Can't open .AVI files on USB device

[jsecho03 at duck.com]

Yes, it plays in Album Icon View preview mode with the embedded video
player included in digiKam .


On Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 7:33 AM Gilles Caulier <
caulier.gilles_at_gmail.com_jsecho03 at duck.com> wrote:

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> Le jeu. 12 mars 2026 à 17:40, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> The original thread come from Reddit :
>>
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/digiKam/comments/1rqhtbo/debugging_failed_to_load_image_problem/
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> Le jeu. 12 mars 2026 à 12:50, John Schmidt <jsecho03 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Longtime digikam user on Linux...I have a new installation of LinuxMint
>>> 22.3 and digikam 8.2.0. I've made no changes to the default Linux
>>> installation, nor to digikam.
>>>
>>> When I attempt to view photos & videos on an SD card (from a trail
>>> camera), using the Import function, it pulls up a preview window that
>>> shows all photos and videos on the SD card. All JPG photos look fine,
>>> and all .MP4 play fine. But the .AVI files just have a blank thumbnail
>>> with a "Failed to load image" message.
>>>
>>> If I download the .AVI videos into my photo albums, they will play just
>>> fine in digikam. So the problem seems limited to previewing .AVI files
>>> on a USB-mounted SD card before Importing. Any thoughts on what I might
>>> need to do?
>>>
>>> This worked perfectly prior to the upgrades I made.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
> It plays in Album Icon View preview mode with the embedded video player
> included in digiKam or in an external video player as VLC ?
>
> Gilles Caulier
>

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