Feature request (and a bug report)

  • This plugin has been a very useful, but it’s missing a few features.

    Maybe these could be added to the paid version (5.0?)

    • Lazy loading of single videos; show only a thumbnail on the page and when it’s clicked, the video element loads inline.
    • Support for native WordPress video playlists or maybe a custom playlist with a better controls, like buttons for the next and previous video. Video list as an overlay could also be much better than the default WP playlist solution.
    • Option to show thumbnails when hovered over the video progress bar.

    Also, one bug report for the current version; When trying to choose a thumbnail from the video in attachment details page from media library this error comes out (on Chrome at least):

    Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute 'drawImage' on 'CanvasRenderingContext2D': The provided value is not of type '(CSSImageValue or HTMLImageElement or SVGImageElement or HTMLVideoElement or HTMLCanvasElement or ImageBitmap or OffscreenCanvas)'

    This might not be a bug, but some mp4 files aren’t automatically generating thumbnails.
    It only works when manually pressing the generate button. Re-encoding the video file before uploading to WordPress makes the auto thumbnail generation work though.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • Plugin Author Kyle Gilman

    (@kylegilman)

    Thanks for letting me know about that canvas bug. I was able to duplicate it and I’ll fix it in the next update.

    Could you post a URL for a video that consistently won’t generate thumbnails automatically?

    Unfortunately between my day job and toddler, I don’t have time to add features to the plugin right now. Lazy loading is the most achievable of your requests and could slip in to the plugin without too much work. Playlists are not a priority for me and will require a lot of work so I wouldn’t count on seeing them any time soon. The video progress bar thumbnail hover is a longtime dream but is harder than it sounds. I’ll get it done someday.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • The topic ‘Feature request (and a bug report)’ is closed to new replies.