[Digikam-users] Problem deleting albums / Problem videos

[Gilles Caulier]

MOV codec is missing on your computer (GStreamer)

MOV will certainly require patented codecs. Here under MAgeia5, GStreamer
has non free codec packages

Gilles Caulier

2016-07-14 13:00 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>:

> Gilles
>
> I have just run digikam from the commandline and see the following in the
> console for my .MOV files:-
>
> digikam.metaengine: Cannot load metadata using Exiv2   (Error # 11 :
> /home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV: The file
> contains data of an unknown image type
> digikam.dimg:
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV"  :
> QIMAGE file identified
> digikam.dimg.qimage: Can not load "
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV" " using
> DImg::QImageLoader!
> digikam.general: mimetype =  ""  ext =  "MOV"
> digikam.general: Cannot create thumbnail for
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV"
> digikam.general: Thumbnail is null for
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV"
> digikam.general: Cannot get video thumb for
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8490.MOV"
> digikam.general: Video support is not available
> digikam.general: Cannot get video thumb for
> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K500/2016/06/IOW/IMGP8489.MOV"
> digikam.general: Video support is not available
>
> Does this help explain what is going on?
>
> Stuart
>
> On 14/07/16 11:05, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
>> Ah for Linux, this is not a problem.
>>
>> Internally, we use Qt5Multimedia to render video thumbs and preview.
>> Under Linux, Qt5Multimedia use GStreamer backend. You must install
>> gstreamer packages ("good", "bad",and "ugly" codecs).
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2016-07-14 11:56 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
>> <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>:
>>
>>     Gilles
>>
>>     Thanks... however I should have pointed out that I am running
>>     openSUSE and have the issue of not being able to see thumbnails for
>>     video .MOV files or indeed play them. The reference in the release
>>     notes seem to imply it is a MAC issue.
>>
>>     Is there a work round for Linux?
>>
>>     Stuart
>>
>>     On 14/07/16 10:33, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>
>>         The "readme" is "releasenotes.html" file stored where digiKam is
>>         installed.
>>
>>         It's here in git repository :
>>
>>
>> https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=digikam-software-compilation.git&a=blob&h=e89093c7ae5d736a6a5006300495cced38272500&f=project%2Fmacports%2Fdata%2Freleasenotes.html&o=plain
>>
>>         Gilles Caulier
>>
>>         2016-07-14 11:27 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers
>>         <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
>>         <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
>>
>>         <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>>:
>>
>>             Gilles
>>
>>             Can you please point me at where I can read up on this as I
>> have
>>             been unable to find a README with my installation in
>>         openSUSE, is
>>             there somewhere I can view it online?
>>
>>             Stuart
>>
>>             On 13/07/16 09:37, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>
>>                     Second problem is with videos. There is no thumbnail /
>>                 preview and I
>>                     can’t play videos (Message: „An error has occured
>>         with the media
>>                     player…)____
>>
>>                     __ __
>>
>>                     Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>                 yes. It's normal. Did you look the README html page while
>>                 installing.
>>                 It's explained.
>>
>>                 Gilles Caulier
>>
>>
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