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Bulletproof IT wrote:The same way multiple images are referenced in a folder, and one by one, a thumbnail is displayed, the same would occur for videos! Except, hopefully the API would download the thumbnail locally into the directory for faster viewing.

I am not disagreeing with you here, I am just trying to convey why this is very different from self-hosted gallery. With imagevue images, Imagevue works like this:

# Folder is on disk -> look in folder -> count files -> send list of them to Imagevue

With a Youtube gallery, even if there is a reference folder, there are obviously no videos stored inside. Imagevue basically reads directory- and file structure, so if suddenly there is to be a gallery of say youtube videos, that are not hosted there, we will need a new database-ish method of storing references to videos for a folder (or menu item if you wish). It must not necessarily be a database, but it needs to be a storage method that is currently beyond the concept of Imagevue, which reads what it actually finds inside a directory structure.

We will solve it somehow, possibly through some reference file name.you, which contains reference URL to the video. Keep in mind the below also ...

Bulletproof IT wrote:When can we trial v3 beta?

I hope to release a new "playground" website within a few weeks now, running on new Imagevue and showcasing new technologies used. I think I might be better equipped to answer your question after this. X3 will be very different from X2, in our opinion very much to the benefit of functionality, speed and accessibility first.

For Imagevue X3, we have already been tooling around with some new oEmbed functionality, which allows you to easily embed videos by simply adding the media link ... https://d.pr/i/NnJX

Hi,

• • When will imagevue X3 be released?

• • Will it be free to current paying customers of X2? If not how much will it cost for the upgrade

• • Will there be a beta release for the current paying imagevue X2 customers?

Thanks.

Some tough questions there Here is a thread that has been tracking news about Imagevue X3:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8064&start=75