gThumb does not show mp4-videos [Solved]

[Michael_Logies]

I try to switch from Picasa to gThumb (Digikam is already too much for me). I like that GPS-Data are shown on a map. But *.mp4 are not shown, only an empty placeholder for each mp4. I then can open the video with vlc, but I miss a picture of the original mp4 in gThumb. Is there a solution?
Thanks!
Michael

[Eadwine Rose]

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[Michael_Logies]

Thank you! I googled and found that the integration of videos in gThumb can only work on the Gnome desktop. But I hope you prove this to be false. ;-)

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-22-amd64 [6.1.94-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-22-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=8462336
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.3_x64 Libretto January 21  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Mini-pc Mobo: AZW model: SER v: V1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: FP655U509 date: 12/12/2023
CPU:
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    level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000D
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1514 high: 1724 min/max: 1600/4061 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1377 2: 1600 3: 1294 4: 1600 5: 1306 6: 1600
    7: 1724 8: 1600 9: 1600 10: 1430 11: 1448 12: 1600 bogomips: 55097
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  Vulnerabilities:
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  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET, no microcode
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
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  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
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    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 48.0 C
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation FHD Camera Microphone type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-2.4:7 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.00x12.48") s-diag: 599mm (23.57")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: Dell U2412M serial: <filter> built: 2012
    res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.1")
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  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
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Audio:
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    pcie: gen: 3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0066 speed: 8 GT/s class-ID: 0300 lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: C-Media Schiit Modi 3 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-5: Sunplus Innovation FHD Camera Microphone type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-2.4:7 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-22-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
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  IF-ID-1: br0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
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Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.84 TiB used: 1.06 TiB (57.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: 512GB SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
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  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
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Partition:
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 16.58 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 256 MiB used: 4 MiB (1.6%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
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Info:
  Processes: 338 Uptime: 3h 9m wakeups: 1 Memory: 12.59 GiB used: 3.94 GiB (31.3%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[dolphin_oracle]

install gstreamer1.0-gtk3

[Michael_Logies]

install gstreamer1.0-gtk3

Thanks! After that, the videos ran in gthumb, but the thumbnails were still missing and there was no sound. (Perhaps a reboot would have helped, but I did not do it.)
I then installed ffmpegthumbnailer and ffmpegthumbs and deleted the cache:

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rm -r ~/.cache/thumbnails/*

I did reboot before deleting the cache. Now I have sound and thumbnails for videos in gThumb (and I don`t know exactly what did help). Thumbnails of videos are now available even in Thunar, where they were not before.
In gThumb vertical videos show the correct thumbnail but the video itself is displayed horizontally. When I try to rotate the video, I am told that no appropriate loader is installed. But this seems to be a persisting problem of gThumb: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1398356 ... o-rotation If I open the vertical video from gThumb with vlc, it plays vertically, that`s good enough. Or is there a solution for gThumb? Thanks!

[Michael_Logies]

I tested a few other programs, again (Shotwell, Digikam, Darktable) and then used Timeshift to go back to a cleaner installation of my MX. I can confirm, that gstreamer1.0-gtk3 is enough for playing video with sound in gThumb after a reboot and only ffmpegthumbnailer is needed for thumbnails of videos in gThumb and Thunar, after deleting the old Thumbnails-Cache (rm -r ~/.cache/thumbnails/*).