Yazi v0.3 TODO List

[sxyazi]

Yazi v0.3 is not expected to arrive soon. Because of this, I am noting here the tasks that need to be completed in the future, so that I don't forget them.

Use ffmpeg instead of ffmpegthumbnailer as the video preview dependency

ffmpegthumbnailer is in an inactive maintenance state. Its latest version 2.2.2 was released in 2019 and is unavailable on some platforms.

Use Ctrl-c instead of Ctrl-q as the universal close key for all components

Ctrl-c is more in line with conventions, and it's closer to Ctrl, which makes it more convenient to press. See #763 (comment) and #779 (comment) for more details.

Add ImageMagick as an optional dependency

Note: this will be an optional dependency, not required.

Some users ask me how to preview SVG/heic/JPEG-XL in Yazi, but the image library used by Yazi (https://github.com/image-rs/image) does not support them.

One of Yazi's main selling points is the built-in image preview, so I think I should strive to provide users with an out-of-the-box experience on that.

[AntoniosBarotsis]

For ffmpegthumbnailer, I was wondering what difficulties using ffmpeg instead could entail. I'm guessing that this is the relevant code.

Wouldn't it be possible to use something like this? I am blissfully unaware of the complexities of anything ffmpeg related 😅

[sxyazi]

what difficulties using ffmpeg instead could entail

Some Windows users have reported to me that they cannot successfully build ffmpegthumbnailer on Windows. As a result, video previews are unavailable to Yazi's Windows users, and it is indeed in a state of lack of maintenance.

Bud yesterday I tried ffmpeg and found that there's no easy way to generate thumbnails by percentage, only by precise time. Since ffmpeg is the only alternative to ffmpegthumbnailer that I know of (if there are others, please let me know), it might not happen until we find any good alternative solutions.

[sxyazi]

All done (50ae6eb, e10fb2a, 65afe60) except ffmpegthumbnailer, closing this todo list

[AntoniosBarotsis]

@sxyazi if the percentage is the hold up then couldn't we get the video's duration with 1 ffmpeg call and then figure out exactly when you want to get the thumbnail? Would the 2 calls needed be problematic for performance? In that case maybe we could look into the sdk instead of spawning an external process.

Not sure if I misunderstood what you meant by percentage. I'm guessing you meant something like "give me the frame at the 20% point of the video duration" but I could be completely wrong.

I'm on windows myself so I'm trying to figure out if this is within my capabilities to implement 😅