loud: wouldn't it be possible to re-use the preview image the video server provides?
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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
Joined: 2026-05-13
#4 · Quote Reply
Rimu wrote:
That is a video post. To make a thumbnail would require piefed.nl to read the video and copy one of the frames from the video. This would make the server work hard and we don't want that.

Couldn't l do that reading part myself and then upload it as a thumbnail ?? I do it for YouTube and spectra !!
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Rimu piefed.social rimu@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-01-04
#5 · Quote Reply
OrangePumkin wrote:
Couldn't l do that reading part myself and then upload it as a thumbnail ?? I do it for YouTube and spectra !!

Yes, if someone added that functionality to PieFed.

Many parts of PieFed are still incomplete. You are finding many gaps :)
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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
Joined: 2026-05-13
#6 · Quote Reply
Rimu wrote:
Yes, if someone added that functionality to PieFed. Many parts of PieFed are still incomplete. You are finding many gaps :)

Is that bad ??
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OrangePumkin piefed.nl OrangePumkin@piefed.nl
Joined: 2026-05-13
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Rimu wrote:
Yes, if someone added that functionality to PieFed. Many parts of PieFed are still incomplete. You are finding many gaps :)

A thumbnail is supposed to be an image of certain specifications with a ▶️ button, so that the video plays when it's clicked, right ???🤔🤔
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