Video Thumbnails Not Working in Seafile Pro 12 with S3 Storage

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I’m using Seafile Pro 12 with S3 storage. Photo thumbnails are working fine, but video thumbnails are not generated at all (mp4)

I checked my seahub_settings.py and noticed some confusion in the documentation regarding the thumbnail settings. According to this forum post, the ENABLE_THUMBNAIL option no longer exists and is deprecated, even though it’s still mentioned in the docs. The ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL setting is also marked as deprecated and not recommended, because generating video thumbnails can use a lot of CPU and sometimes freeze the server. The post also mentions that video thumbnail generation will be redesigned in version 12.

Questions :

  • Is video thumbnail generation currently supported and stable in Seafile Pro 12, especially with S3?
  • Is there a recommended way to enable video thumbnails, or should I wait for an update?
  • Is there a setting that I may have missed?

Thank you!

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video thumbnail is not recommended to turn on in version 12.0.

In version 13.0, we will improve the feature and you can test at that time.

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Thank you for your reply.

Does this mean that I can still activate it if necessary? If so, how?

The answer you indicated in the post mentioned above indicates that the parameters that are in the documentation are depreciated.

I would still like to be able to activate this option.