>> i've never used thunar before >> i have several directories with many videos >> i had hoped to use thunar to help me scan through them using icon view >> the problem i'm having is the icons are generated on the fly >> when i page down i have to wait for the images to be generated >> so it's page down, twiddle my thumbs >> page down, twiddle my thumbs >> ... >> is there a better way > > The good news is that they are cached, so they only get > generated once, and will only be regenerated if it goes missing > or if the cached icon is older than the file it represents. > > The bad news is that they do have to be generated, and it does > take time. > > The other good news is that if you want, you can pre-generate > thumbnails. man tumbler, man ffmpegthumbnailer.
Shotwell also does thumbnail previews - perhaps it is working better? Sveta
