Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Photon: Serve video poster images from Photon

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[Feature] Photon [Pri] Low Enhancement
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Description

#### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Video poster images are not served from Jetpack's CDN.

e.g.

[video width="640" height="328" mp4="https://xxx.yy/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/video.mp4" poster="**https://xxx.yy/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image.jpg**"][/video]

#### Describe the solution you'd like

Serve poster images from Jetpack's CDN.

#### Additional context

Raised in https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-accelerator-video-poster/

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Research direction

Begin with Photon and the video shortcode example in the issue, then determine where poster image URLs enter the CDN flow. Done means the poster URL is served from Jetpack's CDN, as requested, and the relevant behavior is verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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