local video with thumbnail macro

[stefan infp]

Hi, I would like to use local videos in TiddlyWiki with thumbnail images.

I use Windows 10 and Firefox 63. The video files are mp4.

I found some info in the link below:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/TL8N40F0DVQ

but It did not work for me.

I would like to use a macro to link to a local video stored in a specified folder and display a thumbnail image of that video stored in the same folder as the video. I would like a similar approach as the image thumbnail macro works:

\define imageit(image:"image.jpg")
<a href=$image$ target="new"><img src=$image$ width="25%" height="25%" /></a>
\end

<<imageit "folder\image.jpg">>

which actually works perfectly.

I would appreciate the answer.

[Greg Davis]

Hi Stefan
Not sure what problem you had with the post you linked. I put together a collection of examples of macros for various media at: http://av-macros.tiddlyspot.com/

HTML5 video supports including a poster so you could use the example Video and Cover Poster in Local Folder as a start. You can drag the link to the macro there to your TiddlyWiki (its actaul name is $:/_macro/gd/videolocal)

the macro command is <<videolocal "folder" "filename" "poster" "title" "origin">>

• it is based on a 16 by 9 ratio video, you could change the height and width in the macro itself
• folder - assumes a relative path from the location of your TiddlyWiki, if not in the same folder a slash / must be added to the end
• filename - video filename without the extension
• poster -  must be in the same location as the video, it must include the file extension
• title - title to display beneath the video (optional)
• origin - source url or short note (optional)

You could modify to suit your use case.

Hope that helps,
Greg

[stefan infp]

Thank you for the amazing help! I tried the video macro and it worked excellent. This way I can use TiddlyWiki as the ideal tool to manage all my data without embedding local files in the TW single file. Thanks very much!

[Greg Davis]

Stefan, you're most welcome. Glad you got it workiing.

Enjoy TiddlyWiki,
Greg

[Mohammad]

Nice work Greg!

 Thank you for sharing!

Best