I updated my quicktime management plugin for textpattern today. I have had the new features added to it for a bit now, I was just having a terrible time getting it smoothed out so that I could distribute it. But the new plugin install can be found here and make sure you grab the new javascript file (if you’re in to that sort of thing) here.

The new feature(s) I added are a postermovie attribute along with the ability to specify a particular postermovie, what type you want to use, and where you want to pull it from.

If the postermovie field is set numerically, it assumes it’s managed by textpattern and you’re providing an ID. It then checks to see whether your set the pmtype attribute to image/quicktime or video/quicktime and then looks in images or files accordingly for the id specified. If it’s a file path, it just loads that path in as the postermovie.

You can see the new shit demo-ed here. The tag I used to embed this was (line break marked with “»”):

…and the custom fields each had an ID number of a video and an image in them.

I did this upgrade to my system for a new site I’m building for a videographer. I’ll provide a link when it’s up.