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can preview videos in preview pane as fixed thumbnail and not playing them?

Sure, disable the necessary extensions in "Video Files" and add them to "Image Files"

Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats

very well, thank you

Better alternative is to just disable the Autoplay.under Preview - Audio/Video preview:
So you can stll play a video in preview if you want.

this will preview the very first frame which usually is black. thumbnails are better

For me the shown frame is never blank.
Tested with many mp4, mkv, wmv files.
I would loose a major function disabling playing videos in quick view.

thank you Horst for reply.
It depends on what you need. thumbs are enough for me. and besides what I said, having video enabled will slow down browsing because it take time to load the video and play it.

Adding extensions to this key ImagePreviewCustomExtensions will make it categorized as an image that show up in image search results and image visual filter.

Well XY also has this:

Configuration | Preview | Preview | Video preview | Preview static frame, skip

but it will be slower and less reliable than the method you are using.

Ok I'll make it a wish, hoping the developer add an option to display the video as static image. thank you.

yusef88 wrote: ↑09 May 2022 13:25 can preview videos in preview pane as fixed thumbnail and not playing them?

I like the idea. Next beta...

Great option, thanks for including it.