Re: a little help with thunar

From	"Svetlana Tkachenko" <svetlana@members.fsf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: a little help with thunar
Date	2026-05-15 06:10 +0200
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>> 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.

Shotwell also does thumbnail previews - perhaps it is working
better?

Sveta

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