Media files ( images,pdf.... ) in bases card view mode should show the media preview

[Doparim]

Use case or problem

Bases can already display files other than Markdown.
So why not show the actual file itself (like an image or preview) directly in card view?

[blue_emperor]

This is already possible (see below ) but currently the implementation is that you have to explicitly choose which image to show. There is (currently) no feature in cards that implicitly and automatically chooses image for you.

 

Related feature request:

Allow PDFs as card image in Base

Use case or problem For collections of notes with embedded PDF documents, to be able to display the first page (or selectable page, and/or a scrollable window of many pages) of the PDF indicated in a frontmatter key as cards in a Base. Proposed solution Similar to the new 1.9.3 cards feature that displays an image. Ideally, indicate the page number to display, like “[[PDFfile.pdf#page=3]]” Current workaround (optional) None. Related feature requests (optional) None found.

 

() How to show media preview in bases:

 

The problem currently is that this image property supports only limited file types (no mp4 or pdf support for example). The above FR talks about pdf but similarly we would expect to get mp4 support.

 

https://help.obsidian.md/bases/views#Cards