learningequality / learningequality/studio
Allow for selection of different auto generated thumbnails for videos
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- Python
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Description
Desired behavior
When generating a thumbnail for a video resource, it would be nice if the user could choose a particular time/frame from which to use as the thumbnail. The user could be presented with different options, or simply a slider to choose which time.
Current behavior
The auto-generation chooses one particular frame and that's it.
Value add
If multiple videos have intros, the existing auto-generation may result in the same thumbnail for multiple videos, which isn't ideal. Allowing the user to select a particular frame from the video would negate the issue.
Possible tradeoffs
Providing some options vs allowing the user finer grained manual selection of the time.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing video thumbnail generation path and the interface for video resources. Compare the requested frame-selection options with the current auto-generation behavior; done means a user can choose a frame or time and the selected frame is used as the thumbnail. The issue names no files or tests, so repository exploration and design clarification are needed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- content, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100