Damien, Thanks for the info. I did experiment with frames but nothing worked.
What do you all mean "be a partner" with Youtube? Is it being a Youtube employee or a preferred videoposter? What is it? And how do you become one? Just curious :) Thanks. Loreta --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "damiensomerset" <damiensomer...@...> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > There is a lot of out dated information in this string. Here are the facts, > as of February 2010. > > 1. You need to be a Youtube Partner to get access to customizable (upload > your own) thumbnails. > > 2. YouTube used to pull it's thumbnails from preset points in the video > timeline. Under this method you could insert a still frame right in the > middle of your video to customize the thumbnail. This is no longer in use > and will not work. > > 3. YouTubes new method utilizes an algorithm to determine the frame that is > most representative of your video. So if 75% of your video is purple then it > will choose a purple thumbnail. There is no way to trick this system so > don't waste your time. (this info comes straight from the mouths of the > people at YouTube). > > Hope that helps. > -Damien >
