# Issues with thumbnail on video

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/issues-with-thumbnail-on-video/51154>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/issues-with-thumbnail-on-video/51154 "2025-09-19T12:36:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![izzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@izzy](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/izzy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/issues-with-thumbnail-on-video/51154/1 "2025-09-19T12:36:55Z")

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The thumbnail isn’t showing when I add a YouTube video to the video component. Adding an image and setting it as the thumbnail doesn’t work either.

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/issues-with-thumbnail-on-video/51154/2 "2025-09-19T16:42:02Z")

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Hi @izzy

Try restarting both Elements and your Mac to see if that clears things up.

YouTube thumbnails are working here on my end:

 ![youtube-thumbnail](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/a/2/a258457ac08589e0ac29bdb5958a8f985e1dd717.jpeg)

If you are still having troubles with it after the restart, can you share your project file here with us so we can test it out?