[Digikam-users] Problem deleting albums / Problem videos

Stuart T Rogers stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
Thu Jul 14 17:09:03 BST 2016


Gilles

Is there something different between digikam 4 and 5 as digikam 4.14 on 
this same PC worked perfectly and displayed the video thumbnails just fine.

Stuart

On 14/07/16 12:47, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>         <mailto: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>>
>                 <mailto: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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