Video thumbnail display on homepage of some videos has a odd-looking black border on two sides

[David Evan Harris]

see attached screenshot

This seems to happen on only some dotsub videos

[Arthur Hebert (ahebert)]

This is because the screenshots supplied on dotsub are varied in format. Some have one black bar, some 2 black bars, and some have none. See the attached images for examples.

The algorithm for saving images needs to be more complex. It is set up to assume that all of the screenshots have one big black bar on the bottom, so is messing up the others.

[David Evan Harris (david-globallives)]

We can actually upload our own screenshots to dotsub for the thumbnail
images. What size/format should they be in to work correctly for us? I can
have our interns do this systematically with all the clips.

Thank you!
D

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Arthur Hebert <email address hidden> wrote:

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> ** Attachment added: "p-1.jpg"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39516192/p-1.jpg
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> Video thumbnail display on homepage of some videos has a odd-looking black
> border on two sides
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406697
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of GLP
> Development Team, which is the registrant for Global Lives/.
>
> Status in Global Lives Project: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> see attached screenshot
>
> This seems to happen on only some dotsub videos
>
>
>

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David Evan Harris
[phone] <email address hidden>

Executive Director, Global Lives Project http://globallives.org
Research Affiliate, Institute for the Future http://www.iftf.org
Artist in Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts http://ybca.org

[Arthur Hebert (ahebert)]

Looks like the images that exist are 480x270 pixel JPEGs.

However, if the aspect ratio of the video is different, then the screenshots should be a different size. Let's say, keep the screenshot images always 480 pixels wide, and then use whatever height is needed for that video's aspect ratio.

[David Evan Harris (david-globallives)]

Sounds good! This was more of an issue when they were embedded on the front
page, but I think it's still important for the 24-hr vids and for what Joel
is working on...

Thanks!
D

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Arthur Hebert <email address hidden>wrote:

> Looks like the images that exist are 480x270 pixel JPEGs.
>
> However, if the aspect ratio of the video is different, then the
> screenshots should be a different size. Let's say, keep the screenshot
> images always 480 pixels wide, and then use whatever height is needed
> for that video's aspect ratio.
>
> --
> Video thumbnail display on homepage of some videos has a odd-looking black
> border on two sides
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406697
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of GLP
> Development Team, which is the registrant for Global Lives/.
>
> Status in Global Lives Project: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> see attached screenshot
>
> This seems to happen on only some dotsub videos
>
>
>

--
David Evan Harris
[phone] <email address hidden>

Executive Director, Global Lives Project http://globallives.org
Research Affiliate, Institute for the Future http://www.iftf.org