<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>I would try the appimage and see if the issue is still there.</div><div>You might also try digikam from Philip Johnsson 's PPA. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: NeiNei <neinei@gmx.net> </div><div>Date: 2018-01-20 8:43 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users@kde.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: DigiKam 5.8: AVCHD (.mts) video thumbnails missing </div><div><br></div></div>Dear Gilles and Andrey,<br>thanks for the quick replies.<br>I work with the DigiKam package which is distributed by KDE neon LTS 5.8 <br>(Plasma 5.8.8, Qt Version 5.7.1, KDE Frameworks Version 5.42.0) and not <br>the AppImage.<br><br>In Dolphin the thumbnails (ffmegthumbs) of my AVCHD clips (.mts suffix) <br>are shown and I could play the clips with VLC player.<br><br>Perhaps this helps to tackle the issue further on.<br>Thanks,<br>NeiNei<br><br>On 01/20/2018 04:34 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:<br>> To be more precise, QtAv have no codecs inside. All is delegate to <br>> ffmpeg. So if your system ffmpeg is compiled with all codecs (it's <br>> optional at configuration time), some video type will not be supported.<br>> <br>> Why not all codecs are not included by default ? Because of patents of <br>> course. There are plenty of free patents code and other ones no.<br>> <br>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg#Legal_aspects<br>> <br>> Gilles Caulier<br>> <br>> 2018-01-20 16:28 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev@gmail.com <br>> <mailto:aegoreev@gmail.com>>:<br>> <br>> Perhaps QtAV does not support the file type. Try installing QtAV<br>> separately and open with it.<br>> In Dolphin the thumbnails (ffmegthumbs) of my AVCHD clips (.mts suffix)<br>> are shown and and the file association of .mts is directed to VLC<br>> player<br>> You are using the appimage, correct ?<br>> <br>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.<br>> <br>> -------- Original message --------<br>> From: NeiNei <neinei@gmx.net <mailto:neinei@gmx.net>><br>> Date: 2018-01-20 8:18 AM (GMT-07:00)<br>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with<br>> the power of open source <digikam-users@kde.org<br>> <mailto:digikam-users@kde.org>><br>> Subject: DigiKam 5.8: AVCHD (.mts) video thumbnails missing<br>> <br>> Hi there,<br>> <br>> I work with DigiKam 5.8 on on KDE neon LTS 5.8 (Plasma 5.8.8, Qt<br>> Version<br>> 5.7.1, KDE Frameworks Version 5.42.0).<br>> In Dolphin the thumbnails (ffmegthumbs) of my AVCHD clips (.mts suffix)<br>> are shown and and the file association of .mts is directed to VLC<br>> player<br>> In Dolphin the thumbnails (ffmegthumbs) of my AVCHD clips (.mts suffix)<br>> are shown and and the file association of .mts is directed to VLC<br>> player<br>> which works flawless with this type of video clips.<br>> <br>> However, Digikam 5.8 does not show thumbnails of these clips nor<br>> could I<br>> play it from the preview window. Below is the output of the terminal.<br>> Perhaps some could direct me on how to fix this issues.<br>> Thanks in advance,<br>> NeiNei<br>> <br>> <br>> Terminal output:<br>> <br>> digikam.metaengine: Cannot load metadata from file (Error 11 :<br>> /h0m3/u53r/P1c7ur35/4VCHD_cl1p.m75: 7h3 f1l3 c0n741n5 d474 0f 4n<br>> unkn0wn<br>> 1m4g3 7yp3<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d pr3v13w w17h l1br4w<br>> d1g1k4m.r4w3ng1n3: F41l3d 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d R4W pr3v13w<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d h4lf pr3v13w w17h l1br4w<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d pr3v13w w17h 3x1v2<br>> d1g1k4m.m3743ng1n3: C4nn07 l04d m374d474 u51ng 3x1v2 (3rr0r 11 :<br>> /home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts: The file contains data of an<br>> unknown<br>> image type<br>> digikam.dimg: "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts" : QIMAGE file<br>> identified<br>> digikam.dimg.qimage: Can not load "<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> " using DImg::QImageLoader!<br>> digikam.general: mimetype = "" ext = "MTS"AVHCD<br>> digikam.general: Cannot create thumbnail for<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Thumbnail is null for <br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Cannot get video thumb for<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Video support is not available<br>> digikam.metaengine: Cannot load metadata from file (Error 11 :<br>> /h0m3/u53r/P1c7ur35/4VCHD_cl1p.m75: 7h3 f1l3 c0n741n5 d474 0f 4n<br>> unkn0wn<br>> 1m4g3 7yp3<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d pr3v13w w17h l1br4w<br>> d1g1k4m.r4w3ng1n3: F41l3d 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d R4W pr3v13w<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d h4lf pr3v13w w17h l1br4w<br>> d1g1k4m.g3n3r4l: 7ry1ng 70 l04d 3mb3dd3d pr3v13w w17h 3x1v2<br>> d1g1k4m.m3743ng1n3: C4nn07 l04d m374d474 u51ng 3x1v2 (3rr0r 11 :<br>> /home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts: The file contains data of an<br>> unknown<br>> image type<br>> digikam.dimg: "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts" : QIMAGE file<br>> identified<br>> digikam.dimg.qimage: Can not load "<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> " using DImg::QImageLoader!<br>> digikam.general: mimetype = "" ext = "MTS"<br>> digikam.general: Cannot create thumbnail for<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Thumbnail is null for <br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Cannot get video thumb for<br>> "/home/user/Pictures/AVCHD_clip.mts"<br>> digikam.general: Video support is not available<br>> digikam.general: scan mode: ScanDeferredFiles<br>> <br>> <br><br></body></html>