digiKam 5.6 does not show video (mp4) previews

[benit]

Neither version 5.4 nor 5.6 shows me video previews (only a film strip icon) which is a very crucial feature for sorting them.

When I double click on an icon VLC media player opens and plays the video correctly, so I assume that the correct codecs are installed!?

Thank you very much for helping!

[benit]

Also Dolphin filemanager shows correct video thumbnails

[leszek]

digikam does not use the video preview plugin that dolphin uses. That explains why there are no thumbnails.

[chatan]

digikam does not use the video preview plugin that dolphin uses. That explains why there are no thumbnails.

If I remember correctly, I looked into this a while ago and digikam devs have no intention of "fixing" this.
It is a shame "original KDE" apps no longer play well together.  

[benit]

In the meantime this has been fixed as it seems. At least after my upgrade to maui 17.06 it works!

[leszek]

Nice. Thanks for the update on this.

[benit]

I want to try not just to create a lot of questions, but contribute some help with my very limited knowledge... Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn, we say in Germany!