You can get the thumbnail URL and other metadata from our embed code by changing the src URL to /players/episode instead of /play. If you get:
<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/7FCBxNIHAA"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"
height="390" allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"></embed>Try a making a call to:
http://blip.tv/players/episode/7FCBxNIHAA?skin=api
or
http://blip.tv/players/episode/7FCBxNIHAA?skin=json&callback=foo&version=2
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