WebMedia Conversion

A WebMedia format is a format for media (images, video, audio) that retains the original format but can resize the output to be suitable to present on a web page. You can specify size and aspect ratio.

To request a thumbnail using the declarative model you create a property of type WebMedia.

public class MyMedia : MediaItem {

	[ResizeEffect(Width = 400, Height = 300)]
	public WebMedia Preview { get; set; }
}

When retrieving the conversion you can get the URL of the content and the content type.

         var client = ClientFactory.GetSdkClient();
         var media = client.Query<MyMedia>().Take(10).ToList();
foreach (var myMedia in media) {
	if (myMedia.Preview != null)
		Console.WriteLine(myMedia.Preview.Url + myMedia.Preview.ContentType);
}

Depending on the content type you need to use the correct html element/player to be able to use the content. This can be calculated by ImageVault íf you populate the StorageInformation for the conversion.

[MediaItem(Populate = PopulateFields.StorageInformation)]
public class MyMedia2 : MediaItem {

	[ResizeEffect(Width = 400, Height = 300)]
	public WebMedia Preview { get; set; }
}

When querying this type, the DefaultEmbedElement will be populated to show the html code needed to display the content.

var media2 = client.Query<MyMedia2>().Take(10).ToList();
foreach (var myMedia2 in media2) {
	if (myMedia2.Preview != null)
		Console.WriteLine(myMedia2.Preview.Html);
}

If the image is an image the DefaultEmbedElement will contain a img tag with suitable attributes. If you get a content that needs a player (for instance viedeo content) you will receive the html code needed to embed a player on the page.