Bug 368527

Summary:	Add previews/Thumbnails for videos
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio	Reporter:	hotmusicfan
Component:	thumbnail	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	samrog131
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description hotmusicfan 2016-09-09 23:32:36 UTC

Hello!

It is nice (and almost standard) feature to have a thumbnail previews for video files. Just a tip ;)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Rog131 2016-09-10 13:41:53 UTC

(In reply to hotmusicfan from comment #0)
> Hello!
> 
> It is nice (and almost standard) feature to have a thumbnail previews for
> video files. Just a tip ;)
> 
> Reproducible: Always

The KDE is using ffmpegthumbs - 'A fast and light videothumbnailer' - https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=ffmpegthumbs.git.

Few excerpts:
- added Tue, 11 May 2010: https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=ffmpegthumbs.git&a=commit&h=070d52f895cab2860848762762192dd6df43079d
- KDE Frameworks 5 port: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 - https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=ffmpegthumbs.git&a=commit&h=c06602ff79ac5e3eb94cef2c680135caa1a3c53c

The user can install & enable the ffmpegthmbs.

Comment 2 hotmusicfan 2016-09-19 13:00:06 UTC

I have tried it - it does not worked for me. 
I really don't understand why something so trivial should be done by adding external plugins instead of just being default feature.

Comment 3 Rog131 2016-09-19 13:57:20 UTC

(In reply to hotmusicfan from comment #2)
> I have tried it - it does not worked for me. 
> I really don't understand why something so trivial should be done by adding
> external plugins instead of just being default feature.

Why plugings are better:

- The plugins are available for the all KDE (Dolphin, Plasma, Gwenview, Konqueror, ...)
- There is an option to create a better plugin.
- User decides: What plugins are needed.

If you have problems - Write to the distribution forum or to the KDE Forum ( https://forum.kde.org )