vdrover 42 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I noticed that some of the MKV files in my library have video thumbnails that are displayed while scrubbing. Other MKVs do not. I have a mix of H264 and H265/HEVC, but this does not predict the presence of thumbnails while scrubbing. I have tried creating video thumbnails from the scheduled tasks area, but this does not help. Is there a way to force and monitor video thumnbnail generation? Can anyone suggest other ways to troubleshoot this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper 3294 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Are all those items part of the same library? Maybe you enabled 10-second bifs at some later point and previously you had only chapter markers enabled? Have you tried refreshing metadata on an item that doesn't have bifs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdrover 42 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 I checked and all my libraries have a 10-sec interval for images. Also, I didn't realize that the BIF files contained the thumbnails. So, I have some success for files in my TV folder. But for example, i have a home video library. I deleted the existing BIF file for one video. Then I refreshed the meta data folder, re-scanned the media folder, and regenerated the thumbnails, all from the schedules tasks area. A new BIF file was generated, but the thumbnails are not displayed during scrubbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37069 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 HI, try refreshing the metadata on those files and see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdrover 42 Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 The following appears to work in my TV library: `I refreshed the meta data folder, re-scanned the media folder, and regenerated the thumbnails, all from the schedules tasks area.` But I can not get it to work for my `Home Videos` library. Is that expected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37069 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 hours ago, vdrover said: The following appears to work in my TV library: `I refreshed the meta data folder, re-scanned the media folder, and regenerated the thumbnails, all from the schedules tasks area.` But I can not get it to work for my `Home Videos` library. Is that expected? Hi there, can you please provide an example? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdrover 42 Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 An example video file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37069 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 12/4/2023 at 7:29 PM, vdrover said: An example video file? A discussion of a specific example by following How to Report a Problem Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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