Bug 486731 - Krusader is unable to create thumbnails for pdf and other document/book formats and video formats appear as a static image instead of creating a preview for them
Summary: Krusader is unable to create thumbnails for pdf and other document/book forma...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: krusader
Classification: Applications
Component: krviewer (show other bugs)
Version: 2.8.1
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Krusader Bugs Distribution List
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: 494891 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2024-05-07 14:09 UTC by goldion56
Modified: 2024-10-17 11:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 1fc5ce50f
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Description goldion56 2024-05-07 14:09:20 UTC 
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OBSERVED RESULT
mp4, mkv and gifs appear as static images instead of a preview of the file.
pdf, epub and other document files don't have a thumbnail.

EXPECTED RESULT
Thumbnails for pdf and other similar formats.
Ability to play the video inside of Krusader as in versions prior to the Kde 6 release.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Using Krusader on Hyprland
Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2024-05-07 15:19:58 UTC 
You need the KF5 versions of the thumbnailers
Comment 2 goldion56 2024-05-07 15:53:20 UTC 
(In reply to Antonio Rojas from comment #1)
> You need the KF5 versions of the thumbnailers

Is it on kio5-extras or is it some other package? Sorry if this is not right place to ask
Comment 3 Alex Bikadorov 2024-05-07 18:33:48 UTC 
I have the same problem and kio5 and kio5-extras is installed (on Arch). I think this is a valid bug.
Comment 4 Alex Bikadorov 2024-06-18 15:16:15 UTC 
Update: The root cause is that the thumbnailers like ffmpegthumbs shipped in the distributions are KF6 based and are not compatible with KF5. The best solution is to port Krusader to KF6 which is currently WIP (see https://invent.kde.org/utilities/krusader/-/issues/28 ).

So, the bug is valid - there is a defect and cannot be directly be solved by users. But Krusader needs to be ported to KF6 to fix this.
Comment 5 Alex Bikadorov 2024-09-25 14:43:37 UTC 
Fixed in current master - Krusader was ported to KF6.
Comment 6 Alex Bikadorov 2024-10-17 11:04:25 UTC 
*** Bug 494891 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***