This is more a video question

[Linda in NY]

Hi,

I'm doing the journal, and was experimenting with a video, it works but for pics I do a thumbnail, how do I label a video so it doesnt show as a box.

Here's the test page, its the last picture on the page of course, it shows an X, I just wanted to know if someone could do a view source or figure out how to make a thumbnail show. I tried to replace the first part with a small thumbnail of a still of the buffalo, it didnt change for some reason.

http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/West-Trip-5.html

Thanks,
Linda

[3ncryptabl3_lick]

Hi Linda,

When I mouse-over the image, it shows a direct link to a .mov file and the properties of the image is also the same .mov file. So essentially, the page is trying to put the .mov in that spot when it should be, your thumbnail.

So basically, the thumbnail is the problem. Make sure it's directed to the .jpg thumbnail you want to display whereas the hyperlink to the .mov is fine.

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you have for your thumbnail:

<img src="http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/Bison Up Close.MOV" alt="Bison Movie" hspace="5">

When it should be .jpg, to display an image.

[Linda in NY]

I tried that and it didn't work, I tried putting a jpg of a bison in the thumbnail, but for some reason it kept showing the mov link. I switched them up a bunch of times trying different combinations.

Is it possible it didn't take right away ? I'll try it again later today, and if it still doesn't work, maybe I'll just use a text link and the heck with it.

Thanks much,
Linda

[3ncryptabl3_lick]

Ya it could very well be that the browser was displaying the cached page and not the updated one. Next time, if you really want to make sure you're getting the updated version, clear the cache before checking.

Also, I checked the direct link and couldnt find a jpg version of the image on your server so it could also be that the jpg thumbnail wasnt there to begin with. That would also show a red x.

[ewomack]

This is a strange one.

This will sound like a stupid question, sorry in advance, but do you have a file called "Bison Up Close.jpg" in your images file? What makes me think you don't is that when I put the following into a browser: http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/...n Up Close.jpg I get nothing back (this might have something to do with the spaces in the title, though). You should see results pretty quick, almost instantaneous, if there is an image file there. When I visited the site I still saw the text only.

Capture a frame of video, save it as a .jpg file with no spaces in the title and see if that fixes the problem. There's some tiny picky thing that's not making this work.

[StrongInTheArm]

Hi Linda,

I couldn't locate the JPG either.

As for the HTML:

<a href="http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/Bison Up Close.MOV" 
target="_blank">
<img src="http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/Bison Up Close.MOV" 
alt="Bison Movie" hspace="5">
</a>Video of a bison<br>

If you want the picture to show then the image tag should point to a JPG not a MOV.

Ed. is kinda right, best not to use spaces in URLs, they no like it. Thus try to either use underscores to separate the words if you have too, or just leave the spaces out. Also it is safest to not use capital letters either cos some servers freak out about them.

Apart from that the HTML looks OK.

Make sure you have uploaded the MOV file and the JPG and all should be well.

If not ask one of the geeks in the coding sub-forum, they do this all day.

[Linda in NY]

Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm

Hi Linda,

I couldn't locate the JPG either.

As for the HTML:

<a href="http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/Bison Up Close.MOV" 
target="_blank">
<img src="http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/Bison Up Close.MOV" 
alt="Bison Movie" hspace="5">
</a>Video of a bison<br>

If you want the picture to show then the image tag should point to a JPG not a MOV.

Ed. is kinda right, best not to use spaces in URLs, they no like it. Thus try to either use underscores to separate the words if you have too, or just leave the spaces out. Also it is safest to not use capital letters either cos some servers freak out about them.

Apart from that the HTML looks OK.

Make sure you have uploaded the MOV file and the JPG and all should be well.

If not ask one of the geeks in the coding sub-forum, they do this all day.

Thanks guys,
I tried using a bison jpg photo of the same dude, but it didnt update. Maybe like was said earlier, I kept getting a cache page. Its happened before, other times it takes right away when I ftp a change.

Okie dokie, I will try it again, and worse case freeze some of the movie, but the image I tried using was this: http://www.cocomilkcollectibles.com/images/west846b.JPG

I always have no luck with this stuff, pffft ! Gonna keep plugging.

Thanks guys,
Linda

[StrongInTheArm]

Hi Linda,

Just checked your site again, all good from here, jpg and mov viewable as expected.

3ncryptabl3_lick is absolutely right about the cache, if you have updated your site but can't see the changes you expect, clearing the cache is the first thing you need to try.

That's a good clip btw, I wonder what he was thinking as you pulled up?