Re: preview files in Nautilus ?

[Jaap Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>]

Paul Ionescu wrote:
> Hi Jaap,
>
> I already have those options activated in Nautilus, and they don't seem to
> work. Maybe is my system (FC2), or maybe my expectations are different.
> When I hoover over a sound file (tested with .ogg/.wav/.mp3), I
> don't hear anything. If I change the nautilus the "View as icons" to
> "view as Audio" I can play them, so the audio path is working, but not the
> previews.
> As for video previews, there is not even an option to enable or disable it.
> Again, if I hoover my mouse over a movie file, nothing happens. Not even
> if I click on it (click to select, not double-click to execute the default
> action for the file).
I'm running Debian sid. AFAIK  FC2 does not support mp3 out of the box 
and I think nautilus does not support video previews (yet).

I guess somehow there's something wrong with your setup. For the audio 
previews nautilus fires up a commandline program which is called sox. 
Maybe that's not installed or maybe it's not configured in the right 
way. Just run top while hoovering over an icon. You also should see a 
musical note imposed on the icon.

Hope this helps

Jaap

BTW I never knew about this view as audio option. It's pretty cool. Only 
a pity that the mp3 decoder seems very picky. Many of my files do not 
play. Is there any plan to let nautilus use the gstreamer framework?