Re: a little help with thunar

From	Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: a little help with thunar
Date	2026-05-15 04:10 +0200
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fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote: 
> i've never used thunar before
> i have several directories with many videos
> i had hoped to use thunar to help me scan through them using icon view
> the problem i'm having is the icons are generated on the fly
> when i page down i have to wait for the images to be generated
> so it's page down, twiddle my thumbs
> page down, twiddle my thumbs
> ...
> is there a better way

The good news is that they are cached, so they only get
generated once, and will only be regenerated if it goes missing
or if the cached icon is older than the file it represents.

The bad news is that they do have to be generated, and it does
take time.

The other good news is that if you want, you can pre-generate
thumbnails. man tumbler, man ffmpegthumbnailer.

-dsr-

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  Re: a little help with thunar Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2026-05-15 04:10 +0200
    Re: a little help with thunar "Svetlana Tkachenko" <svetlana@members.fsf.org> - 2026-05-15 06:10 +0200
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      Re: a little help with thunar Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2026-05-15 16:40 +0200
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