[kdemultimedia] [Bug 431513] New: Dolphin maxes out a CPU core when downloading a video file

Sami <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:27:38 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.users.multimedia
Message-ID <[email protected]/>
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D431513

            Bug ID: 431513
           Summary: Dolphin maxes out a CPU core when downloading a video
                    file
           Product: kdemultimedia
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: ffmpegthumbs
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Dolphin maxes out a CPU core when you have a folder open where a video file=
 is
being downloaded to.=20

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable thumbnails for videos in Dolphin
2. Open a folder in Dolphin
3. Start downloading a video to the folder

OBSERVED RESULT
Dolphin maxes out a CPU core because the video file keeps changing, so it
generates a new thumbnail for it over and over again.

EXPECTED RESULT
Dolphin limits the frequency of thumbnail creation for a file, or detects t=
he
file is being downloaded/copied and generates a thumbnail only when the file
has been downloaded.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Has been a bug for the 2 years I've used KDE

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