Just so it’s clear: Lemmy 0.19.5 or so has an option for the user to manually provide a URL for a thumbnail image on a post that is separate/distinct from the main URL being posted. That is what I mean when I am referring to the “custom thumbnail”. Note both the “URL” field and the separate “Thumbnail URL” field in this screenshot:
Ah, okay. My instance is still on 0.19.3 and doesn’t have support for that yet, but it will see the thumbnail URL come through federation. I saw that thumbnail URL in the debug data, but I assumed it was fetched when it pulled the metadata from that Catbox link.
That makes more sense now. The UI can still be adapted to utilize the thumbnail URL if available. It’s less a bug than a deliberate decision since until recently, direct video links never had thumbnails available. Should only need a fairly minor update to the video render component.
When I start adding the 0.19.5 features, I will need to add a thumbnail URL field in the post form, though.
Just so it’s clear: Lemmy 0.19.5 or so has an option for the user to manually provide a URL for a thumbnail image on a post that is separate/distinct from the main URL being posted. That is what I mean when I am referring to the “custom thumbnail”. Note both the “URL” field and the separate “Thumbnail URL” field in this screenshot:
I am not certain if that was what you were referring to. This is supposed to be the custom thumbnail: https://files.catbox.moe/phuvmi.jpg
Ah, okay. My instance is still on 0.19.3 and doesn’t have support for that yet, but it will see the thumbnail URL come through federation. I saw that thumbnail URL in the debug data, but I assumed it was fetched when it pulled the metadata from that Catbox link.
That makes more sense now. The UI can still be adapted to utilize the thumbnail URL if available. It’s less a bug than a deliberate decision since until recently, direct video links never had thumbnails available. Should only need a fairly minor update to the video render component.
When I start adding the 0.19.5 features, I will need to add a thumbnail URL field in the post form, though.