For example this post:

https://lemm.ee/post/2642405

Shows like this in Sync:

Ideally I’d like to show a thumbnail without grabbing the whole video.

Open to all suggestions!

Cheers, lj

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    1 year ago

    The first frame of the video with a ▶️ sign would be the best, in my opinion.

    If that’s not possible, just a play sign would be OK.

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    1 year ago

    Is it possible to grab the first few hundred kb and grab a frame?

    Otherwise I’d say a play button that indicates it’s from catbox and whatever metadata you can grab like file size or length.

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        1 year ago

        In that case, maybe add a setting? For users without data limitations, and especially with the relatively rare occurrence of catbox links, a couple megabytes here and there isn’t a big deal. Otherwise, as others have said, a generic play button is perfectly acceptable too.

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    Just use a generic thumbnail with a play button.
    Since it should be one that immediately and intuitively tells the user “this video is hosted on catbox.moe”, I suggest this: