Digikam does not start any more

[Alberto Ponti]

On Manjaro forum I found this simple solution:

Install, as instructed, qt6-multimedia-gstreamer.
Then edit ~/.config/digikam_systemrc. Change
videoBackend=ffmpeg
to
videoBackend=gstreamer

that works for me.

In data martedì, 18 febbraio 2025 21:53:28 Ora standard dell’Europa centrale, Maik 
Qualmann ha scritto:
> digiKam-8.6.0 will be released in March, the date is not yet set. We are
> currently only doing testing and bug fixing.
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Dienstag, 18. Februar 2025, 21:30:42 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb
> Ronald Orenstein:
> > When will the stable version of 8.6.0 be available?
> > Thanks
> > Ron
> > Ronald Orenstein
> > 1825 Shady Creek Court
> > Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2
> > Canada
> > ronorenstein.blogspot.com
> > ronorensteinwriter.blogspot.com
> > 
> >     On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 03:22:36 p.m. EST, Alberto Ponti
> > 
> > <alberto.ponti at ticino.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > 
> > digiKam-8.6.0 AppImage works without modifying my digikam_systemrc
> > 
> > 
> > this is my config
> > 
> > 
> > [System]
> > 
> > disableOpenCL=false
> > 
> > enableAesthetic=false
> > 
> > enableAutoTags=false
> > 
> > enableFaceEngine=false
> > 
> > enableLogging=false
> > 
> > enableOpenCL=false
> > 
> > proxyAuth=false
> > 
> > proxyPort=8080
> > 
> > proxyType=0
> > 
> > proxyUrl=
> > 
> > softwareOpenGL=false
> > 
> > useHighDpiPixmaps=false
> > 
> > useHighDpiScaling=false
> > 
> > videoBackend=ffmpeg
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Alberto
> > 
> > In data martedì, 18 febbraio 2025 18:36:17 Ora standard dell’Europa
> 
> centrale, Maik Qualmann ha scritto:
> > > Hi Alberto,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Try the digiKam-8.6.0 AppImage first.
> > > 
> > > Edit the ~/.config/digikam_systemrc
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Set Video Hardware Acceleration to false. If the entry doesn't exist,
> > > 
> > > create it:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [System]
> > > 
> > > enableHWTConv=false
> > > 
> > > enableHWVideo=false
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Maik
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Am Dienstag, 18. Februar 2025, 12:00:01 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit
> > > 
> > > schrieben
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