Hi,
I noticed that there are no preview images for my Videos.
Is this an OSMC issue?
Some of my Videos shows the preview images normally.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Hi
Can you check âExtract thumbnailâ setting is enabled in Kodiâs Settings? You might need to enable expert mode.
Can you also paste a debug log, it may give some clues. Thumbnails should be extracted from the video by ffmpeg.
Sam
Hi,
the Extract Options are both activated.
Meanwhile I have also noticed that all videos (h264 and h265) have no Preview Images or donât extract them. The Images who was displayed me, were the âoldâ imported ones, from my pi3.
Strangely enough you seems to miss an option which in English is called âExtra thumbnails from video filesâ.
The option you have in English is âExtract chapter thumbnailsâ
BTW, if you want to provide logs use the OSMC paste page no one will open files from a 3rd party page
Can you try switch to English as @fzinken suggests and see if the option appears?
Itâs also possibly related to this thread: Unable to enable <extractthumb> - #8 by tim1
If that advice helps let me know and I will take a closer look
Thanks
Sam
Hey,
I donât think your Issue has something to do with the language settingâŚ
In Estuary the description box on the bottom says in both languages the same.
As mentioned something strange there, maybe a bug.
This is how it should look like. Maybe try to change it directly in the config file as it is explained in the link Sam has sent.
I had tried to change the settings in guisettings.xml and restarted, but no changes to see.
Here my logs:
http://paste.osmc.io/sadejoculo
Edit:
Today I have done an complete reinstall from the Vero 4k.
Interesting is that the visible options are absolutly the same as in my already posted screenshotâŚ
Thats a bit strange⌠I also tested different languages and different Skins, but always only 2 options. The third is missing.
Manual changes donât change anything.
Iâm currently unable to provide a screenshot but Iâm in the same camp as MoD256. I also get the âcombinedâ line that says:
Extract thumbnails and video information
instead of
Extract video information from files
Extract thumbnails from video files
This is on Estuary, which could have a bearing on the issue, and I chose Estuary on my 4K right from the start. Changing to the OSMC skin doesnât change the menu I see. The install language was English.
After further investigation I have found an partial solution.
Important are 2 files/commands.
sudo nano /usr/share/kodi/system/settings/settings.xml
and
sudo nano /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml
in both files you can edit the option:
extractthumb default=âtrueâ>false<
You have to change the false to true and then save the changes, then you can/must restart OSMC.
This seems to be the only way to get the option activated also after an restart.
But the extractthumb command seems generally to be a little bit buggy.
On some of my videofiles itâs able to get the previewthumb on some not.
Example for didnât extract:
Examples for did extract:
H265/HEVC
H264
Seems a bit buggy.
Iâll take a look tomorrow and get this resolved.
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Okay, I can fix the thumbnail extraction behaviour in the next update
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What about the differing menus? How did that one occur?
I believe that is also a bug
Which is correct? Combined line or separate lines?
I guess 3 seperate lines should be correct.
Just to inform: The problem also is persistent in the newest Update. The thumbnail extraction continues to be buggy.
What source are you using?
Is there a certain file type that doesnât generate thumbs?
Do you have a debug log for when thumbnail extraction fails?
I made some changes in the April update and donât experience the issue anymore
That was an generally problem for me. But I have done some investigation.
Deletion of the Textures13.db in /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/Database
plus restarting the Vero seems to solute the problem. He needs some time to extract all screenshots from all Files, but I will observe this and report if there are further problems.
Edit: Actually no more problems recognizable. All thumbnails are shown.
Excellent. Well done on investigating the issue yourself.
Let me know if things persist and Iâll take a further look
Sam