By Fidel Carrera on Tuesday, 25 April 2017
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Hi there,

Is it possible to increase the quality of the ES video module cover image? I am showing them in the 8 of an 8x4 grid and the images are very low quality (lower than the actual video cover image).

Also, is it possible allow the videos to play directly from the module instead of having to click through to the video page?

Thanks
Hello Fidel,

The image is actually generated by ffmpeg based on the first frame of the video. I believe the width is probably too large and this is why the image looks stretched I guess?
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017 21:25
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Ya but it looks fine when you look at is the embedded video because it is actually coming from youtube I guess.

Is there a way to tell ffmpeg to make the images bigger? They are very small right now
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017 21:54
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If the video is coming from Youtube, it will not go through FFMPEG process.

What we get the thumbnail from the Youtube video is actually provided from the Youtube video data.

And I've tried to debug this video on my local, I found out that thumbnail image is actually provided from Youtube itself.
http://img.youtube.com/vi/jemIVRDKXlM/hqdefault.jpg


Then I also realised Youtube video got provider opengraph data and that image is quite HD, perhaps you can try download my hack file then replace into this following file location and try create a new video again and see is it show that HD image?

JoomlaFolder/administrator/components/com_easysocial/includes/video/video.php

Note : You have to backup your original file before you replace the file on your site.
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:08
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Ya i noticed the same and when you look at the video in the video section, it looks great but when you look at the video in the custom video module, its is extremely low quality. I will apply this file now and let you know after some testing.
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:18
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Yes, based on what i test, I already knew this.

I believe my hack should be work.

Keep us update regarding this.
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:55
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Confirmed and amazing!
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Tuesday, 02 May 2017 05:21
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Thanks for getting for us that worked for you.

Regarding this hack file you have to backup it before you update on next release version in the future.

As a gentle reminder, kindly start a new thread if you have any other issue in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiry. I will lock and mark this thread as resolved.
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Tuesday, 02 May 2017 10:10
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