Hi. I'm new to Neon ... why does Dolphin not show .mp4 video thumbnails? It should .... shouldn't it?

Operating System: KDE neon 5.22
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-34-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 7,7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 3000

Check Dolphin Settings. It is there but not enabled by default.

As to should/shouldn't, I imagine this feature can bog some systems down. As Neon pretty much sticks to default settings, so Dolphin itself probably doesn't have it turned on automatically.

claydoh wrote:Check Dolphin Settings. It is there but not enabled by default.

As to should/shouldn't, I imagine this feature can bog some systems down. As Neon pretty much sticks to default settings, so Dolphin itself probably doesn't have it turned on automatically.

I did check Dolphin setting but didnt see anything that would change current situation ... i assumed "preview" (as in screenshot below) means show video thumbnail?

Look under General >> Previews.

claydoh wrote:Look under General >> Previews.

Unfortunately for me, that option for "video files(ffmpegthumbs) does not exist!

razorrob wrote:

claydoh wrote:Look under General >> Previews.

Unfortunately for me, that option for "video files(ffmpegthumbs) does not exist!

Odd.
Make sure you have ffmpegthumbs installed. I have it installed on both my systems, and don't recall doing so, but it could always have been pulled in by something else.

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sudo apt install ffmpegthumbs

I'm not sure about Neon, but you may need to install kio-extras if it's not already installed.

Is the option doesn't show by default in settings, execute this command on the terminal:

sudo apt install ffmpegthumbs

Then close dolphin and start it again, go to dolphin settings and there will be able the option to activate it.