Why no preview in some AVI files?

[badger_fruit]

Hello all
I now have another question!

I have some AVI files on my LAN but can't figure out why some folders give me a thumbnail preview, and others, just icons?

Please see the screenshot ...

... as an example.

Both folders are on the same network share and I checked the AV properties of them both, they are all "XVID MPEG-4" so it's not that it's a different or missing codec.

Would appreciate any help, not that it's a major problem of course .. the previews look nice, that's all!

[cazo]

I've found that when the CPU is under a heavy load, totem-video-thumbnailer fails. Usually, I just clean out the ~/.thumbnails/fail/gnome-thumbnail-factory/ directory. Sometimes, just hitting the Reload button (in Nautilus) works as well.

Also, check the Edit | Preferences | Preview tab in Nautilus. Under Show Thumbnails, I have it set to Always (I think the default was Local Files Only.

By the way, I also use a 'screenshot' program to generate nice previews for the videos (mostly music videos, but some TV shows).

[badger_fruit]

Originally Posted by cazo

I've found that when the CPU is under a heavy load, totem-video-thumbnailer fails. Usually, I just clean out the ~/.thumbnails/fail/gnome-thumbnail-factory/ directory. Sometimes, just hitting the Reload button (in Nautilus) works as well.

Also, check the Edit | Preferences | Preview tab in Nautilus. Under Show Thumbnails, I have it set to Always (I think the default was Local Files Only.

By the way, I also use a 'screenshot' program to generate nice previews for the videos (mostly music videos, but some TV shows).

Hello
Thank you for the reply; I have deleted all the PNG files from the thumbnail cache as suggested, not sure if it's worked as away from PC right now .. will update later on though.

With regards to the Edit > Prefs > Preview, I don't think the default is local files only as both folders on display in the screenshot are on a remote computer.

I'll update this thread shortly
Cheers!

[badger_fruit]

I deleted the cache and now thumbnails appear, woo hoo!