Starting with XFCE 4.13, video previewing is performed as long as the video does not exceed 2GB. In order for XFCE to preview higher capacity videos, some changes will need to be made.
From the terminal:
mkdir $HOME/.config/tumbler
cp /etc/xdg/tumbler/tumbler.rc $HOME/.config/tumbler/
nano $HOME/.config/tumbler/tumbler.rc
Then, look for “MaxFileSize=2147483648” in:
###
# Video Thumbnailers
###
# Download cover from omdbapi.com or themoviedb.org if an
# API key is given. This plugin is disabled because it
# sends your (private) movie names over the internet.
[CoverThumbnailer]
Disabled=true
Priority=3
Locations=~/movies
MaxFileSize=0
#APIKey=your-api-key-from-themoviedb.org
# ffmpegthumbnailer plugin
[FfmpegThumbnailer]
Disabled=false
Priority=2
Locations=
MaxFileSize=2147483648
And left “MaxFileSize=0”:
###
# Video Thumbnailers
###
# Download cover from omdbapi.com or themoviedb.org if an
# API key is given. This plugin is disabled because it
# sends your (private) movie names over the internet.
[CoverThumbnailer]
Disabled=true
Priority=3
Locations=~/movies
MaxFileSize=0
#APIKey=your-api-key-from-themoviedb.org
# ffmpegthumbnailer plugin
[FfmpegThumbnailer]
Disabled=false
Priority=2
Locations=
MaxFileSize=0
Then, open the XFCE “Thunar” file manager, and go to Edit -> Preferences -> and here, in “Display”, in “Show thumbnails”, choose “Always”:
Now all you have to do is restart XFCE and you can preview videos larger than 2GB.
The RebornOS Team