Adding a thumbnail to quicktime movies?

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Adding a thumbnail to quicktime movies?

Im putting some quicktime videos into a website in iWeb. My problem is that all the videos first frames are black and there on a black website. So all you can see is the control bar at the bottom. Is there anyway to add a thumbnail to the file so that its shown instead of the black?

MacBook Pro, iMac G5 Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.4.9), www.360mediaproductions.com

Posted on May 29, 2007 5:49 PM

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Answer 1

May 29, 2007 6:04 PM in response to LMBvideo

Don't need to add anything to the video. Scroll to the frame you want in quicktime. Then do a screengrab by typing apple-shift-4. Drag the box around your frame and let go and you will hear a click. The picture is on your desktop. You can use this as the thumbnail with iWeb.

If you still want to put the thumbnail into the video you can copy and paste into the beginning of the video. Then save.

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May 29, 2007 6:21 PM in response to LMBvideo

cool, how do i set the thumbnails in iweb? I can get the pic i want, i just dont know how to add it.

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Answer 3

May 29, 2007 6:36 PM in response to LMBvideo

Check the other message you posted in about video. Should be drag'n'drop.

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LMBvideo Author

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May 29, 2007 6:52 PM in response to LMBvideo

i cant seem to figure it out. i see no place to link the picture to that movie file. Its not as simple as drag and drop, but it should still be easy.

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May 29, 2007 7:26 PM in response to LMBvideo

i can't test it now but i think if you open the movie in quicktime player and then move the timeline to the non-black frame you would like to use as the "thumbnail", under VIEW you can then select "set poster frame" and resave the movie. you might need quicktime pro for this but i believe the thumbnail in iWeb will then be the same as the poster frame you designated in quicktime player.

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May 29, 2007 7:30 PM in response to LMBvideo

i can't test it now but i think if you open the movie in quicktime player and then move the timeline to the non-black frame you would like to use as the "thumbnail", under VIEW you can then select "set poster frame" and resave the movie. you might need quicktime pro for this but i believe the thumbnail in iWeb will then be the same as the poster frame you designated in quicktime player.

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Answer 7

May 29, 2007 7:35 PM in response to LMBvideo

Here you go to the other page where I put some instructions

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=974863&tstart=0

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LMBvideo Author

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May 29, 2007 11:20 PM in response to Donald Livoni

that will get the thumbnail there, but then the movie starts at that point. I think im just gonna have to add a frame at the beginning of the video clip. thanks though

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LMBvideo Author

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Jun 7, 2007 12:52 PM in response to LMBvideo

i just added a single frame to the beginning of the videos, thanks for the help

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