Thanks for your bug. That's known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324656
The preference doesn't apply to video because it doesn't require to download the video to snapshot a frame If you want to stop using the feature for a mimetype you can use gconf-editor and modify the "/desktop/gnome/thumbnailers/<mimetype>/enable" gconf key ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal => Minor Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #324656 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324656 ** Also affects: nautilus (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324656 Severity: Unknown Priority: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Thumbnail settings don't work as expected https://launchpad.net/bugs/40874 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs