xiosensei 22 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) It would be great if emby can advance over the typical media servers by offering an animated hover thumbnail to videos. maybe in m3u8, webm, mp4 or gif format? There are several libraries on github that can do the task of generating the files needed for the thumbnails with a quick google search I found the following: https://github.com/grafov/m3u8 , https://github.com/tjenkinson/hls-live-thumbnails , https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/, https://github.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-thumbnails I think it is up for the user to use these libraries to generate animated thumbnail on the video. What emby should do however is give support to animated video or gif on hover. I have not seen this feature implemented at another media server. I am aware that emby has the animated backdrop support to some extent. But this different. Netflix currently uses this feature on a tvshow/movie level and not on each single episode. I know the emby developers here are against animated thumbs.. Imagine browsing through your library with all thumbnails animated.. it will be distracting and messy! thats is why I think animatition on mouse over (or on selection in case of tv apps) would be the best idea to satisfy both sides. Edited March 12, 2019 by xiosensei 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 It's a nice idea, yes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14923 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Related: Trailer on hover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CChris 58 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 please consider this as an option in the admin menu which can be enabled or disabled by the admin.I really love the clean look and feel without any animation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14923 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 please consider this as an option in the admin menu which can be enabled or disabled by the admin. I really love the clean look and feel without any animation We haven't committed to doing it at this point but, yes, it would have to be optional. Personally, I can't stand that the YT UI does this now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiosensei 22 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Following this thread. Hopefully more people give their support here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runtimesandbox 153 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 +1 from me as an option, preferably a global setting which is also controllable by the user for personal preference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baenwort 97 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 -1 unless this defaults to off with a toggle to turn on the creation and use of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denz 426 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I am not a fan but if it is an option then I am for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiosensei 22 Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 any progress on this yet? and thanks for the support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Not yet, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiosensei 22 Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Thanks for the likes and support. I hope they will get to do this sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3746 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Pixi.js As seen in this great red stapler example!! https://redstapler.co/3d-photo-from-image-javascript-tutorial/ You'd have to create a depth map using imagemagik It would only work in the web UI, but it is possible to create these images. The thing is, the depth image that you have to use would have to be fairly generic, so it wouldn't look as good as the image above. but very possible! Edited May 26, 2019 by chef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3746 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) I think I'm interested in creating a emby connected service which looks at poster art and attempts to apply the effect posted above. I make no promises, but Im willing to try. Edited May 26, 2019 by chef 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiosensei 22 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 upping this thread. hoping for any progress update on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh_48 943 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I do not want to see any "movie" type of animation on hover. However I would like something much simpler. I would lie to see the synopsis in a popup on hover over a movie tile. I will create a separate feature request for this as it is different. It might be good to, at some point, give a choice as to what you see by a setting. I find animations irritating but I really would like more info about a movie than just a title without having to click on the movie and then having to click back to go to the next movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syunic 0 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Is there any update on this feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Syunic said: Is there any update on this feature? Hi there, what exactly are you asking for? There's more than one idea mentioned in this topic. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syunic 0 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Just now, Luke said: Hi there, what exactly are you asking for? There's more than one idea mentioned in this topic. Thanks. Oh Sorry, i mean the "hover over a video and get a small few seconds preview of that specific video". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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