Apr 04 2022 04:48 PM - edited Jun 03 2022 11:07 AM
We started rollout of new capabilities to video and audio files stored in SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, and Teams allowing you to set a custom thumbnail for a video as well as set the title and description of the video. The description is rich text so you can add bold, italics, underline, bullets, and hyperlinks.
Currently as of June 2, 2022 these features are enabled to 50% of normal worldwide users.
To set a custom thumbnail...
To set the title and description for a video...
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Sep 22 2022 06:53 AM
@Marc Mroz - just weighing in as another user seeing the same bug. Getting the same error ("The file was modified by another user. Try refreshing the page, then try again.") whether I try to update the thumbnail by selecting a frame in the video timeline or whether I try uploading an image.
Oct 03 2022 05:08 AM
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Oct 03 2022 03:41 PM
@aerickah - Can you explain more about what you mean or give a screen shot? Do you not see any thumbnail at all for videos with the highlighted content web part? Or you are seeing the wrong thumbnail, it's the old one not the custom one you just set?
Oct 03 2022 03:42 PM
@ENoorlander - There was a regression on custom thumbnails that causes a slightly higher % of errors. We fixed it and checked in the fix a week or so back. I'm guessing the fix will be out soon if you don't already have it.
Oct 04 2022 01:30 AM
@Marc Mroz Yes, I checked today and it seems to be working again. Thank you.
Oct 04 2022 07:11 AM
Hi @Marc Mroz - Nevermind! I must have looked too quickly yesterday. I'm seeing the thumbnail that I've selected in both the file viewer webpart and the highlighted content webpart.
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Nov 10 2022 08:46 AM
@Marc Mroz thanks for the explanation and updates about these features. Just wondering about the Title and Description metadata - I'm having some issues getting this to display elsewhere in SharePoint. How can this metadata be accessed (e.g. shown as a column in a library view)?