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Replace thumbnail on a video upload
Hello, I am uploading demo videos to share with clients. The thumbnail / static image on each video is random and is not taking the first image (which is a title card). I am getting awkward shots of ...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
ch_bt wrote:
Is there any way to choose what screen the thumbnail comes from and/or replace this image?
No, there isn't. The thumbnail is generated from a frame at about the 8 second mark. There's no way to change that.
Thank you! We will edit our videos to keep the title card up for 8 or 9 seconds vs. 5 seconds, so hopefully we can work around it.
Any chance this is changing in the future? I just ran into the same problem on a video where I don't want to add 8 seconds to the beginning.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi joelsnewton, currently, there isn't any information on this matter.
If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future.
- I agree 100% and suggested a change to dropbox.
The thumbnail should be the first frame of the video of course!
I am having the same problem and wasted hours trying to get around this bug.
