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Technical Plugin MP4ThumbsAndGif
Requests poster/animated-preview and related image generation from the Web Encoder.
Audience: developers, advanced administrators and AI-assisted diagnosis. Plugin catalog.
- Review date: 2026-10-29. Method: static source analysis; runtime/provider behavior was not exercised.
- Code ownership: independently versioned plugin repository.
- Reported version:
5.2. - Source revision:
1b1996a82b71b4f42766c701c47af7982e9549ba. - Entry class file: MP4ThumbsAndGif.php.
Confirm the installed plugin version independently of the Streamer version. Configuration defaults below are not a dump of this installation's saved settings.
Verify source reachability from the Encoder and the actual returned image. These server-side services can remain necessary when upload conversion is performed by Local Encoder.
No literal dependency declaration was extracted. This does not prove the plugin is standalone.
| Override | Implementation |
|---|---|
getTags() |
MP4ThumbsAndGif.php:9 |
getVideosManagerListButton() |
MP4ThumbsAndGif.php:385 |
afterNewVideo($videos_id) |
MP4ThumbsAndGif.php:395 |
getStart() |
MP4ThumbsAndGif.php:409 |
onUploadIsDone($videos_id) |
MP4ThumbsAndGif.php:426 |
These are direct assignments inside getEmptyDataObject(), not evaluated effective defaults. Stored plugins.object_data, globals, structured values and conditional branches may alter runtime behavior. Private/default credential values are omitted.
| Field | Literal default or expression type | Literal source label/help | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
defaultDuration |
5 |
— | source |
showGetJPGGIFButtonOnVideosManager |
true |
— | source |
generateSpectrumThumbsFromMp3 |
true |
— | source |
This inventory distinguishes implementation files from an API specification. Includes, templates, callbacks and CLI workers are not interchangeable HTTP endpoints. Request-field names below are direct source references, not a complete schema or permission declaration.
| File | Source role | Direct request fields observed |
|---|---|---|
| MP4ThumbsAndGif.php | plugin entry class | — |
| get.php | PHP page/include/worker; inspect caller |
type, video_id
|
| getAllMissing.php | PHP page/include/worker; inspect caller | — |
| getImages.php | PHP page/include/worker; inspect caller | videos_id |
| replace.json.php | JSON entry point; inspect caller and guard | hash |
No CREATE TABLE names were extracted from available plugin SQL. The plugin can still use core tables, PHP-created schema or another component's data. Apply installation/update behavior through the owning plugin; this reference is not a script for running historical migrations manually.
Visibility and implementation semantics must be checked in source. Nonempty string defaults are represented as . This is a symbol reference, not a stable public API promise.
| Function or method | Source |
|---|---|
getTags() |
9 |
getDescription() |
16 |
getPluginVersion() |
21 |
getName() |
26 |
getUUID() |
31 |
getEmptyDataObject() |
36 |
getImage($videoFileName, $type, $videos_id = 0) |
47 |
getThumbsOptions($videos_id, $type, $howMany = 4) |
114 |
replaceThumbsOptions($hash) |
160 |
getImageIfNotExists($videos_id, $type) |
224 |
getImageInDuration($videos_id, $type, $duration = 0, $destination = '') |
241 |
getSpectrum($videos_id) |
328 |
getFirstVideoURL($videoFileName) |
362 |
getFirstVideoPath($videoFileName) |
374 |
getVideosManagerListButton() |
385 |
afterNewVideo($videos_id) |
395 |
getStart() |
409 |
onUploadIsDone($videos_id) |
426 |
- Check the installed/enabled version and the dependencies/settings above.
- Identify the actual failing page, request, callback or worker and correlate its timestamp with the AVideo log.
- Follow the linked method and caller. Check business-state changes and output artifacts as well as HTTP status.
- Reproduce the relevant workflow in a test environment. External provider, Encoder, live-server, storage, payment and authenticated flows require their real integrations.
Shared diagnostic workflow. This page is not a security audit or a claim of end-to-end validation.
Start
Install and update
- Install on Ubuntu 24.04 or 26.04
- Installation Setup Page
- Scheduler cron job (required)
- Set up email
- Use HTTPS
- Own Encoder
- Docker
- Update AVideo
- Backup
- Secure file permissions
- Server command-line tools
- Hidden configuration options
Videos
- Upload a video
- Local Encoder (on your computer)
- Bulk upload by FTP
- Import a channel
- Publish on YouTube and social media
- Privacy options
- Only for logged-in users
- Resolutions by user group
- Storage options
- Move and protect video files
- Video does not play
Users
Live
- Make a live stream
- Stream with OBS
- Own live server
- One live server, many sites
- Live server install errors
- Live does not play
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Problems
Other
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