Version: svn (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources OS: Linux Wish for dolphin in "preview" feature: I suggest that dolphin could do like Windows Vista does (***I don't want to start a conversation against windows nor anything else, just to give an example of what I am saying***) with video files. This way, we could have a icon with some frame of the video instead of the generic video file icon. Also, this is usefull to see rapidly if a video is playable or not (because it is damaged, or you lack the video codec, etc...) by looking if it has a generic icon or not. How about implementing this?
I agree that this would be nice, but it is a task outside the scope of Dolphin. Dolphin only requests to get a preview of the current file; if the corresponding preview plugin is installed, it should be no problem that a preview of the video will be shown. AFAIK know Dragon Player - which will be available for KDE 4.1 - should be able to provide such a plugin. I still have set the bug to NEW and will set it to fixed as soon as such a plugin is available.
I've been thinking in this issue, and I found a debatible question: which frame should be taken for preview? - First frame: I think it would have good performance, but, I think it will not be usefull because first frame is usually a black frame, so it owuld be useless in most cases - Frame from the middle: It sounds good, but how about performance impact?
In 4.2 if you have mplayer-thumbnails installed it will show thumbnails for video files.
As said by Angel Blue01, the video preview now displays multiple frames of the video and you can watch a preview on the information panel too. Could this wish be considered as implemented?
Implemented in Dolphin 17.12.3. Closing because this wish has been fulfilled :)