Hi Donna. Thanks for your post.
This is my understanding, which could be totally wrong but here it goes. I installed K2 for the first time using Joomla 1.7.3. When testing it out to put in a Youtube video link, it complained that Allvideos wasn't installed. So I installed Allvideos, but still have not been able to figure a way to have my own thumbnail/poster image displayed with the embedded Youtube player. I saw on the website for Allvideos they mentioned a high-traffic website that used Allvideos, located at: http://www.impactwrestling.com While looking at the website, I noticed on the right hand side of the screen they have labeled a "Video Gallery". It appears to me they are able to have a thumbnail of their own as the poster for the Youtube video, and when you click on the video it starts. I did a View HTML Source and could see they use the K2 routines and also make reference to vidthumb (which I couldn't find as part of Allvideos) with a link to a JPG for their thumbnails. You can do with K2 and Allvideos this: {youube}id_code_for_youtube_video_goes_here{/youtube} and it will take care of the embedded video player for you. I have seen some examples where you can pass the width and height of the player window through, but no way that I could find to specific an image to be used as the poster/thumbnail. I'm guessing that it supports doing this locally hosted videos such as M4V, because it might actually insert your graphic into the player. David On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:24 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote: > I use hwdvideoshare because it does use images for videos. But can you not > use youtubes embed code in K2 instead of allvideos? That would do it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:01 AM, David Roth <davidalanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply, Mark. >> >> I looked at AllVideosReloaded and it doesn't look like it supports an img >> for use with Youtube unless I overlooked something. >> >> David >> >> On Dec 27, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Mark Holberg wrote: >> >>> David, >>> >>> I believe with a locally hosted video you place a .jpg with the same file >>> base name as the video, and it becomes the poster image (image that >>> displays before the video plays). >>> >>> My first instinct would be to try placing a jpg with the same name as the >>> YouTube video in the base folder for the locally hosted videos - as >>> specified in the AllVideos plugin. >>> >>> When I used AllVideosReloaded with Joomla 1.5, (either from their doc or >>> the JW Player site - I don't remember which right off) code like this would >>> work {m4v img="poster/testimonial-poster.jpg" width="440" >>> height="266"}sbhc1{/m4v} >>> >>> if the structure was /images/stories/video >>> then poster would be /images/stories/poster >>> >>> Whether you can designate a poster image regardless of whether you are >>> streaming a local or remote video I can't say. I never tried remote. >>> >>> Hope this spares you the several bruises I suffered banging my head against >>> the wall on this problem. >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/27/2011 4:49 AM, David Roth wrote: >>>> Anyone familiar with K2 and Allvideos? I installed K2 andIn the it looks >>>> very useful. (Thanks again Stephen Britton for recommending it.) I then >>>> needed to install Allvideos so it would work with media. >>>> >>>> I want to be able to have embedded Youtube links with control over the >>>> thumbnail being displayed, but since Youtube limits your selection to >>>> three random video frames to act as the "poster" or thumbnail, I'd prefer >>>> to select my own graphic and have it displayed. >>>> >>>> So I have been checking out K2 and Allvideos. On Joomlaworks.gr they have >>>> as an example of a website using their Allvideos plug-in here: >>>> http://www.impactwrestling.com >>>> >>>> Look in the above URL and see on the right where it says Video Gallery. >>>> Notice how a graphic is displayed first in the youtube video before it's >>>> played and then it proceeds normally to play the Youtube video. That's >>>> what I want to be able to do, create my own graphic to display before the >>>> user clicks on the video. >>>> >>>> Since I'm new to K2 and Allvideos as I mentioned, it's not clear to me how >>>> this is being accomplished to display these Youtube videos with the >>>> thumbnails. I poked around a little in the HTML but that's only going to >>>> show me after it's been processed by the plug-ins. >>>> >>>> I've seen example code like this: >>>> >>>> {youtube}heu37ej3qs{/youtube} >>>> >>>> which embeds a Youtube player. But I've been unable to find an example of >>>> where a graphic image to be used as the thumbnail is being specified. >>>> >>>> Any brilliant insight to this would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> David Roth >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List >>>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla >>>> >>>> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >>>> http://www.nyphpcon.com >>>> >>>> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >>>> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Holberg >>> WayNorth Web >>> Complete Web Services - Design, Development& Marketing >>> 200 Washington St., Suite 307 >>> Watertown, NY 13601 >>> 315-486-0615 >>> http://www.WayNorth.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! 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