Request MX-23: Ezthumb

[MadMax]

Ezthumb is my go-to application to generate video previews. It used to be in the MX repos in MX 19, but I can't find it in MX 23. Any chance to get this packaged? :)

[gimcrack]

In Linux you can have anything you want. Build and it's yours to keep.

https://github.com/xuminic/ezthumb

https://mxlinux.mirror.iphh.net/package ... e/ezthumb/

I never once waited for a package to magical show up in my repositories. I build and got it.

Building from source is the greatest skill to have. It really simple. I always say after your third successful build. You know how to build from now on.

[MadMax]

Well, sure, that's a possibility. But that's one of the beauties of MX to be able to reach out to packagers and build up the MX repos with community-used programs, so other users can have an easier time.

[Stevo]

Ezthumb does not work with the ffmpeg 5 that is in Bookworm, along with other GTK issues that began with MX 21.

I'm currently trying to package qmtn, which is a GUI for the command line Movie Thumbnailer. https://gitlab.com/movie_thumbnailer/mtn

Apparently, before using the GUI, you have to go into its settings and manually specify a font file that it should use--it doesn't appear to be able to show the system ones as a choice. The system fonts are in /usr/share/fonts, but the chosen file doesn't have to be there.

[Stevo]

Here are MX 19 though 23 packages for mtn and qmtn in a zip file, if you want them early. You should install the mtn deb, then qmtn, for your MX release+architecture, in that order. They will also be going into the test repos.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18XNjjd ... sp=sharing

[MadMax]

Thanks. I had a hunch already that there probably was some dependency issue with Ezthumb, since it's not being maintained actively anymore.

I'll have a look at the alternatives. Thanks for the recommendations

In the meantime I found and figured out a way to install Ezthumb as a flatpak (someone packaged it with ffmpeg 4.4.4), so that's an (temporary) alternative as well.

[gimcrack]

Thanks. I had a hunch already that there probably was some dependency issue with Ezthumb, since it's not being maintained actively anymore.

I'll have a look at the alternatives. Thanks for the recommendations

In the meantime I found and figured out a way to install Ezthumb as a flatpak (someone packaged it with ffmpeg 4.4.4), so that's an (temporary) alternative as well.

Containers are always the answer. When you're fawn of a old application and don't want to let go of it. I done it many times. Ezthumb I have seen some activity, around 4 months. Maybe the developer is updating to make it work to current date. Always can reach out to the developer and see whats up.