Support for hiding the thumbnail and changing the video quality

[KerianFiter]

Hi,
I'm using the version 3.0.0-beta.4 I'd like to know if it was possible to prevent the plugin from loading the thumbnail and to change the video quality on the fly.
Thank you !

[sarbagyastha]

@KerianFiter, There is currently no way to change video quality in Iframe API.

[KerianFiter]

@sarbagyastha, isn't it possible to change it with player.setPlaybackQuality as mentionned here?

[sarbagyastha]

No it's not possible. It's broken since 2011 AD.

[KerianFiter]

Okay thanks for the answer. And for the thumbnail I managed to modify a bit the code at the 266th line of youtube_player.dart to get it working.

[adrianvintu]

Okay thanks for the answer. And for the thumbnail I managed to modify a bit the code at the 266th line of youtube_player.dart to get it working.

@KerianFiter Can you publish the changes? Will they be in the new version?

[KerianFiter]

@adrianvintu What I can do is paste the code here so you can use it. But because the code is not clean I don't think it will be in the next version unless @sarbagyastha implements this new functionnality.

Here is the code, in youtube_player.dart, in _buildPlayer:

          if (!controller.value.hasPlayed)
            // ! Modified to prevent the thumbnail from loading
/*             Image.network(
              widget.thumbnailUrl ??
                  YoutubePlayer.getThumbnail(videoId: controller.initialSource),
              fit: BoxFit.cover,
            ), */
            // Shows a black Container instead of the thumbnail
            Container(
              color: Colors.black,
            ),