Video metadata

[harvzor]

It might be nice to include methods on the video which allow us to get video metadata such as video thumbnails.

Here is a fairly crude method which I'm using on my project:

public static string GetVideoThumbnail(this Videolizer.VideolizerVideo video)
{
    if (video.type == Videolizer.VideolizerVideo.VideoTypes.Vimeo)
    {
        return "https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/" + video.id + "_640.jpg";
    }
    else if (video.type == Videolizer.VideolizerVideo.VideoTypes.YouTube)
    {
        return "http://img.youtube.com/vi/" + video.id + "/0.jpg";
    }

    return "";
}

It may be better if the APIs of the respective videos are used to ensure that the thumbnails returned are always correct, but I worry this might increase page load time if these methods are relied on synchronously.

Perhaps an even better idea would be to use the APIs when the video is added in Umbraco so all of the extra metadata can be retrieved and saved to the node.

[dinc5150]

Once I get the search feature tested and released, I'm planning on grabbing a lot more meta info at the time that its added which I will store in the property value and create methods to pull them out.

[dinc5150]

Note to self: I've also had a request to store the Timecode from the query string, which I think is a good idea.