

You can also get the video URL with entry.id.text and extract the actual video ID from end, but you cannot assume that a fixed pattern such as '(video_id)s/default.jpg' will give you the thumbnail URL. The default thumbnail is the first one in the list of thumbnails. You cannot trust that there are always 4 thumbnails (but this is almost always the case). # when querying YouTube API version 2 ('?v=2' at the end of feed URL) # will be an URL like: '(video_id)s/default.jpg' Service = ()įeed = service.GetYouTubeVideoFeed(feed_url)Įntry = feed.entry # pick most viewed video as sample entry

The URL must include the name of the video file.This is a how to get the default thumbnail from a object: import Type the complete URL for the file that you want to use. You can use a picture that you get from a web address. Top of Page Use a picture from a web address Type the path for the picture file, or click Browse to select the file, and then choose Open.Ĭhoose Upload to upload the picture file to SharePoint for use as a thumbnail for the video. If you have an image that is stored on your computer that you want to use as a thumbnail for the video, follow these steps. Top of Page Use a picture from my computer When you finish making changes, choose Save.

If you want to change anything else (such as Name, Description, Owner, and so on), type the values that you want in the boxes that follow the thumbnail image. If not, repeat the previous steps until you capture the image that you want. If the image shows what you want, then click Save. The captured thumbnail image appears below the actual video screen. When the video shows the image that you want to capture, click the camera button at the top of the video. You can't capture a thumbnail of a video if it is stored outside an asset library. You can capture a thumbnail from any video that is stored in an asset library. To learn how to do any of these, click one of the following links to a section in this article. In the Actions group, click Edit Properties.Ĭlick Change thumbnail, and then choose one of the following options: On the video player page choose the Manage tab in the ribbon. Rest the mouse on the image of the video for which you want to make the selection check box appear, and then click the image to open the video player page. Open the asset library that contains the video.

Thumbnails are especially helpful in a library with many media files, because they give viewers a preview of the video content.Īsset libraries in SharePoint make it easy for you to capture a thumbnail of a video, or to upload a thumbnail image for a video in the library. A thumbnail is also what is shown in search results. A video thumbnail is the first thing that most people see when they interact with a video.
