Re: [Tracker] Thumbnails - Howto Python

[Ivan Frade <ivan frade nokia com>]

Hi Pierre


El jue, 30-10-2008 a las 22:22 +0100, ext Pierre VANNIER escribiÃ:
> Hi,
>
> Do you know guys how to access File thumbnails from
> python-DBUS-Tracker script ? 
> Do I need to use Org.Freedesktop.thumbnailer ? Tracker method via DBUS
> interface ? 

 Tracker doesn't store the thumbnail location of a file because the
applications can calculate the thumbnail name easily following the
specification [1] (it is the md5(name of the file) + .png
in .thumbnails/size)

 Tracker scans your files, and if it is "thumbnable" call that
org.freedesktop.thumbnailer API for you, so as a general case you never
need to call that API.


> I'm getting confused with all this ...

 It is not documented anywhere (we should fix that). At least we are
following a standard 0:-) 

> Thanks for help,
 Very welcome,

Ivan

[1] http://jens.triq.net/thumbnail-spec/directory.html