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Add a play icon to video previews to distuingish from images

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0. Needs triage enhancement feature: files feature: previews and thumbnails
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Description

⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
  • This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
  • This issue is not already reported on Github (I've searched it).
  • Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
  • Nextcloud Server is running on 64bit capable CPU, PHP and OS.
  • I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description

After enable video previews (NC24), It is not possible to distinguish between photo and video previews. The video preview should show a centered play icon (the android app does show it!). Am I missing something?

Steps to reproduce
  1. Enable video previews in config.php
  2. Open folder with images and videos in the web
  3. Preview are quite similiar and it is not easy to distinguish between a image and a video
Expected behavior

The video preview should display a center play icon.

Installation method

Manual installation

Operating system

Debian/Ubuntu

PHP engine version

PHP 7.4

Web server

Apache (supported)

Database engine version

MariaDB

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

No response

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?
  • Default user-backend (database)
  • LDAP/ Active Directory
  • SSO - SAML
  • Other
Configuration report

No response

List of activated Apps
- accessibility: 1.10.0
  - activity: 2.16.0
  - circles: 24.0.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.7.0
  - comments: 1.14.0
  - contactsinteraction: 1.5.0
  - dashboard: 7.4.0
  - dav: 1.22.0
  - deck: 1.7.1
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.14.0
  - federation: 1.14.0
  - files: 1.19.0
  - files_downloadactivity: 1.13.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 2.5.0
  - files_rightclick: 1.3.0
  - files_sharing: 1.16.2
  - files_trashbin: 1.14.0
  - files_versions: 1.17.0
  - files_videoplayer: 1.13.0
  - firstrunwizard: 2.13.0
  - logreader: 2.9.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.12.0
  - metadata: 0.16.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 1.13.0
  - nextcloudpi: 0.0.1
  - notifications: 2.12.0
  - notify_push: 0.4.0
  - oauth2: 1.12.0
  - password_policy: 1.14.0
  - photos: 1.6.0
  - privacy: 1.8.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.14.0
  - recommendations: 1.3.0
  - serverinfo: 1.14.0
  - settings: 1.6.0
  - sharebymail: 1.14.0
  - support: 1.7.0
  - survey_client: 1.12.0
  - systemtags: 1.14.0
  - text: 3.5.1
  - theming: 1.15.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.13.0
  - user_status: 1.4.0
  - viewer: 1.8.0
  - weather_status: 1.4.0
  - workflowengine: 2.6.0
Nextcloud Signing status

No response

Nextcloud Logs

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Additional info

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the web interface renders video previews after video previews are enabled in config.php, focusing on the files app and comparing the behavior with the Android app's play icon. Confirm the result by opening a folder containing both images and videos and checking that videos show a centered play icon while images do not.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, php
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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