video thumbnails missing in dolphin

[James Cain]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Marwan Sultan <dead_line at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Kubuntu friends,
>
> Good day/evening for all of you.
> im new to Kubuntu, but not to *nix.
>
> i have installed latest kubuntu up-to-date.
> when i open a directory i cannot see its thumbnails, i have tried many
> tricks but
> situation becomes frustrating to me.
>
> i have installed from terminal
>
> myplayerthumbs
> ffmpegthumbs
> kffmpegthumbnailer
> libffmpegthumb
>
> and when i go to dolphin configure -> general -> previews
> i see only the standard 7 options
> comic books, folders, font files, images, jpeg images, svg images, txt
> files
>
> and no options for video thumbnails preview.
>
> may someone help and advise how to do it?
>
> thank you for your attention.
>
> - Marwan
>


​Hello. Please see
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?69164-Dolphin-Help-w-Image-Files-Please&highlight=thumbnail.
Essentially, you need this part:

> once you select "preview" in a folder it will remain untill you un-select
>> it in that folder .
>>
>> you can allso have video thumbnails ,,,,,,,,, if you add one of the
>> thumbnail packages ,,,,, at hear I use kffmpegthumbnailer ,,,,,,install it
>> Code:
>>
>> *        sudo apt install kffmpegthumbnailer*
>>
>> then go to Dolphin>settings>configure dolphin>general>previews tab , and
>> check the kffmpegthumbnailer box ​
>
>
Hope that helps.

- James
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