# Generating Thumbnail for videos uploaded by user
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957 "2020-09-17T16:15:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/1 "2020-09-17T16:15:46Z")
Does anyone know if there is a formula or method (oh yes, I am actually asking for a workaround!) - to generate thumbnails from videos uploaded using the file picker. I know there is a way to generate the thumbnail for youtube/dailymotion/vimeo hosted videos and already using that. Appreciate any ideas! đ
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### Author:  [@abhilashabhatia](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abhilashabhatia)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/2 "2020-09-17T16:33:40Z")
I used a default image for user generated videos. The client obviously doesnât likes it as much as they would have liked a frame of video at the top. But to give it a feel that the user is supposed to click into it, I overlayed the default video image with the caption for the image. Used tiles layout.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/3 "2020-09-17T16:34:45Z")
Yes, default image is the only option I could think of as well - was hoping though to have a way to generate the thumbnailâŚwill see if anyone else has a solution or this will definitely be what I have to do in the meantime! đ
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### Author:  [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/4 "2020-09-17T16:37:40Z")
@deena iâm thought you could fetch the video to cloudinary and then use the way they generate thumbnails. But fetch doesnât work for videos.
Auto upload does work with videos but I expect that this will not work as you have the video at glide and I donât think cloudinary can get access to âfolderâ. But havenât tried
> **[Video Transformations | Cloudinary](https://cloudinary.com/documentation/video_manipulation_and_delivery#generating_video_thumbnails)**
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### Author:  [@eltintero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/eltintero)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/5 "2020-09-17T16:57:18Z")
I read something yesterday from Cloudinary (I think in their newsletter) where you can generate a thumbnail from a video. If it can be done, itâs through cloudinary, for sure
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### Author:  [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/6 "2020-09-17T16:58:55Z")
I saw this today, [https://cloudinary.com/blog/auto\_generate\_video\_previews\_with\_great\_results\_every\_time](https://cloudinary.com/blog/auto_generate_video_previews_with_great_results_every_time) not tried it yet đ
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/7 "2020-09-17T17:10:35Z")
Ah, fantastic. Thank you @Krivo, @eltintero and @Rosewebstudio! I will look into this. Funny how we often end up at Cloudinaryâs door! đ
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### Author:  [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/8 "2020-09-17T17:27:35Z")
@Deena let us know how you get the videos from glide to cloudinary đ
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/9 "2020-09-17T17:40:05Z")
Well donât hold your breath, but if I get it sorted, youâll be the first to know! đ
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/10 "2020-12-16T14:21:49Z")
Anyone get this to work yet? Would LOVE to have a thumbnail url of the video uploaded through Glide. Very much needed in social media type apps.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/11 "2020-12-16T14:30:02Z")
It also appears that videos uploaded via file picker arenât displaying in video component or via direct link:
[https://storage.googleapis.com/glide-prod.appspot.com/uploads-v2/SElz4LO2ghAFV5uAW0Xy/pub/9rP4sloqZqRMkS5WG3aU.mp4](https://storage.googleapis.com/glide-prod.appspot.com/uploads-v2/SElz4LO2ghAFV5uAW0Xy/pub/9rP4sloqZqRMkS5WG3aU.mp4)
EDIT: Specifically .mp4 files. .mov files seem to work alright.
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### Author:  [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/12 "2020-12-16T14:41:13Z")
Not sure if this is what you mean, but I convert my mp4 files into gifs and upload those as previews.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/13 "2020-12-16T15:43:13Z")
That would be great if I could do it on the fly
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### Author:  [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/14 "2020-12-16T16:17:46Z")
I use snipping tool, its a windows command that you can drag a rectangle to wherever on your screen and whichever size, when you let go it saves that area to clipboard, then just real fast paste in paint and your done. Save file and upload. The command for snipping tool is SHIFT+WINDOW KEY+S.
and you can paste it directly into these chat windows immediately after letting go of the box by just pasting it CTRL+V
I hope that helps you.
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### Author:  [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/15 "2020-12-16T18:52:25Z")
Like if you upload an mp4, a gif automatically populates on the front end? On second thought mp4 would have to be supported.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/16 "2020-12-16T19:12:11Z")
MP4, mov, whatever. If not a gift, then at least a static image of the first frame or whatever.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/17 "2020-12-16T20:39:47Z")
Found a service! Itâs paid for anything over 500 captures/month, itâs a bit slow (10sec), and Iâm trying to figure out how to improve the export quality, but it works!
> **[Sign In to GrabzIt](https://grabz.it/login.aspx?returnurl=https%3a%2f%2fgrabz.it%2faccount%2findex.aspx)**
@Deena
An example:
> **[T.A.P. Teen Advanced Professionals ¡ Glide ¡ Create Apps from Google Sheets](https://www.loom.com/share/76c6a0c7a4b44aac9ec342c13f483d07)**
>
> Check out a video I made via Loom
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/18 "2020-12-27T01:27:46Z")
Forgot to link my attempt back to this thread:
> [@Generate animated thumbnails for your video](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generate-animated-thumbnails-for-your-video/20283):
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> Hi all, hope you are enjoying a great time of the year with your family and friends. Firstly, merry Xmas & Happy New Year! The issue of not being able to generate a thumbnail for videos uploaded to Glide has bugged me for a while. Months ago I was working on a dancing app for [LowCode.Agency](https://lowcode.agency/) and the client had to upload their own-made GIFs to Giphy, then paste the link back to the Sheet. It took so much time so I was wondering if thereâs a workaround. Recently @Robert_Petitto also talked about âŚ
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generating-thumbnail-for-videos-uploaded-by-user/15957/19 "2021-01-27T18:06:06Z")
Really wish we had a native solution for this. I want to publish a template eventually and this is ugly.
If it were a personal app, Iâd use cloudinary. I donât want to force my users to upload a thumbnail URL either.
