Wednesday, April 27, 2016

How to make videos show thumbnail in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

How to make videos show thumbnail in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS





To make or show videos thumbnail in your Ubutnu 16.04 LTS follow the following steps by opening the Terminal (Ctrl + T)

1. First install


sudo apt-get install ffmpeg ffmpegthumbnailer



2. Then


sudo gedit /usr/share/thumbnailers/totem.thumbnailer



3. Now replace the first three lines with these:


[Thumbnailer Entry]
TryExec=/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer
Exec=/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer -i %i -o %o -s %s -f



 Now, Go here 
.cache folder in your home folder

for this, click in your HOME, then click in the view,  then tick on show hidden folders; you will see the .cache folder. Then delete all the files found in the following folders

fail  large  normal 

Bingo !
You are done!

If you have any problem, please feel free to ask me here
sazzadais@gmail.com


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