[Digikam-users] Browsing Videos plays sound, but no picture

[Arnd Baecker]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Arnd Baecker wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> > On 21/06/07, Arnd Baecker <arnd.baecker at web.de> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > >
> > > > In DigiKam 0.9.1 on Fedora Core 6, I cannot see the videos downloaded
> > > > from my camera (Fuji 5500). The thumbnails display fine, but when we
> > > > open the video we get sound only, no picture. The videos are in format
> > > > avi.
> > >
> > > What happens, if you try mplayer/gmplayer etc. directly
> > > on the video?
> > > (Not sure which video player is actually used by digikam?)
> > >
> > > Best, Arnd
> >
> > The mplayer-based players work fine, that's what I always use. So does VLC.
>
> I would suspect, that it is not a digikam problem, but
> more a KDE one.
> Isn't the programm which is connected with AVI's defined
> on the KDE level?
> See:
> kcontrol:KDE Components: File Associations:video
> There you should be able to make mplayer your first choice.
>
> Do you have the same problem, if you try to watch the film from konquerer?

To really beat on a dead horse, there is also a relevant
FAQ entry ;-)
  http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/144
(no insult! just for completeness...)

Best, Arnd