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Summary
YouTube link previews in Talk can appear pixelated/stretched, esp when compared to the actual preview image on YouTube itself.
On YouTube:
In Talk:
our web guru @peterwebdesign adds:
I notice the image parsed is 168px wide but here in the chat message preview it gets stretched to 216px, that's why it gets very pixelated
Relevant URL:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4eBKdNy6FCHIvz0d-brugUyOXvXdacpf
Talk app
Talk app version: (see apps admin page: /index.php/settings/apps)
Custom Signaling server configured: yes/no and version (see additional admin settings: /index.php/index.php/settings/admin/talk#signaling_server)
Custom TURN server configured: yes/no (see additional admin settings: /index.php/settings/admin/talk#turn_server)
Custom STUN server configured: yes/no (see additional admin settings: /index.php/settings/admin/talk#stun_server)
Browser
Microphone available: yes/no
Camera available: yes/no
Operating system: Windows/Ubuntu/...
Linux/openSUSE Tumbleweed
Browser name: Firefox/Chrome/...
Firefox
Browser version: 85/96/...
118.01
Browser log
Server configuration
cloud.nextcloud.com
Operating system: Ubuntu/RedHat/...
Web server: Apache/Nginx
Database: MySQL/Maria/SQLite/PostgreSQL
PHP version: 8.0/8.1/8.2
Nextcloud Version: (see admin page)
List of activated apps:
If you have access to your command line run e.g.:
sudo -u www-data php occ app:list
from within your server installation folder
Nextcloud configuration:
If you have access to your command line run e.g.:
sudo -u www-data php occ config:list system
from within your Nextcloud installation folder
Server log (data/nextcloud.log)
Insert your server log here
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the report. Start by reproducing the issue in Talk with the provided YouTube playlist URL and inspect how the link preview thumbnail is selected and rendered; done means the preview image is not pixelated or stretched compared with the source image.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100