Re: use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
Hi everyone! I will probably will stand out but I personally think that "random frame" is matter of taste. For me, it is much better than very badly looking covers, which they are for 80% movies. Only rare movies have pleasant, nice covers (I can say that from my expierence as very active movie watcher/imdb browser). So I would not haste on this decision. Just my two cents, Peter. 2008/9/23 David Prieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi again, > >> After that, one question of mine would be what happens when the >> internet connection goes away; does it fallback to Totem's >> thumbnailer, or do we get the ugly octet-stream icon? > > The creator of the software answered this: > > "the fallback system is very flexible. It should work also with Xubuntu. > It does something like this: > cover=$(wget etc...) > > If there is no connection wget should fail and if it fails there is no > cover, if there is no cover the fallback system is used. > > The fallback system checks first for gnome-video-thumbnailer, if it > doesn't exit it tries totem-video-thumbnailer (xubuntu I think), if that > one neither exist it checks for mplayer-video-thumb.sh" > > So yes, it falls back to totem's thumbnailer. > > > That aside, the author also asks one question and I would like to know > your opinion: > > "Do you want this to work for all videos by default? > Right now it only works for the paths specified in the config file but I > can change that, it should be very easy." > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- mortigi tempo Pēteris Krišjānis -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
Hi again, > After that, one question of mine would be what happens when the > internet connection goes away; does it fallback to Totem's > thumbnailer, or do we get the ugly octet-stream icon? The creator of the software answered this: "the fallback system is very flexible. It should work also with Xubuntu. It does something like this: cover=$(wget etc...) If there is no connection wget should fail and if it fails there is no cover, if there is no cover the fallback system is used. The fallback system checks first for gnome-video-thumbnailer, if it doesn't exit it tries totem-video-thumbnailer (xubuntu I think), if that one neither exist it checks for mplayer-video-thumb.sh" So yes, it falls back to totem's thumbnailer. That aside, the author also asks one question and I would like to know your opinion: "Do you want this to work for all videos by default? Right now it only works for the paths specified in the config file but I can change that, it should be very easy." -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
> Well step one would be getting it into Ubuntu, so you may want to > contact the MOTU team for that. Once you've done that much, we can > discuss it more seriously. Would filing a "needs-packaging" request enough? Or should I contact them via IRC? > After that, one question of mine would be what happens when the > internet connection goes away; does it fallback to Totem's > thumbnailer, or do we get the ugly octet-stream icon? I haven't actually tried that, but using Totem's thumbnailer would be the logical thing to do. I'll contact the author on that one. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:42 PM, David Prieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I originally sent this proposal to Launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/269803 > > I would like Nautilus to use imdb-thumbnailer to create video > thumbnails. According to this forum thread > (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=706800), it searches imdb for > covers based on the file names and if no cover is found the default > thumbnailer is used. > > An example of the results can be seen in this screenshot: > http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thumbnailfactorynf1.png > > I believe that the cover is more representative of a movie than a video > frame. After all it's the cover (or the poster) you see when you go to > the cinema to watch the movie or to the videoclub to rent it. So it's > probably easier to recognize it visually through the cover, than through > a video file. > > Files whose cover is not found still use video frames anyway, so there > isn't really a downside to it. > > Any thoughts? Well step one would be getting it into Ubuntu, so you may want to contact the MOTU team for that. Once you've done that much, we can discuss it more seriously. After that, one question of mine would be what happens when the internet connection goes away; does it fallback to Totem's thumbnailer, or do we get the ugly octet-stream icon? -A. Walton > > PS- I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me if you reply. > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 20:42 +0200, David Prieto wrote: > Hi, I originally sent this proposal to Launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/269803 > > I would like Nautilus to use imdb-thumbnailer to create video > thumbnails. According to this forum thread > (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=706800), it searches imdb for > covers based on the file names and if no cover is found the default > thumbnailer is used. > > An example of the results can be seen in this screenshot: > http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thumbnailfactorynf1.png I really like that. Much more recognizable than a random freezeframe. +1 on this idea > Files whose cover is not found still use video frames anyway, so there > isn't really a downside to it. Agreed. -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
use imdb-thumbnailer as movie thumbnailer
Hi, I originally sent this proposal to Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/269803 I would like Nautilus to use imdb-thumbnailer to create video thumbnails. According to this forum thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=706800), it searches imdb for covers based on the file names and if no cover is found the default thumbnailer is used. An example of the results can be seen in this screenshot: http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thumbnailfactorynf1.png I believe that the cover is more representative of a movie than a video frame. After all it's the cover (or the poster) you see when you go to the cinema to watch the movie or to the videoclub to rent it. So it's probably easier to recognize it visually through the cover, than through a video file. Files whose cover is not found still use video frames anyway, so there isn't really a downside to it. Any thoughts? PS- I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me if you reply. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
