Video Posts with Auto Thumbnail(Like in Facebook) in Tumblr.com

Question

I\'d like to find out how Tumblr retrieves video thumbnails.

Normal video posts (not using API) when viewed from the dashboard or /tagged/ filters,

Answer 1

Hi mikedidthis have write accurately..

As per tumbler's image thumbnail api, tumbler do not provide any inbuilt function like facebook to retrieve images like in facebook or youtube.

Please see this documentation:

http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/custom_themes