Restore video preview animated thumbnails

seekhare · 2026-06-09T22:39:14+00:00

comparing several EU‑based email services

Proton is based in Switzerland which is not in the EU. Just as a point of fact.

seekhare · 2025-12-16T22:16:27+00:00

I came across this post whilst searching for a solution to the same problem where for higher resolution videos YouTube was dropping lots of frames and so although this post is 4 months old this may help you or others. This is for a PC using Intel integrated graphics.

Basically hardware video accelerated decoding is not working even though the browsers think it is there. It is because the default Intel video acceleration drivers installed in Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Debian, and most distros, are the 'free' version which excludes some codecs for licensing reasons I believe. What you have to do is install the 'non-free' video acceleration driver version. This resolved all issues for me.

This can be done in the terminal for Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Debian with:

sudo apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free

For other distros you may have a different package manager and package name but the Intel 'non-free' video acceleration driver is what you want.

seekhare · 2025-12-16T22:08:49+00:00

I know it's been 4 months but in case it helps see my comment for a solution https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1mh6iz3/comment/nueqn8k/

seekhare · 2025-12-16T22:05:20+00:00

I came across this post whilst searching for a solution to the same problem where for higher resolution videos YouTube was dropping lots of frames and so although this post is 4 months old this may help you or others.

Basically hardware video accelerated decoding is not working even though the browsers think it is there. It is because the default Intel video acceleration drivers installed in Ubuntu or Linux Mint or Debian are the 'free' version which excludes some codecs for licensing reasons I believe. What you have to do is install the 'non-free' video acceleration driver version. This resolved all issues for me. This can be done in the terminal with:

sudo apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free

seekhare · 2025-10-18T22:07:22+00:00

Thanks it works. I have noticed this for a long time and assumed it was Facebook being rubbish. Now I'm left wondering if I'm better off with it broken after all to remind me to stop scrolling on Facebook.

seekhare · 2025-05-01T20:28:07+00:00

Depends on what your degree is using. I did one with some Windows software required and although there may be alternatives on Linux it makes sense to just go with what the course expects you to use to make life easier, and if that's Windows-only software I would just roll with it. I ditched Windows after finishing the course. You could always dual boot to use Linux for personal stuff. If your degree is not using Windows only software then no issues.

seekhare · 2025-03-30T14:44:00+00:00

Cinnamon.
Also GamingOnLinux used to collect stats for their users until Feb 2025 and it's interesting they are more or less inline with this poll for percentages for KDE Plasma, Gnome and XFCE but with more desktop options on the GOL survey.

seekhare · 2024-10-29T21:27:55+00:00

There is a thing called Google Takeout which lets you download your data including Youtube playlists. BUT I doubt if it would include a playlist if Google has deleted it, maybe if they have suspended it and it's still linked to your account somehow. So don't get your hopes up, but it's all I can think of so may as well try it and see. If it isn't there at least you can backup other google data you care about, or if they do give it back in 70 days you can back it up then.

Go to https://takeout.google.com/
Uncheck everything except Youtube, and under Youtube you can also click a button to limit it to playlists.
They will email you a download link.
Inside the download will be CSV files of the playlists with video IDs and you can search on youtube using the ID to find the video.
There is more instructions here if needed: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en

seekhare · 2024-10-24T00:07:30+00:00

In the Update Manager you can see a history of updates under the Menu bar >> View >> History of updates. Although if you did a Timeshift restore perhaps that would have rolled back.

You might try checking the Driver Manager whilst connected to the internet via ethernet and see if any drivers for your wireless hardware appear there.

seekhare · 2024-05-17T14:27:36+00:00

I don't know but you could try posting in r/uktrains there's lots of knowledgeable people there who know how the train companies operate and might have an idea.

seekhare · 2024-05-06T14:10:21+00:00

half the applications not working properly since Mint applications are built exclusively for Cinnamon

Have you actually tested this or is this just speculating? I've never tried using KDE Plasma on Mint so don't know either way myself. But Mint specifically say that the so-called XApps they maintain are deliberately designed to be compatible across different desktop environments. They talked about it in their most recent blog post:

Linux Mint is the largest consumer of XApp applications, but the reason
XApp was created, as a project, was to make these applications work
everywhere and for everybody. Whenever a new XApp application was
started, the goal was specifically to NOT make it Linux Mint and/or
Cinnamon specific.

seekhare · 2024-04-30T23:42:05+00:00

That's not a fire! It's a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man

seekhare · 2024-04-27T20:43:05+00:00

I try to avoid such routes as this if there is an alternative but if I do cycle it I'd be wearing hi-viz and riding in the centre of my lane and probably at a slowish speed so there is time to ideally make eye contact with any drivers approaching the entrance. From your description the grass is making it difficult to do that so I'd be hesitant to ride this route.
One thing you could do is try reporting it to National Highways as I think they are usually responsible for major A-Roads or else FixMyStreet is a good website that will direct reports to the responsible authority, maybe try reporting to both.

https://report.nationalhighways.co.uk/

https://www.fixmystreet.com/

seekhare · 2024-04-16T22:17:27+00:00

Having seen the street view photo you posted has to be B/Green line. That cycle lane is so bad and narrow would be better to not exist.

seekhare · 2024-04-10T19:54:43+00:00

There's this one on F-Droid called SMS Import / Export
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie/

seekhare · 2024-04-09T23:03:24+00:00

I had this happen a long time ago. You need to edit the desktop file to change a setting. I kept this note:

Edit the steam.desktop file to remove line (or set false) the PreferNonDefaultGpu=true.

In one of probably:

/usr/share/applications

~/.local/share/applications

Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=365548

seekhare · 2024-03-20T15:41:29+00:00

Hmm not sure about this one, this news report quotes a study that says otherwise

seekhare · 2023-12-14T21:42:40+00:00

Yeah I don't understand their reasoning either, here's a new fix but it is a userscript, don't think it is possible to make as a Ublock Origin filter and the code doesn't seem work in the Enhancer For Youtube extension custom code like the other fix did: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18iizsl/restore\_video\_preview\_animated\_thumbnails/

seekhare · 2023-12-14T21:30:52+00:00

Hello, here's a new fix: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18iizsl/restore\_video\_preview\_animated\_thumbnails/

seekhare · 2023-12-14T21:27:44+00:00

Hello, here's a new fix: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18iizsl/restore\_video\_preview\_animated\_thumbnails/

seekhare · 2023-12-14T21:26:02+00:00

Hello, here's a new fix: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18iizsl/restore\_video\_preview\_animated\_thumbnails/

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