Public bug reported: Hi,
here is an Ubuntu Budgie 20.04. It uses Nemo 4.4.2 as file explorer. I've noticed here my music files, mainly mp3, only show their generic icons and not their embedded picture for cover art. I've got this → https://aws1.discourse- cdn.com/standard17/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/8/8b66f4a45787193d226ae6b3bdcf83e364b84f3f.png I expected something like this → https://aws1.discourse- cdn.com/standard17/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/f/fb30fd0c844dbe15b966921edfe9ab9e0754ebf8.png Here are my installed packages regarding thumbnails, I think : ________________________________________________________________________________________________ django@ASGARD:~$ dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'thumbnailer|ffmpeg|nemo' ii chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Transitional package - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra -> chromium-ffmpeg snap ii ffmpeg 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files ii ffmpegthumbnailer 2.1.1-0.2build2 amd64 fast and lightweight video thumbnailer ii folder-color-nemo 0.0.88 all Folder Color for Nemo ii gir1.2-nemo-3.0 4.4.2-2 amd64 libraries for nemo components - gir bindings ii gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64 1.16.2-2 amd64 ffmpeg plugin for GStreamer ii libavcodec-extra:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage) ii libavcodec-extra58:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library with additional de/encoders for audio/video codecs ii libavdevice58:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - runtime files ii libavfilter7:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library containing media filters - runtime files ii libavformat58:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - runtime files ii libavresample4:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg compatibility library for resampling - runtime files ii libavutil56:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - runtime files ii libffmpegthumbnailer4v5 2.1.1-0.2build2 amd64 shared library for ffmpegthumbnailer ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin 2.40.0+dfsg-3 amd64 GDK Pixbuf library (thumbnailer) ii libnemo-extension1:amd64 4.4.2-2 amd64 Nemo component system facilities ii libpostproc55:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library for post processing - runtime files ii libswresample3:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library for audio resampling, rematrixing etc. - runtime files ii libswscale5:amd64 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg library for image scaling and various conversions - runtime files ii nemo 4.4.2-2 amd64 File manager and graphical shell for Cinnamon ii nemo-data 4.4.2-2 all File manager and graphical shell for Cinnamon (data files) ii nemo-fileroller 4.4.0-2 amd64 File Roller integration for Nemo ii nemo-python 4.4.0-3 amd64 Python bindings for nemo components django@ASGARD:~$ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thumbnails are OK for video files though. I followed suggestions from here https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2280#issuecomment-571996421 I had edited /usr/share/thumbnailers/ffmpegthumbnailer.thumbnailer but that does not change anything in Nemo. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ django@ASGARD:~$ cat /usr/share/thumbnailers/ffmpegthumbnailer.thumbnailer [Thumbnailer Entry] TryExec=ffmpegthumbnailer Exec=ffmpegthumbnailer -i %i -o %o -s %s -f MimeType=video/jpeg;video/mp4;video/mpeg;video/quicktime;video/x-ms-asf;video/x-ms-wm;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-msvideo;video/x-flv;video/x-matroska;video/webm;video/mp2t;audio/flac;audio/mpeg django@ASGARD:~$ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ And anyway trying to extract embedded picture from an mp3 file with ffmpeg fails : ffmpegthumbnailer -i 01\ Gibraltar.mp3 -o test.png [mp3 @ 0x56303d9778c0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Error: decodeVideoFrame() failed: frame not finished So is ffmpegthumbnailer supposed to give thumbnails to Nemo/Nautilus for mp3 files ??? For references : ⋅ https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/nemo-and-music-files-no-pictures/3467 ⋅ https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2280 ⋅ https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer/issues/172 On these other threads some mention ffmpegthumbnailer 2.2.2 - it's actually 2.1.1 in 20.04. ** Affects: ffmpeg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ffmpegthumbnailer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nemo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nemo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ffmpeg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882471 Title: thumbnails for mp3 / flac from in-file embedded picture To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/1882471/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
