# Option to upload thumbnail for videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235 "2020-09-03T21:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vaidehi_bharadwaj/32/11868_2.png) [@Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vaidehi_Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/1 "2020-09-03T21:19:48Z")
Hi! I am trying to embed some videos to my app. I have been using videos uploaded on google drive for the same. The video viewing experience on glide is sub-par with other players in the market. For the first 2-3 seconds, the videos buffer and the thumbnail is also not visible. This results in high drop offs. I think if there’s an option to have a custom thumbnail image for each video (can be taken from sheets), it would be a much better UX. Fyi, screenshot of the buffer in first 2-3 seconds ![WhatsApp Image 2020-09-04 at 2.44.36 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/d/dde391d857d40801bfa89bde1d15e18fa72b41c0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/2 "2020-09-03T21:35:11Z")
> [@Thumbnails for Videos in Google Drive](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196): > > Hello everybody, I’ve been playing around with Glide for a long time but never really came across something I couldn’t figure out. Until today So I am building a video-course type app where users browse trough content and watch videos. Videos are hosted in Google Drive but they don’t carry any thumbnail with them and I can’t seem to figure out how to have the thumbnails appear before the user hits play. As a result of this, the video (in details view) remains a black square with a play button i… ---
**Author:** ![Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vaidehi_bharadwaj/32/11868_2.png) [@Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vaidehi_Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/3 "2020-09-03T21:55:06Z")
Please refer to this screen recording: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uYK-R4OkAtWEzPHldB7bke9lCOxdADG/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uYK-R4OkAtWEzPHldB7bke9lCOxdADG/view?usp=sharing) The green image that appears at the end is the thumbnail of the google drive video. It took 7 seconds to load the video with thumbnail set by google drive. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/4 "2020-09-03T23:57:02Z")
We can’t see the recording, no access. ---
**Author:** ![Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vaidehi_bharadwaj/32/11868_2.png) [@Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vaidehi_Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/5 "2020-09-04T05:51:41Z")
Can you check now? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/6 "2020-09-04T07:19:56Z")
Yes, I can see it now. Can I have a link to the app so I can test on iOS? ---
**Author:** ![Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vaidehi_bharadwaj/32/11868_2.png) [@Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vaidehi_Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/7 "2020-09-04T07:47:44Z")
Here’s the link: [https://gusty-support-2605.glideapp.io/](https://gusty-support-2605.glideapp.io/) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/8 "2020-09-04T12:16:03Z")
No problems loading on Android. Loaded the entire app within 6 seconds of clicking the app link. No buffering when I playing the video. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/9 "2020-09-04T13:40:20Z")
Same here. at most 6-7 seconds for me. ---
**Author:** ![Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vaidehi_bharadwaj/32/11868_2.png) [@Vaidehi\_Bharadwaj](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Vaidehi_Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/10 "2020-09-04T13:57:24Z")
I see. It might be my internet connection then because the issue persists with me (as would be for my users). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-to-upload-thumbnail-for-videos/15235/11 "2020-09-04T14:07:29Z")
I did notice in your video that the little spinning loading wheel for the initial loading of the glide app wasn’t spinning. Not sure why, or if that would indicate a slow connection or device issue. You could do some experiments with one video or no videos and just some text. Just to see if that makes a significant difference in load times. It looks like yours took about 15 seconds to load, which didn’t seem horrible because you could see the whole time that the app was doing something. I have a 100 Mbps download speed, so that may not be a fair assessment from me.