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Instagram Reels Cover Frame Selection

Feature Request

Title: Instagram Reels: Cover Frame Offset (like TikTok has)

Body:

TikTok already lets you pick a frame from the video as the cover using tiktokSettings.video_cover_timestamp_ms. Would be awesome to have the same thing for Instagram Reels.

Why I want this:

  • Quick way to pick a good frame without making a separate image

  • Useful when I don't have time to design a custom thumbnail

Suggested API Parameter:

json

{  "instagramSettings": {  "cover_timestamp_ms": 3000  } }

Or in platformSpecificData:

json

{  "platforms": [{  "platform": "instagram",  "platformSpecificData": {  "cover_timestamp_ms": 3000  }  }] }

Note: Instagram's API has thumb_offset for Reels, so this should map pretty cleanly.

Posted by Phillip Shepard ·
Status: Completed2 comments

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  • Miquel Palet López

    Team•

    Jul 13

    Good news, this is already supported!

    When creating a post via POST /v1/posts, add the Instagram platform entry with platformSpecificData.thumbOffset set to the millisecond offset of the frame you want as the Reel cover (for example 3000 for 3 seconds). Leave instagramThumbnail/reelCover unset, since a custom cover URL overrides the offset.

    Details here: docs.zernio.com/platforms/instagram#platform-specific-fields. Thanks for the request!

  • Renzo RIZZELLO

    •

    Jun 16

    It would be cool to have a button in the dashboard UI to scrub and pick a frame visually