iMovie (or maybe iWeb) video frame question

[Lazarus18]

So when I make a movie in iMovie and post it to my site with iWeb I have one simple thing that I'd like to do, but I can't figure out how. A lot of our videos start with a black screen and then fade in a title of the event or whatever. When I post those in iMovie the thumbnail that people click on is just a black box for all of them. Is there a way to have a representative frame from the movie be the thumbnail but start the movie in black as intended? Thanks.

 

[AeroQ]

Hi,

The thumbnail shown in the webpage is called the poster frame, and by default it's the first frame of the movie. (In your case a black one)

To change the poster frame of a movie, you can use QuickTime Pro (30$), or do it through iTunes.
See this page that explains the trick ... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303185
You can also do it with the free example app from Apple (Set Poster Frame to Selection)
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/qtinfo/qtinfo.dmg

After doing it, drag the movie to iWeb and publish ... and it doesn't work.
It seems that poster frames are not supported in web browsers.

Solution: Put an image in your webpage that links to the movie.

Regards, BJ