Organizing home movies

[marcus]

On Monday 18 September 2006 21:33, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Will it show me a thumbnail view of my movie files

It does display thumbnails of most files, that probably depends on KDE, 
but you'll have to ask on the mailing list whether it handles AVI 
files. If not you can place a feature request. Movies usually do not 
show in Konqueror as thumbnails or do they?

A simple way, is to create snapshot(s) from your movies as JPEGs/PNGs. 
Then create an image field in your database (collection fields) and 
place the image in that movie's entry. This is how DVD and CD covers 
are displayed. There is usually a way if you think about it.


> , and let me open them by a click (or double)?

Yes, it took me 5 minutes to create a DB, add some movies I have 
recorded from TV. It creates a link (called URL), and it launches the 
movie in Kaffeine for me when clicked.

> And can I tag those thumbnails to show only the  
> ones related to what I want?

I'm not sure about thumbnails, see above. Read my last mail again, and 
follow the link on cross-references (grouping).


Just install it and play around with the program for a while. Join the 
mailing list for more advanced questions. Use the latest version 
1.2.2.1(?). The standard Ubuntu repositories have an old version. See 
my and Hawkwind's emails for links.


Marcus