Given that

  • there is no auto-preview / download of youtube thumbnails for posts
  • the post URL must be the youtube link; uploading an image replaces the URL with the one if the image, so no bueno

What is the format to embed the thumbnail of the youtube video (downloaded manually) in the body of the post and also link it to the video itself?

The reason I’d like to include a preview is that I find it hard to find and click the external link for a post. Sometimes I don’t even realize it’s a post with a link (both in the listing or after opening the post) - Reddit apps (at least in the 3rd party Slide app that I used) made it clear what type of post it was by clearly specifying Video / Image / Link / Self.text etc

  • Björn Tantau@feddit.de
    6·
    1 year ago

    Personally I would just put the YouTube-Link into the post URL and let clients handle how that is displayed. Once the largest pain points in clients are addressed they can start handling external content, like embedding YouTube and Peertube videos, embedding imgur images, etc.

    • AyyLMAO@exploding-heads.com
      4·
      1 year ago

      Good point, it will also allow future clients to retroactively show posts we make today with the right thumbnail, title etc.

    • 🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      You might be right, there’s no need to go through hoops at the moment, and just let future apps handle things. Last Jerboa update was unexpectedly substantial (image popup was a nice surprise).