Bug 124043 - create video thumbnails not from the begining of the video because most of time, it begins with a black screen and the thumb is useless.
Summary: create video thumbnails not from the begining of the video because most of ti...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kio
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: thumbnail (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Malte Starostik
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: 137862 148047 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2006-03-22 03:24 UTC by tmeedend
Modified: 2009-05-27 19:15 UTC (History)
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Description tmeedend 2006-03-22 03:24:36 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

I think it will be great if the thumbnails are created with a random image of the movie and not the first, or at least with an image of the begining of the movie, but not the first because, most of time, it is a black image. Anyway, i find that the yellow icon on every video thumb is not very nice. Sorry for my bad english, thank you !
Comment 1 Stefan Monov 2006-09-12 09:18:10 UTC 
A random frame would be best, because most of the time videos begin with uninteresting stock notices such as "20th Century Fox".
Comment 2 Matthias Loitsch 2006-09-18 17:11:06 UTC 
I agree!
But I don't think that a random frame is the best way to go...
I would propose to use the frame at position 15%.

Additionally, a good feature would be: If the frame is black, take another one. But I don't know if this would be too hard to implement.
Comment 3 Stefan Monov 2006-09-18 19:16:51 UTC 
I agree a fixed position with emptiness threshold would be better than randomizing. Position 50% maybe?
Comment 4 Tommi Tervo 2006-11-25 17:03:30 UTC 
*** Bug 137862 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Tristan Miller 2007-06-23 17:17:18 UTC 
I agree; 50% seems most appropriate.  15% will still get uninteresting frames (opening credits, etc.) in very short videos.
Comment 6 Tommi Tervo 2007-07-20 11:50:43 UTC 
*** Bug 148047 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Médéric Boquien 2007-07-23 22:21:36 UTC 
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 8 Angel Blue01 2009-03-06 04:11:46 UTC 
Dolphin in 4.x appears to select a random frame, and this frame changes every time the cursor moves over the file again
Comment 9 Lubos Lunak 2009-05-27 19:15:57 UTC 
Then this is solved, according to the previous comment.