How to enable thumnails for av1 videos?

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  • Fedora v41
  • Nautilus v47

mp4 files usually have a thumbnail generated. But this is not the case if they use the av1 codec.

How can i enable thumbnailing for av1 videos? Thanks

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I think you may need to install the libavif package in order to get add the necessary support for AV1/AVIF files.

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Added f41

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It is already installed. Did not work.

I used this guide and changed the config, which works for most videos (long enough) but it is very slow.

[Thumbnailer Entry]
Exec=ffmpeg -i %i -ss 00:00:33.00 -vf "thumbnail" -vframes 1 -f image2 %o
MimeType=video/mp4;video/av1;

So i am still open to better alternative that don’t require ffmpeg commands and work with videos of different lengths.