Optimizing the size of video thumbnail images

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Bug report time!

I noticed a little detail that could be improved: the size of video thumbnail images that are generated when using the “Capture Thumbnail” button isn’t matching the size of the video player.

For example, in this video.

The thumbnail image looks very low-rez and pixelated. That’s because the thumbnail size is only 400 x 224 px, while the video player is 700 x 392 px.

On the other hand, when we leave the default thumbnail that was auto-generated, the image looks crisp, like in this video.

Interestingly, when inspecting the source, you will notice that this thumbnail has a size of 1280 x 720 px � same as the HD source video. Larger than the player, but in the age of retina that’s actually a good thing.

TL;DR: the Capture Thumbnail function should use the original video file as the source when generating the thumbnail.

#wordpress-tv

Jerry Bates 2:04 pm on May 17, 2014

Nice, that is a good catch. May not be able to get a dev on this one right away, but that would be a good one to correct.

I’ll add it to my list of ‘little things” that we should be addressing, but short term we may need to grin and bear it. I would not want that to get in the way of getting as many videos online as possible, which I always feel will be wordpress.tv’s primary mission.
Manuel 2:58 pm on May 17, 2014

Sure, no emergency 🙂 Let’s simply add it to the list of minor things to fix whenever some dev works on WP.tv
- Jerry Bates 11:29 am on May 19, 2014
  
  Can you start a new page on this P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. called “VideoPress Issues” or similar?
  
  Would be nice to get that in the Moderator Docs widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. in the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. so we can create a bug list of sorts. Good call! 🙂
Manuel 9:23 am on May 19, 2014

Sidenote: this also affects the embed code, when people embed videos in other websites.

Example: http://paolobelcastro.com/2014/05/19/paolo-belcastro-around-the-world-80-times-per-day/
- Jerry Bates 11:29 am on May 19, 2014
  
  Yes, I suspected it might. What we run here is no different that what you find in wpcom and coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..

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