[Swfdec] some thoughts about both ffmpeg and gnome

[Dennis Heuer]

On Thu, 01 May 2008 15:48:18 -0400
Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org> wrote:

> Of course, if getting the thumbnail is comparable to running the flash
> file normally, I'd rather keep the existing implementation, maybe with a
> nicer looking play button.

At least, the thumbnailer stops after the first pass. The question is
how long the pass takes. Possibly, the thumbnailer could support an
option to set the maximun seconds to run before causing a failure.
Swfdec could then fall back to the standard image.

Just an idea,
Dennis