Video thumbnails in Gallery 1 - help!

ice915

Joined: 2007-02-08
Posts: 25
Posted: Tue, 2007-04-10 22:12

Gallery version:1.5
Apache version:dunno
PHP version: 4.4.1
Graphics Toolkit:Frontpage?
Operating system:Win XP
Web browser/version: IE v6

Hello all

Ok, I've been trying hard for a while to get video thumbnails in my Gallery v1. Not much luck so far. I tried installing the ffmpeg or mplayer mod for G1 to do this, but my host does not support either ffmpeg or mplayer. They won't install them for me too :( . So I thought maybe I could install Gallery 2 which does support vid thumbnails. No good... my host won't let me have that either. (Dot5 Hosting - avoid them if you want a more complex website). That's leaves me with only one option I think. Is it possible to change the default video thumbnail image in G1 for each individual video??? Someone help me plz! Is there another way do to what I want perhaps? I really don't want to go through the hassle of moving host.

Thanks.
Ice
 
floridave
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Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300
Posted: Tue, 2007-04-10 22:50

http://gallery.menalto.com/wiki/Changing_Movie_Thumbnails_Low_Tech_NOT_ffmpeg_

Dave
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ice915

Joined: 2007-02-08
Posts: 25
Posted: Tue, 2007-04-10 23:20

Excellent! Just what I needed. I'll give that a go. Thank you once again Floridave. Someone should give you a medal.
 
LynneN

Joined: 2007-01-19
Posts: 4
Posted: Sat, 2007-04-14 22:35

That works great, Floridave! One more question -- is there a way to use a video thumbnail as the album highlight? The "highlight" option is not in the "edit movie" dropdown menu.
 
floridave
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Posted: Sat, 2007-04-14 22:44

Add the thumb you added for the movie. Highlight it, then hide it.

Dave
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LynneN

Joined: 2007-01-19
Posts: 4
Posted: Sun, 2007-04-15 00:12

OOOOHH! Sneaky! Thanks...