Dolphin

Revision as of 15:29, 22 November 2014 by imported>FadeMind (extended description)

Introduction

Enable preview many file types. Install the required packages. Then in the settings of the Dolphin activate preview of selected file types.

Setup

Before start close the application Dolphin. Install the recommended packages. Note: calligra provides preview plugins for many offfice and graphics files.


sudo pacman -S kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdesdk-thumbnailers calligra kdegraphics-svgpart --needed --noconfirm


Additional plugins for less popular formats:


yaourt -S audiothumbs kde-thumbnailer-apk kde-thumbnailer-blender kde-thumbnailer-epub --needed --noconfirm


If You want using mplayer instead ffmpeg for generate thumbnails video files install and activate mplayer instead ffmpeg preview plugin in Dolphin Previews settings:


sudo pacman -S kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs --needed --noconfirm


Open Dolphin. Go to Control > Configure Dolphin > General > Previews. Mark selected group of file extensions to enable them preview of in Dolphin. Save the changes to the settings.

Support

Official forum topic: [1]

See Also

Krusader, Installing