VideoThumbnail
Submitted by kerofin on Fri, 2005-12-30 16:01
Summary:
Provides thumbnail images for video files.
Current stable version:
0.1.13
Current testing version:
0.1.14
Zero Install URL (drag link to AddApp to install):
This is a helper program for ROX-Filer. It provides images for video files.
Note: you need at least version 2.1.1 of ROX-Filer and 2.0.4 of ROX-Lib2
To set it up install it to a suitable place, such as ~/Apps, then run it normally. You should get the options window. Click on Install handlers and then OK on the list window that appears.
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Matroska thumbnails dont work
Options > Thumbnails > Video thumbnails > Install type handlers
has an handler for "application/x-matroska"
All my .mkv files however has the following mimetype "video/x-matroska".
How do I change the broken entry or add a new entry to make thumbnailing of .mkv files actually work?
TIA :)
Answer
After some googling and guesswork I figured out how to solve my problem
1) As root, edit AppInfo.xml for Video Thumbnails by adding the bold line
<MimeType type="application/x-matroska"/> <MimeType type="video/x-matroska"/> </CanThumbnail>I found the file to be edited in the following location:
~/.cache/0install.net/implementations/sha1=7c4313678c5310917ef646f543cc1a1b97e04acc/VideoThumbnail/AppInfo.xml
2) Go to Options > Thumbnails > Video thumbnails > Install type handlers
3) Tick the box in the install column for the new entry "video/x-matroska" and then OK
4) Restart Rox file manager
.mkv files should now be thumbnailed correctly. Preferably though "video/x-matroska" should probably be a default entry in this program. :)
Re: matroska
The next version of VideoThumbnail should have a way of testing arbitrary file types and installing as their handlers. Once I finish it.