Bug 368527 - Add previews/Thumbnails for videos
Summary: Add previews/Thumbnails for videos
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: thumbnail (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2016-09-09 23:32 UTC by hotmusicfan
Modified: 2016-09-19 13:57 UTC (History)
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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 )