# How do I setup video previews on hover?

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255 "2016-10-31T01:21:51Z")
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### Author: ![Pankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Pankie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pankie)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255/1 "2016-10-31T01:21:51Z")

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I am trying to setup my plex library so that when I hover over a video’s thumbnail it shows an animated gif or video that is a preview of the full video.

I essentially want to browse my libraries but being able to stop my mouse on a video and see a preview of the content.

I’d appreciate any help! Thanks

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### Author: ![Pankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Pankie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pankie)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255/3 "2016-10-31T19:07:58Z")

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> @trumpy81 said:  
> Sorry, but that is not possible in Plex. In order to see any ‘extras’ that are associated with a movie, you open the appropriate library and then click on the poster for a Movie and then the ‘extras’ will be shown at the bottom of the screen.
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> You can set up trailers if you have a Plex Pass and that will allow you to play a trailer (preview) before playing the Movie itself, but that is the only preview that Plex provides.

What about if I created a GIF file for each video? Could I provide a local poster (being the GIF) to replace the other posters? Would a GIF animate in the plex web interface ?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Pankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Pankie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pankie)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255/5 "2016-11-01T14:55:50Z")

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I’ve got some of the GIF’s to work as posters but it’s far from what I desired. I was hoping for a click-to-hover animate but instead it just plays every gif at once \>\<

Thanks for your help! I will continue my search

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-setup-video-previews-on-hover/165255/6 "2020-01-07T22:09:14Z")

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