[Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Upload thumbnail and use it as the thumbnail of the post

Don’t worry about that Niska. I’m thinking about writing a plugin that will be an end-all solution for this sort of thing. I need a way to do this exact same thing for all my video too… Problem is, the vast majority of plugins only support YouTube or Vimeo. I use Blip.tv to host most of my studio portfolio.

I don’t know how to program in PHP, but I’m learning it specifically to make an embedding plugin that also works with lightbox and also delivers thumbnails and will make those thumbs the Featured Image if needed. If anyone wants to help me with this endevor, please do– I plan on giving it away, as I know so many want to do this very thing.

@niska: I’m working on creating a solution for storing thumbnails locally, and I’ll definitely see if I can make an option to automatically set it as the featured image. In my personal use of the plugin, I have very clearly separated video sections and build my own themes, so I had never thought about making it compatible with existing themes. I’ll see what I can do!

@starrwulfe: Unfortunately end-all solutions don’t exist on the internet, because needs are often very different. Check out https://www.ads-software.com/extend/ideas/ to share your specific idea. I’d like to keep some flexibility in my plugin for more advanced users, but I’d be happy to add Blip.tv support and show you how what you want could be done fairly easily in your theme. Just say hello and I’ll get back to you.

@sutherlandboswell

High hopes for this sucker. Looks great.

I’m at the point of installing <?php video_thumbnail(); ?>.

Which .php file EXACTLY should it go into? Thanks in advance!

Hey iowa600,
Sorry it’s taken me so long to see your message! I can’t tell you the exact file without knowing how your is built. First look for loop.php, then home.php, and then index.php. I’d reccommend the following code over the basic video_thumbnail() code:

<?php if( ( $video_thumbnail = get_video_thumbnail() ) != null ) { echo "<img src='" . $video_thumbnail . "' width='300' />"; } ?>

Just change 300 to whatever width you need.

Quick update for Niska and anyone else interested,
I’m working on a setting to enable automatic storage and featured images for themes that support it… hope to get it out soon! Hang tight!

Awesome! Keep us updated, please.

Great work.

@sutherlandboswell

Do you have a sense when you’ll have the automatic storage feature up and running?

Hopefully within 24 hours… got the bulk of the functionality in place, just need to finish up a few things!

Just submitted 1.0 which adds the option to store thumbnails locally and set them as the featured image. Hope everyone enjoys the update, let me know if you run into any problems or have any more ideas!