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robert_foster

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[SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

Hello everyone!
I have ArchLinux + KDEmod3 installed with the latest updates and I have a problem with the video thumbnails in Konqueror. By default it shows the first frame of video as preview and it is rather ugly. Most commonly it's just a black screen or something like that. I searched the Internet and found a solution - mplayerthumbs http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph … tent=41180. Package from AUR requires kdelibs from KDE4, so I decided to compile it from sources. It has been compiled and installed successfully. But here is the problem: Konqueror still shows previews made from the first frame! Even if I delete contents of ~/.thumbnails, the same previews will be generated. But article on kde-apps.org says that "It catches a random frame from 15% to 70%"

So how can I fix mplayerthums or is there any other way to get nice video previews in KDE3?
Thank you.

Last edited by robert_foster (2008-10-26 08:36:56)

lucke

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

I've just tried compiling the kde3 version, 5b, and the compilation failed.

Last edited by lucke (2008-10-25 21:08:05)

robert_foster

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

I think solution from AUR package's page will help:

To resolve this, you have to edit the file "videopreview.cpp". Add "#include <stdlib.h>" at the top and the pakage works again.

lucke

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

Okay, it compiles with that fix.

I can confirm that it doesn't work. I can only say that it used to work before Arch moved to KDE4.

robert_foster

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

And it used random frame for preview, not the first one?

lucke

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

Exactly.

robert_foster

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

Thats's bad. Maybe there is an another way to get normal previews?

robert_foster

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Re: [SOLVED] KDE3: Konqueror and video thumbnails

Ok, I have found that another way) http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph … tent=40015