Subject: Re: bug#55624: GNOME: no thumbnails in totem

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:05:02 +0900

Hi Roman,

Roman Riabenko <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hello
>
> totem does not show any thumbnails when opened.
>
> If started from terminal, the error messages similar to the below
> example seem to be relevant:
>
> totem-video-thumbnailer couldn't open file 'file:///tmp/P7280064.MP4'

I think this would happen if you didn't have 'gst-libav' installed
(although other formats could require other plugins). I've added this
gst-libav to totem's inputs, which means it'll always be available.

It got rid of the errors in my testing.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim