Thumbnails: Difference between revisions
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* GNOME environments with the option <code>services.gnome.core-utilities.enable = false;</code> | * GNOME environments with the option <code>services.gnome.core-utilities.enable = false;</code> | ||
* Custom environments built using window managers like sway or hyperland | * Custom environments built from ground-up using window managers like sway or hyperland | ||
=== Save yourself hours of troubleshooting!! === | |||
Thumbnailers may already be installed in your system as dependencies of image/video applications but are not activated. | |||
Run <code>cd /run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers && ls</code> to list installed thumbnailers. If relevant .thumbnailer files are present and we still don't have thumbnails in our file explorer then we may need to activate them by updating symlinks to <code>share/thumbnailers</code> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
# configuration.nix | |||
{ | |||
environment.pathsToLink = [ | |||
"share/thumbnailers" | |||
]; | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
=== Enable Video Thumbnails === | === Enable Video Thumbnails === | ||
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Thumbnails for the following MimeTypes are enabled: ''video/jpeg; video/mp4; video/mpeg; video/quicktime; video/x-ms-asf; video/x-ms-wm; video/x-ms-wmv; video/x-ms-asx; video/x-ms-wmx; video/x-ms-wvx; video/x-msvideo; video/x-flv; video/x-matroska; application/x-matroska; application/mxf; video/3gp; video/3gpp; video/dv; video/divx; video/fli; video/flv; video/mp2t; video/mp4v-es; video/msvideo; video/ogg; video/vivo; video/vnd.avi; video/vnd.divx; video/vnd.mpegurl; video/vnd.rn-realvideo; application/vnd.rn-realmedia; video/vnd.vivo; video/webm; video/x-anim; video/x-avi; video/x-flc; video/x-fli; video/x-flic; video/x-m4v; video/x-mpeg; video/x-mpeg2; video/x-nsv; video/x-ogm+ogg; video/x-theora+ogg.'' | Thumbnails for the following MimeTypes are enabled: ''video/jpeg; video/mp4; video/mpeg; video/quicktime; video/x-ms-asf; video/x-ms-wm; video/x-ms-wmv; video/x-ms-asx; video/x-ms-wmx; video/x-ms-wvx; video/x-msvideo; video/x-flv; video/x-matroska; application/x-matroska; application/mxf; video/3gp; video/3gpp; video/dv; video/divx; video/fli; video/flv; video/mp2t; video/mp4v-es; video/msvideo; video/ogg; video/vivo; video/vnd.avi; video/vnd.divx; video/vnd.mpegurl; video/vnd.rn-realvideo; application/vnd.rn-realmedia; video/vnd.vivo; video/webm; video/x-anim; video/x-avi; video/x-flc; video/x-fli; video/x-flic; video/x-m4v; video/x-mpeg; video/x-mpeg2; video/x-nsv; video/x-ogm+ogg; video/x-theora+ogg.'' | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"># configuration.nix | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
# configuration.nix | |||
{ pkgs, ... }: | { pkgs, ... }: | ||
{ | { | ||
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]; | ]; | ||
# 'ffmpegthumbnailer.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | # 'ffmpegthumbnailer.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | ||
} | } | ||
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Thumbnails for the following MimeTypes are enabled: ''image/png; image/jpeg; image/bmp; image/x-bmp; image/x-MS-bmp; image/gif; image/x-icon; image/x-ico; image/x-win-bitmap; image/vnd.microsoft.icon; application/ico; image/ico; image/icon; text/ico; image/x-portable-anymap; image/x-portable-bitmap; image/x-portable-graymap; image/x-portable-pixmap; image/tiff; image/x-xpixmap; image/x-xbitmap; image/x-tga; image/x-icns; image/x-quicktime; image/qtif.'' | Thumbnails for the following MimeTypes are enabled: ''image/png; image/jpeg; image/bmp; image/x-bmp; image/x-MS-bmp; image/gif; image/x-icon; image/x-ico; image/x-win-bitmap; image/vnd.microsoft.icon; application/ico; image/ico; image/icon; text/ico; image/x-portable-anymap; image/x-portable-bitmap; image/x-portable-graymap; image/x-portable-pixmap; image/tiff; image/x-xpixmap; image/x-xbitmap; image/x-tga; image/x-icns; image/x-quicktime; image/qtif.'' | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"># configuration.nix | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
# configuration.nix | |||
{ pkgs, ... }: | { pkgs, ... }: | ||
{ | { | ||
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]; | ]; | ||
# 'gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | # 'gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | ||
}</syntaxhighlight> | }</syntaxhighlight> | ||
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]; | ]; | ||
# 'heif.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | # 'heif.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | ||
} | } | ||
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# 'nufraw.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | # 'nufraw.thumbnailer' is created in '/run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers' | ||
}</syntaxhighlight> | }</syntaxhighlight> | ||
nufraw-thumbnailer | |||
* creates thumbnails using the embedded 'jpeg' in the camera raw files. ( <code>--noexif</code> ) | * creates thumbnails using the embedded 'jpeg' in the camera raw files. ( <code>--noexif</code> ) | ||
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Output of <code>cat /run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers/nufraw.thumbnailer</code>: | Output of <code>cat /run/current-system/sw/share/thumbnailers/nufraw.thumbnailer</code>: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
[Thumbnailer Entry] | [Thumbnailer Entry] | ||
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# MimeTypes not listed here but listed in the default nufraw.thumbnailer will continue displaying | # MimeTypes not listed here but listed in the default nufraw.thumbnailer will continue displaying | ||
# thumbnails generated form the 'embedded jpeg' without the EXIF metadata | # thumbnails generated form the 'embedded jpeg' without the EXIF metadata | ||
]; | ]; | ||
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==== gdk-pixbuf thumbnailer ==== | ==== gdk-pixbuf thumbnailer ==== | ||
The gdk-pixbuf thumbnailer can also generate thumbnails (from | The gdk-pixbuf thumbnailer can also generate thumbnails (from 'embedded jpeg') for RAW camera image formats. It cannot decode 'raw' image data but can read the 'embedded jpeg'. | ||
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MimeType=image/x-adobe-dng;image/x-dng;image/x-canon-cr2;image/x-canon-crw;image/x-cr2;image/x-crw; | MimeType=image/x-adobe-dng;image/x-dng;image/x-canon-cr2;image/x-canon-crw;image/x-cr2;image/x-crw; | ||
'';) | '';) | ||
]; | ]; | ||