How does thumbnail preview in Ubuntu differ from that of Windows? [closed]

Posted by Forbidden Overseer on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Forbidden Overseer
Published on 2012-06-16T19:26:18Z Indexed on 2012/06/16 21:23 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 220

Filed under:

nautilus

|

Windows

|

windows-7

|

thumbnails

Possible Duplicate:
How does Ubuntu know what file type a file without extension is

I thought this question might get a better response in AskUbuntu, as it seems to have more to do with Ubuntu than Windows at a glance.

Let's say I have a foo.mkv file. Thumbnail previews work in both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.

When I change the filename to anything random like foo.bar or when I remove the extension itself (making it just foo), Nautilus shows thumbnails normally like if it can recognize what type of files they are - without looking at file extension.

This however, doesn't happen in Windows 7. Windows starts asking me things like which application I want to use to open that file as soon as I remove file extension (forget thumbnails...) etc.

So, How does this thumbnail preview work in Windows 7 and Ubuntu? What makes Ubuntu recognize files "out of the box" unlike Windows 7?

© Ask Ubuntu or respective owner

Related posts about nautilus

Hot to fix nautilus desktop on linux mint

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
so I'm using Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon and suddenly there are no icons on the desktop and the right click doesn't work, it's like the desktop doesn't start up at all, but the Cinnamon interface and everything else are working just fine. This happens only when I open the session with Cinnamon, if… >>> More
Error on `gksu nautilus` because Nautilus cannot create folder "/root/.config/nautilus"

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have a problem executing nautilus in root mode on a fresh installation. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04, and the first thing I did after first boot was run the command gksudo nautilus, I've got this error message: Nautilus could not create the required folder "/root/.config/nautilus". Before… >>> More
Downgrade to Nautilus 3.4 from Ubuntu 13.10 / Nautilus 3.8

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I just updated to Ubuntu 13.10 and greatly dislike Nautilus 3.8 that comes with it. In Ubuntu 13.04 I used the instructions in this article to get back some of the features from Nautilus 3.4, but unfortunately that doesn't work anymore. I particularly miss dividing up the window with F3 to have two… >>> More
Desktop icons disappears when Nautilus is launched, until next boot

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
What happens: When I log in into my Ubuntu everything is normal, I have some icons on my desktop and I can see them at this point of time. As soon as I click on the explorer (nautilus) on the Launcher bar, everything goes (disappers) and never comes. No matter how many time you click on the launcher… >>> More
Nautilus crashes after Ubuntu Tweak Package Cleaner [fixed]

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
Few days ago I started having some problems with nautilus. Basically when I'm trying to get into a folder it crashes. It's not happening all the time, but in 85% it does... Sometimes, after the crash all my desktop icons are also gone. The only thing that I think causes this is Ubuntu Tweak - I'm… >>> More

Related posts about Windows

Server 2012 DFS New Member Issue

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I am trying to add a new member to our DFS topology. We have 3 DCs (VMs - VMware) running Windows server 2012, two servers are located in or Primary site and the third at our DR site. Currently the two servers at our primary site are currently replicating DFS (full mesh) and are working fine. I have… >>> More
error in IIS7 but not on IIS6

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I have a website that is we are now deploying to windows 2008 servers that has worked in the past on IIS6 without a problem. It is using .net 2 framework. Most of the website works. Just when we create a screen report over a certain size on the server we get this error. Event code: 3005 Event… >>> More
error in IIS7 but not on IIS6

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I have a website that is we are now deploying to windows 2008 servers that has worked in the past on IIS6 without a problem. It is using .net 2 framework. Most of the website works. Just when we create a screen report over a certain size on the server we get this error. Event code: 3005 Event… >>> More
Microsoft Management Console stops working when I add snap-in to it

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have Windows 7 Ultimate OS. I'm opening mmc.exe as administrator and trying add Certificates or any other snap-in, then while loading that snap-in MMC breaks and displays following message and after that it closes automatically once I click on close button on that message. What could be the problem… >>> More
Handling keyboard and mouse input (Win API)

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
There is a number of ways to catch mouse or keyboard under Windows. So I tried some of them, but every of them has some advantages and drawbacks. I want to ask you: Which method do use? I've tried these: WM_KEYDOWN/WM_KEYUP - Main disadvantage is that, I can't distinguish between left and right-handed… >>> More