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I want to use the video preview widget in odoo 16.

I can't import video inside odoo.tools

Here is the code snippet by Bhavin Patel.


from odoo import models, 

fields, api from odoo.tools import video

class VideoExample(models.Model): 

_name = 'video.example' 

name = fields.Char(string='Name') 

video = fields.Binary(string='Video', attachment=True) 

video_preview = fields.Binary(string='Video Preview', compute='_compute_video_preview') 

@api.depends('video') 

def _compute_video_preview(self): 

for rec in self: 

rec.video_preview = video.Video.from_binary(rec.video).preview_image() if rec.video else None

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Bhavin Patel

our code seems to be correct. It defines a new model VideoExample with three fields: name (a Char field), video (a Binary field for the video file), and video_preview (a computed Binary field for the preview image).

The video_preview field is computed based on the video field using a custom method _compute_video_preview, which generates the preview image for the video using the odoo.tools.video module.

The odoo.tools.video.Video.from_binary method is used to create a new Video object from the binary data of the video field. Then, the preview_image method is called on the Video object to generate the preview image, which is returned as a binary data and assigned to the video_preview field.

The if rec.video else None expression at the end of the line ensures that the video_preview field is set to None if there is no video file present. This is a good practice to avoid potential errors and unexpected behavior.

Overall, this code should work correctly to generate video preview images for the VideoExample model based on the uploaded video files.

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In Odoo 16, you can use the video preview widget to display a preview image of a video file, along with a play button that allows the user to play the video. Here's how you can use the video preview widget in your custom module:

  1. Add a new field to your model that represents the video file:
Python:

In this example, we're adding a new Binary field for the video file, as well as a Char field for the filename and a computed Binary field for the video preview image. The video_preview field is computed based on the video_file field using a custom method _compute_video_preview, which generates the preview image for the video.

  1. Add a new view for your model that includes the video_preview field and uses the video preview widget:
    XML:

In this example, we're adding a new view for the form of the MyModel model that includes a tag with two tags. The first tag is for the video_preview field, and uses the video_preview widget to display the preview image and play button for the video. We're also passing an options dictionary that includes the filename field (video_filename) to use for the video. The second tag is for the video_file field, and includes the filename attribute to use for the filename.

  1. Implement the _generate_video_preview method to generate the preview image for the video. You can use a third-party library such as ffmpeg or moviepy to extract a frame from the video and save it as an image. Here's an example implementation using ffmpeg:
python:

In this example, we're using ffmpeg

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