Thumbnail quality

  • Resolved Tanel

    (@tanelkarp)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    Hey Kevin,

    Lazy Load for Videos is a super awesome plugin, thank you! I’m wondering if there is a chance to get a better quality image for the YouTube video? I’m using the videos in an almost window wide format and the thumbnail images currently appear very-very pixelated.

    Guess there would be 2 ways to approach this,
    1. have a thumbnail quality option in preferences or
    2. let the script detect the player width and load an appropriate image (which would be awesomely responsive).

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/lazy-load-for-videos/

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  • Plugin Author kevinweber

    (@kevinweber)

    Hi,

    sorry for my relatively late response. I’ve already noted your issue on my to-do list as a prior to-do. But for now, there is no option. You can sign up to the mailing list for Lazy Load for Videos users to stay up-to-date on new features. (You find the sign up form on the plugin’s options panel.)

    Best regards,

    Kevin

    Hey guys,

    I had the same “problem” and found a quick solution: First, have a look on this StackOVerflow thread to get an idea how Youtube’s img-thumbnail system works: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2068344/how-do-i-get-a-youtube-video-thumbnail-from-the-youtube-api

    Then, go into the MINIMIZED (!) version (in “min” folder) of the plugin’s JS: lazy-load-for-videos/js/min/lazyload-youtube-ck.js and search for “0.jpg” and change it to “maxresdefault.jpg”. Voila! You’ll have high-resolution thumbnails now.

    Why the minimized version ? Because wordpress delivers this one to the user, not the un-minimized one. To a quick fix this is totally okay I think.

    @kevin: Awesome script man, thanks! Maybe this “fix” can go into future versions of lazy-load-for-videos.

    Plugin Author kevinweber

    (@kevinweber)

    Hi panique,
    amazing! Thanks for that link. An “image quality” option will be available with the next update (version 1.7 or higher).

    Regards,
    Kevin

    Plugin Author kevinweber

    (@kevinweber)

    Hi,

    I’ve released version 2.0 yesterday that adds support for thumbnails with better quality.

    Regards,
    Kevin

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