How to Enable Ubuntu KDE Dolphin to Preview Audio Thumbnails?
KDE preview thumbnail
The KDE applications can show a thumbnail for a file if there is a thumb creator plugin installed for the file type. After installation the plugin need to be enabled from the application settings.
KDE Frameworks 5 / Plasma 5 / Applications
Current KDE is released as three projects: Frameworks, Plasma and KDE Application. Release schedules: https://community.kde.org/Schedules
Application and the Framework version can be looked at the application help. With the Dolphin: Dolphin > Control > Help > About Dolphin:
Audio thumbnailers
KDE4: https://www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php?content=114885
KF5 (KDE Frameworks 5):
- https://github.com/eplightning/audiothumbs-frameworks
- https://store.kde.org/p/1155023/
A build example with the Debian based: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?t=32568&page=5&p=390275&viewfull=1#post390275
Copy of the build/installation example:
Downloading the audiothumbs-frameworks-master.zip
audiothumbs-frameworks: https://github.com/eplightning/audiothumbs-frameworks
Unpacking the audiothumbs-frameworks-master.zip
Installing build dependencies:
- build-essential
- cmake
- extra-cmake-modules
- kio-dev
- libflac++-dev
- libtag1-dev
Compiling and installing:
Generic commands:
mkdir -p builddir
cd builddir && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(kf5-config --prefix) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON
make
sudo make install
Example:
$ mkdir -p builddir
$ cd builddir && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(kf5-config --prefix) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Looking for __GLIBC__
-- Looking for __GLIBC__ - found
-- Performing Test _OFFT_IS_64BIT
-- Performing Test _OFFT_IS_64BIT - Success
-- TagLib found: -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ltag
-- FLAC++ found: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC++.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so
-- Performing Test FLAC_STREAMMETADATA_OPERATOR_FOUND
-- Performing Test FLAC_STREAMMETADATA_OPERATOR_FOUND - Success
-- Performing Test FLAC_METADATA_PICTURE_FOUND
-- Performing Test FLAC_METADATA_PICTURE_FOUND - Success
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/rog131/tmp/audiothumbs-frameworks-master/builddir
$ make
Scanning dependencies of target AudioThumbs_automoc
[ 25%] Automatic moc for target AudioThumbs
Generating moc_AudioThumbs.cpp
[ 25%] Built target AudioThumbs_automoc
Scanning dependencies of target AudioThumbs
[ 50%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/AudioThumbs.dir/AudioThumbs.cpp.o
[ 75%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/AudioThumbs.dir/AudioThumbs_automoc.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX shared module AudioThumbs.so
[100%] Built target AudioThumbs
$ sudo make install
[ 25%] Automatic moc for target AudioThumbs
[ 25%] Built target AudioThumbs_automoc
[100%] Built target AudioThumbs
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/AudioThumbs.so
-- Installing: /usr/share/kservices5/AudioThumbs.desktop
Part of the official KDE release:
The audio thumbnailer is released as part of the KDE Applications 17.04 or later: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/129985/ .
Audio thumbnailer is part of the kio-extras. Ubuntu packages: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=kio-extras&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all
Possible backported packages
Kubuntu is offering backports: http://www.kubuntu.org -> http://www.kubuntu.org/news/
