After trying for several hours by myself based on the things mentioned on this forum it’s time to ask for some expertise because it does not work for me.

I made an own template with Artisteer and would like to present wmv video files (not local) with AllVideos. The video starts but it is not possible for me to replace the black screen at the initial startup with an image preview.
As indicated on the forum I have a video file with the name: homepage_bali_2012_1e.wmv
Furthermore I have a picture with the name: homepage_bali_2012_1e.jpg
All the video and corresponding jpg files are in the directory: martie-en-tiny.com/public_html/joomla25/images/videos/duiken

When I am looking on the homepage (joomla25.martie-en-tiny.com/ct-menu-item-7/ct-menu-item-13) I still see the black screens and not the image preview I hoped to see.

The sourcecode of this item is:
<td><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
          {wmvremote}</span>
          <a href="images/videos/homepage_bali_2012_1e.wmv">joomla25.martie-en-tiny.com/images/videos/duiken/homepage_bali_2012_1e.wmv
          </a>{/wmvremote}</td>

Does anyone have a clue what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.

Hello,

Unfortunately the AllVideos snippet does not support preview icons.
Furthermore wmv files are not browser compatible. They will not work on many enviroments. I suggest you upload these videos to a provider like YouTube or Vimeo

"Unfortunately the AllVideos snippet does not support preview icons."

...what do you mean by this? What other way is there to use AllVideos than with the snippet? That's the only way mentioned in your "documentation".

Your demo page shows self-hosted videos with preview images, so, how is this achieved?

You have to upload an image in the same path and the same filename.