.Resources.ByType "video" return empty result

[wangchucheng]

What version of Hugo are you using (hugo version)?

$ hugo version 0.78.2

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

Description

I want to access video files by .Resources.ByType "video", but the result is empty. I also look at mediaType.go, which shows that .mp4 and .webm is supported.

After more tests, I found that video can be accessed by using its suffix. For example, I can access 1.mp4 by .Resources.ByType "mp4", and access 1.webm by .Resources.ByType "webm". But none of these can be accessed by .Resources.ByType "video".

But for images, I can use .Resources.ByType "image" to access it instead of .Resources.ByType "png", which is totally contradictory to videos.

I was suggested to open an issue for this in hugo community.

See also https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/resources-bytype-video-return-empty/29975

[onedrawingperday]

This is a request for a new method i.e. .Resources.ByType "video"

[wangchucheng]

This is a request for a new method i.e. .Resources.ByType "video"

Thanks for your supplement, I thought it was a bug before😝

[cmahnke]

See also #7671.
This would also be a great opportunity to provide a video shortcode, similar to figure to make video content a first-class citizen in the Hugo ecosystem, without relying on external services like Youtube and Vimeo.

This would also be desirable when taking #7893 into account: Before removing third party services Hugo should provide some sort of feature symmetry, that means providing some basic functionality to replace external services, this would also require a HTML / IFrame shortcode.

This would also make a nice Christmas present: Hugo 0.80 "Video Edition" ;)

[martignoni]

@cmahnke Meanwhile, you can use this: https://github.com/martignoni/hugo-video. Not so nice Christmas present, but still :-)

[bep]

There is a special case in there for images ... not sure why I put that in there, I must have thought about the generic application/text types not being very useful. But the documentation is clear, so we need to fix this.

[wangchucheng]

There is a special case in there for images ... not sure why I put that in there, I must have thought about the generic application/text types not being very useful. But the documentation is clear, so we need to fix this.

Thanks for the incoming fix! And another strange bug (I think) is videos can be accessed by methods like .Resources.ByType "webm", but they will not be included in production files (public folder). So the link will renturn a 404 error.

Btw, only assets folder. Videos in static can be included in production files.

[bep]

videos can be accessed by methods like .Resources.ByType "webm", but they will not be included in production files (public folder). So the link will renturn a 404 error.

The above is certainly not related to this particular issue.

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