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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Thumbnail generation in konqueror is buggy
From:       Malte Starostik <malte () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-08-18 0:51:53
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On Saturday 17 August 2002 19:18, Volker Augustin wrote:
> >> in KDE 3.0.2 the thumbnail generation in konqueror is buggy. It only
> >> generates thumbnails for some files but not for all. The ones for which
> >> thumbnails are generated are not in alphabetic
> >
> > Are you sure it's not the thumbnail size limits cutting of thumbnailing
> > for larger files?
>
> You are right. However, I first encountered the "problem" with my digital
> camera and the kamera ioslave. In case of a camera the case is a little
> different. While the slave reports the size of the pictures to konqueror,
> the thumbnails are generated by the camera hardware - in case this is
> supported by the camera - and thus very fast. So, in case of a camera
> supporting thumbnail generation, thumbnails should be created independent
> of the size of the actual image I guess. Question is where to fix this?
>
> Maybe Konqueror should have some indication of the "costs" of creating a
> thumbnail.
It should use the thumbnails provided by the camera and circumvent the usual 
thumbnailing process, including file size limits.
I'm not sure if this is already implemented (don't think so). If you know 
anyone willing to provide me a camera with thumbnail support, I'd be happy to 
implement it ;~}

-Malte

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