For example this post:
Shows like this in Sync:
Ideally I'd like to show a thumbnail without grabbing the whole video.
Open to all suggestions!
Cheers, lj
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Is it possible to grab the first few hundred kb and grab a frame?
Otherwise I'd say a play button that indicates it's from catbox and whatever metadata you can grab like file size or length.
I tried this sadly but it seems to require at least a few mb to create a frame!
In that case, maybe add a setting? For users without data limitations, and especially with the relatively rare occurrence of catbox links, a couple megabytes here and there isn't a big deal. Otherwise, as others have said, a generic play button is perfectly acceptable too.