BYU-ARCLITE / Ayamel-Examples

A site which uses the resource library and provides example of the six levels of video playback.
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Hide "make thumbnail based on current location of the video" when that option is not possible. #609

Open JKJensen opened 9 years ago

JKJensen commented 9 years ago

The feature of making a thumbnail based on current location only works for video that has been uploaded to Ayamel directly. But there aren't that many of those because of the 20 MB limit imposed.

The vast majority of content on Ayamel is streamed from elsewhere and thus the "Make Thumbnail" option doesn't function for them.

screen shot 2015-08-12 at 3 18 23 pm

Is there a way to remove the "Make thumbnail" button from videos we know aren't on Ayamel's server?

If not, should we get rid of that option entirely because it's a feature no one can really use?

At the very least, we should probably change the wording on the "make thumbnail" explanation so that it says that it will not make a thumbnail from streaming services like Youtube or Brightcove.

schyatt commented 9 years ago

I have personally used that option, so I like it. But I do see the sense in removing it if we can't use it for most videos on Ayamel.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Jeffrey Jensen notifications@github.com wrote:

The feature of making a thumbnail based on current location only works for video that has been uploaded to Ayamel directly. But there aren't that many of those because of the 20 MB limit imposed.

The vast majority of content on Ayamel is streamed from elsewhere and thus the "Make Thumbnail" option doesn't function for them.

[image: screen shot 2015-08-12 at 3 18 23 pm] https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5481718/9236979/7286a50c-4105-11e5-8841-62591d37b1d5.png

Is there a way to remove the "Make thumbnail" button from videos we know aren't on Ayamel's server?

If not, should we get rid of that option entirely because it's a feature no one can really use?

At the very least, we should probably change the wording on the "make thumbnail" explanation so that it says that it will not make a thumbnail from streaming services like Youtube or Brightcove.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/BYU-ARCLITE/Ayamel-Examples/issues/609.

Shari Hyatt

gliese1337 commented 9 years ago

It seems most prudent to me to just hide the button unless we can detect that it is possible to do for a particular video.

JKJensen commented 8 years ago

Whenever the user tries to make a thumbnail from a video not hosted by Ayamel, the page not only returns an error, but the Ayamel player shows up black with no way of viewing the content besides refreshing the page.

DigitalProf commented 8 years ago

Given that it is not possible to make a thumbnail from a YouTube video, the instructions should indicate as such,