Bug 331242

Summary:	preview does not work for images, larger than 3mb
Product:	[Applications] kfile	Reporter:	richlv
Component:	kpropertiesdialog	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	flashdoebi.fd8q, nate, tosiara
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.11.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description richlv 2014-02-17 16:25:28 UTC

this is a followup report from bug #330868

there seems to be a hardcoded limit of 3mb which cuts off image previews in file properties, preview tab. for example, if the image is 3106009 bytes, preview is shown, if it's 3230231 bytes - not shown.

images are from the same camera and have the same settings. this has been showing with a fairly large amount of images

for testcase, see http://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=85196 (don't want to attach it twice)

this is a companion bug to bug #331240 which is about previews on folder icons

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Philipp 2014-03-19 21:26:48 UTC

I can confirm this bug. I use openSuSE 13.1 with KDE 4.11.5. In Dolphin previews of, for example, images with file properties higher than 3 MB work fine. But when I work with Thunderbird and want to attach an image with a file property higher than 3 MB I don't get a preview. I think the default limit on local file preview size of 3 MB like it was in older KDE versions  is in this case still active.

Comment 2 tosiara 2014-11-30 14:16:33 UTC

That issue is in openSUSE since 12.3
To workaround you must specify MaximumSize manually in .kde4/share/config/kdeglobals

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2018-06-15 01:58:55 UTC

The Preview tab is no more; use the Information Panel now, which has no such issues.