Ubuntu video thumbnails

Description
This is a video thumbnailer that searches imdb for covers based on the file names.
It works for movies in the specified paths (recursively).
For the rest of the cases or if no cover is found the default thumbnailer is used.

Installation
First, install the dependencies:
Code:

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Then unpack, go to the unpacked folder with the terminal and type:
Code:

sudo ./install

Set the thumbnailer For nautilus:

./set-thumbnailer-for-nautilus

Preferences
Code:

gedit ~/.imdb-thumbnailer/config

Add there the paths to your films like this:
Code:

films_path[1]=/home/user/Films
films_path[2]=/home/user/trailers


Don’t forget to set a different number for every path.

Options

Set a custom cover:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --set video1 cover1 video2 cover2 etc...

Remove thumbnails:

If your movies already have thumbnails you can remove them with:
Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --remove video1 video2 etc...

Update thumbnails:

Force the filebrowser to rebuild the thumbnails for the specified videos by changing their modification time 1 second:
Code:

imdb-thumbnailer –refresh video1 video2 etc…

Uninstall
Code:

sudo rm /usr/bin/imdb-thumbnailer

Download

Thanks Yuzem

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