# Thumbnails for Videos in Google Drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196 "2020-05-15T10:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AKamarski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akamarski/32/7371_2.png) [@AKamarski](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AKamarski)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/1 "2020-05-15T10:40:22Z")
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 in the middle until it is played I am not interested in having the videos hosted in YouTube as it suggests videos at the end and I am not after that. Has anybody come across this and do you think there’s a solution to display the video thumbnail (or custom thumbnail) before the play button is clicked for Videos in Google Drive? ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/2 "2020-05-15T11:02:31Z")
Google Drive videos should have thumbnails auto generated. ![Screen Shot 2020-05-15 at 6.59.39 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/6/66ea62ff79d83aecae26fc2fdf03b7015d06a017.png) The only time you wont see them is when they’re part of an inline list (no videos do this automatically). However you can always specify an image (that would be housed in a separate column) to act as the “thumbnail” prior to diving into the details screen. ![Screen Shot 2020-05-15 at 6.59.57 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/a/a4d2d2905c93e407f216e68f91e80c89702d0cf9.png) ---
**Author:** ![AKamarski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akamarski/32/7371_2.png) [@AKamarski](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AKamarski)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/3 "2020-05-15T11:21:57Z")
My issue is that the videos are already into the Details section and I’m using a video as a Home page welcome-type video. By default they are displayed black (unlike Youtube videos) [https://prnt.sc/shar8m](https://prnt.sc/shar8m) - Home screen [https://prnt.sc/sharnq](https://prnt.sc/sharnq) - Details screen ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/4 "2020-05-15T11:23:00Z")
Is the first frame in your video black (fade in)? ---
**Author:** ![AKamarski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akamarski/32/7371_2.png) [@AKamarski](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AKamarski)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/5 "2020-05-15T11:26:40Z")
Thanks, this is it. Videos fade in from black indeed Now back to re-do 40’s of videos ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/6 "2020-05-15T11:30:03Z")
I bet if you were to create a promo image of the video and add it as the first frame (even if only 0.5 seconds long) prior to the fade in, you’d see it as the thumbnail of 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:** [May 15, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/7 "2020-05-15T12:11:50Z")
That would be an ideal way to do it. Found a link about adding new thumbnails to metadata via Python: [https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/file#uploading\_thumbnails](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/file#uploading_thumbnails) > ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/thumbnails-for-videos-in-google-drive/9196/8 "2020-12-27T01:29:21Z")
Here’s my attempt with Cloudinary. > [@Generate animated thumbnails for your video](https://community.glideapps.com/t/generate-animated-thumbnails-for-your-video/20283): > > 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 there’s a workaround. Recently @Robert_Petitto also talked about …