Can't open .AVI files on USB device

[Gilles Caulier]

Can you share a sample AVI file using cloud storage to test here ?

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 13 mars 2026 à 15:18, <jsecho03 at duck.com> a écrit :

> 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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