[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31283: Setting poster image for videos inside a video playlist is not very intuitive

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#31283: Setting poster image for videos inside a video playlist is not very
intuitive
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 Reporter:  Fab1en       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui           |
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 This is somehow a follow-up to #27891.
 When you create a video playlist, it's very hard to understand how to
 change the poster images of the videos.

 Here is the workflow :
   1. Upload some videos
   1. Create a new article and insert one single video
   1. Edit the inserted video to open the media modal again, and select a
 poster image for your video
   1. Nice !
   1. Create another article and insert a video playlist
   1. When you choose video, the one that was inserted in the previous
 article is shown with the poster image instead of the default video icon :
 very nice !
   1. For other videos, there is no way to select a poster image, neither
 during initial playlist creation, nor after having inserted the playlist
 :-(
   1. To select a poster image, you have to go back to the main Media menu,
 find the right video and edit its details, and then set the featured image
 (that you guessed it was the same as the poster image)

 I see at least three ways to improve that workflow.
   1. In the "Edit video playlist" modal, add a "Select poster image" menu,
 similar to the one that exists in the "Video details" modal for the video
 shortcode.
   1. When browsing videos in the media modal, add a link to set the poster
 image, in the same manner that the "Edit image" link works for images
   1. When browsing videos in the main Medias menu, add a link to set the
 poster image, in the same manner that the "Edit image" link works for
 images
   1. Bonus : change "Featured Image" title to "Poster image" in the video
 attachment post edition page
   1. Big Bonus : when browsing videos in the main Medias menu, add a
 button "take a screenshot and set as poster" when a video is shown. This
 will load the video into a canvas, generate an image from this canvas,
 send the image to the server and set it as poster !

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