Konqueror thumbnail generation fails on video files (mjpg)

[Fabien]

Binary package hint: libarts1-xine

When trying to open a directory in konqueror where are stored files from a digital kamera, thumbnail creation crashes after the first video file (only tested with motion jpeg avi files). It means other jpeg files won't get a thumbnail...

If I remove libarts1-xine then, all thumbnails are generated except video files.
I finally found the solution by installing libarts1-xine AND libxine-extracodecs. With these extra codecs, thumbnails are also generated for video files...

Note: this bug also cause troubles for softwares which use konqueror thumbnails like digikam. See :
<http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2006-March/001115.html>

[ThomasN (tnetter)]

I confirm that Fabien's fix solves the problem.
If, after upgrading from Kubuntu breezy to dapper, you notice that:
- Noatun no longer plays ogg, mp3, mp4, videos
- Konqueror doesn't generate video thumbnails or stops generating image thumbnails when a directory contains videos
- Digikam misses videos
- kio_thumbnails keeps running in the background but nothing happens (use "top" to monitor that)

Add multiverse to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

execute:
apt-get update
apt-get install libxine-extracodecs

I have tested this on 2 Kubuntu laptops.
Many thanks to Fabien for pointing out the bug and providing a work-around.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

Appears to be confirmed by ThomasN - but is it still a problem?

[Fabien (fabien-ubuntu)]

Yes, I think so...
Thumbnails generation shouldn't crash even if it can't create thumbnail for
one type of file.
The main problem is that's very hard to find out how to solve it...
It should be, at least, in a FAQ.

On 9/23/06, Caroline Ford <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Appears to be confirmed by ThomasN - but is it still a problem?
>
> ** Changed in: kdemultimedia (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
>
> --
> Konqueror thumbnail generation fails on video files (mjpg)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/51024
>

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

related bug: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106276

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

Fixed in Bzr.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Either the fix has been released or it is no longer relevant in the development version of Kubuntu.