implement video thumbnail generation and display in movie banner

backend/videoflix/content/tasks.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def delete_original_video(source):
 
 def create_thumbnails(instance, model_id):
     """
-    Creates high-resolution and low-resolution thumbnails from a video file 
+    Creates high-resolution and low-resolution thumbnails from a video file.
     """
     video_file_path = instance.video_file.path
     thumbnail_dir = os.path.join(settings.THUMBNAIL_DIR, str(model_id))
@@ -59,10 +59,32 @@ def create_thumbnails(instance, model_id):
         os.makedirs(thumbnail_dir)
 
     try:
-        # Generate the thumbnails
+        # Generate the image thumbnails
         ffmpeg.input(video_file_path, ss=1).output(thumbnail_1080p_path, vf='scale=1920:-1', vframes=1).run(overwrite_output=True)
         ffmpeg.input(video_file_path, ss=1).output(thumbnail_480_path, vf='scale=720:-1', vframes=1).run(overwrite_output=True)
         
+        # Create the 10-second video thumbnail
+        create_video_thumbnail(video_file_path, thumbnail_dir, base_filename)
+
     except ffmpeg._run.Error as e:
         error_message = e.stderr.decode() if e.stderr else "Unknown ffmpeg error"
-        print(f"Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten: {error_message}")
+        print(f"An error has occurred: {error_message}")
+
+def create_video_thumbnail(video_file_path, thumbnail_dir, base_filename):
+    """
+    Creates a 10-second video thumbnail from a video file without audio.
+    """
+    video_thumbnail_filename = base_filename + '_video-thumbnail.mp4'
+    video_thumbnail_path = os.path.join(thumbnail_dir, video_thumbnail_filename)
+
+    try:
+        ffmpeg.input(video_file_path, ss=1, t=10).output(
+            video_thumbnail_path, 
+            vf='scale=1280:-1', 
+            vcodec='libx264', 
+            an=None  # Disable audio
+        ).run(overwrite_output=True)
+
+    except ffmpeg._run.Error as e:
+        error_message = e.stderr.decode() if e.stderr else "Unknown ffmpeg error"
+        print(f"An error has occurred: {error_message}")

frontend/src/app/components/home/browse/hero-banner/hero-banner.component.html

@@ -5,21 +5,39 @@
 >
   <div
     class="movie-banner"
-    [ngStyle]="{
-      'background-image':
-        'url(' +
+    [ngClass]="{
+      fullVhBanner: !screenWidth
+    }"
+  >
+    <video
+      #videoElement
+      *ngIf="currentMovie[0]?.file_name"
+      [src]="
         environmentBaseUrl +
         '/media/thumbnails/' +
         currentMovie[0]?.id +
         '/' +
         currentMovie[0]?.file_name +
-        '_1080p.jpg' +
-        ')',
-    }"
-    [ngClass]="{
-      fullVhBanner: !screenWidth
-    }"
-  ></div>
+        '_video-thumbnail.mp4'
+      "
+      autoplay
+      muted
+      loop
+      playsinline
+      class="video-banner"
+    >
+      <img
+        [src]="
+          environmentBaseUrl +
+          '/media/thumbnails/' +
+          currentMovie[0]?.id +
+          '/' +
+          currentMovie[0]?.file_name +
+          '_1080p.jpg'
+        "
+      />
+    </video>
+  </div>
   @if (currentMovie.length > 0) {
   <div
     class="content"

frontend/src/app/components/home/browse/hero-banner/hero-banner.component.scss

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ section {
   }
 }
 
+.video-banner {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover;
+}
+
 .content {
   position: absolute;
   width: 60%;

frontend/src/app/components/home/browse/hero-banner/hero-banner.component.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   OnChanges,
   Output,
   SimpleChanges,
+  ViewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { BtnLargeComponent } from '../../../../shared/components/buttons/btn-large/btn-large.component';
 import { MovieService } from '../../../../services/movie.service';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { UserService } from '../../../../services/user.service';
   styleUrl: './hero-banner.component.scss',
 })
 export class HeroBannerComponent implements OnChanges {
+  @ViewChild('videoElement') videoElementRef!: ElementRef<HTMLVideoElement>;
   @Input() currentMovie: any[] = [];
   @Input() screenWidth: boolean = false;
   @Input() favoriteMovies: any[] = [];
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ export class HeroBannerComponent implements OnChanges {
     public userService: UserService
   ) {}
 
+  ngAfterViewInit() {
+    this.videoSpeed();
+  }
+
   ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
     if (changes['currentMovie'] && this.currentMovie.length > 0) {
       const movieId = this.currentMovie[0]?.id;
@@ -54,10 +60,18 @@ export class HeroBannerComponent implements OnChanges {
             this.movieIsUploaded = resolutions;
             this.movieIsUploadedChange.emit(this.movieIsUploaded);
           });
+        setTimeout(() => this.videoSpeed(), 0);
       }
     }
   }
 
+  videoSpeed() {
+    if (this.videoElementRef) {
+      const videoElement = this.videoElementRef.nativeElement;
+      videoElement.playbackRate = 0.5;
+    }
+  }
+
   toggleLikeMovie(movieId: number): void {
     if (this.favoriteMovies.includes(movieId)) {
       this.favoriteMovies = this.favoriteMovies.filter((id) => id !== movieId);