Dienstag, 27. August 2013

Enable Cover-Preview for Audio Files for KDE's Dolphin in Kubuntu 13.04


Unfortunately cover art preview is still not included in KDE (see Bug-report), you can enable that feature by yourself by building and installing the Preview Plugin of RazrFalcon from kde-look.org.

So, if you ever wanted a cover art preview for audio in Dolphin, e.g. like Nautilus has, here's my guide to make it work in Kubuntu (13.04):


  1. Install the necessary dependencies for building:

    sudo apt-get install cmake automake kde-workspace-dev libtag1-dev libqt4-dev libflac++6 libflac++-dev libtag-extras-dev

  2. Get the sources of the plugin:

    wget http://kde-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/145088-AudioThumbs-0.2.tar.gz

  3. and create a folder for it to unpack it:

    mkdir ~/audiothumbs;
    tar -zxvf 145088-AudioThumbs-0.2.tar.gz -C ~/audiothumbs


  4. Cd into the folder with sources and create a build dir and cd into it:

    cd ~/audiothumbs; mkdir build; cd build

  5. Now prepare building with cmake:

    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..

  6. Finally compile it with:

    make

  7. and install it with:

    sudo make install

  8. Update KDE's settings to find the new plugin:

    kbuildsycoca4

  9. End all open Dolphin windows and reopen it. Go to "Control -> Configure Dolphin... -> General -> Previews" and enable "Show previews for Audio files"

  10. Now move to your folder with music and enable preview for the folder and enjoy the cover art in dolphin

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