Stickbro (@[email protected])
pixelfed.de
I miss the summer and the sound of the FPV engines! First-person view (FPV) is a method used to control a radio-controlled vehicle from the driver or pilot's viewpoint. Most commonly it is used to pilot a radio-controlled aircraft or other type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). #fpv #fpvgermany #fpvlife #fpvdrone #fpvquad #fpvfreestyle #uav

When I upload a short video to Pixelfed, I don’t get a preview image. The video is mp4 H.264. Is there a solution? I would find Pixelfed super as an Instagram replacement. But without a preview, it’s not that nice. I gave an example as a link. What experiences do you have with pixelfed and videos?

https://pixelfed.de/stickbro

  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 days ago

    Your favourite search engine -> “pixelfed no video preview” -> several Github issues that are all closed, some with commits saying something was fixed, others just closed without resolution.

    I experience this preview problem viewing videos posted both by Pixelfed uploads (such as yours) and videos posted via Mastodon instances which I follow in Pixelfed. There’s something broken in Pixelfed software being able to generate video previews from several sources in my experience, which do not exist if you follow those same accounts from a Mastodon instance.