Choosing a Video Thumbnail

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Tip: Thumbnail selection works for any video uploaded to My Media. Not only for Kaltura recordings, but Zoom recordings or other .mp4 files as well. 
1

Navigate to mymedia.usu.edu and select the tab that says "MyMedia"
Tab labelled "My Media" highlighted in orange.


 
2

Select USU Login. Use your A# and university password to log in

a button labelled USU Login highlighted in orange

 
3

Select the name of the video you wish to edit

Video title "Facilitator Training" highlighted in orange.

 
4

Select "Actions" then "Edit"
A menu tab labelled actions highlighted in orange. A sub menu item labelled Edit highlighted in orange below it.

 
5

Select the "Thumbnails" tab
The "Thumbnails" tab highlighted in orange.

 
6

Play the video to find a useful frame
Then select the "Capture" button below
The Play button on the video controls highlighted in orange. A button below the menu labelled Capture also highlighted in orange.

 
7

The new thumbnail is automatically saved
An frame from the video captured as an image below the video. Highlighted in orange.

1

Follow steps 1-5 in the directions above

 
2

At Step 6 select "Auto-Generate"
Menu tabe labelled Auto Generate highlighted in orange.

 
3

Pick an image from the list of automatically chosen frames
A pop up window showing several frames captured from the video. The first frame is highlighted in orange.

1

You may manually upload an image to be used as your videos thumbnail.
Follow steps 1-5 detailed above.

 
2

Select "Upload Thumbnail"

 
3

Select your chosen image.
The image should have a 16:9 aspect ratio.