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  • March 24, 2016 at 1:34 pm #851357
    John B
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    This page…
    http://400.31a.myftpupload.com/depression/
    … has two videos.

    On the left I used the Video Player. One the right I used video embed. I would like to use a “poster” or thumbnail that could be clicked to start the video.

    I tried adding a poster specification to the video tag used on the left:
    <video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpAGjJJGl0” poster=”http://400.31a.myftpupload.com/wp-
    content/uploads/2016/03/video-maker.png” controls></video>
    But it does not work. Neither the video nor the thumbnails displays.

    If I use just this code:
    <video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpAGjJJGl0&#8243; controls></video>
    …the video displays and will run.

    I have looked for ways to add a thumbnail to the embed version, but have found nothing that works.

    Do you have any advice as to how to get a poster or thumbnail to display before the video plays? Thanks.

    March 24, 2016 at 6:04 pm #851682
    John B
    Participant

    I have already changed the page noted above and solved my poster/thumbnails problem by using YouTube’s Thumbnail insertion method.

    So, no need to detail my questions above. My apologies for clogging your service.

    March 24, 2016 at 6:12 pm #851692
    Rad
    Moderator

    Hi John,

    Thanks for posting in.

    They are both youtube embed and poster image are mostly handled by them. And you can’t use youtube URL as your HTML5 video’s source. It will only work on chrome.

    Thanks!

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