Is mpv's preview api supported?

[zenwav]

See: mpv-player/mpv#17518
This feature was already added in a thumbfast fork

[Samillion]

The purpose of that fork is to submit the PR to thumbfast, as shown here:
po5/thumbfast#173

Once it's officially merged, ModernZ will switch to the same upstream API.

We cannot switch to an API that is still a draft in thumbnailer project(s), especially since thumbfast maintainer hasn't responded at all to the PR itself since it was made last April.

Though NRK's work is solid, so it's just a matter of time. Until then, ModernZ shows thumbfast previews just fine.

[zenwav]

The developer hasn’t been active for over a year, so the project might as well be dead.

[Samillion]

Not at all. He responded to the initial mpv API introduction. Many of us were involved in the discussion to help NRK implement it.

Development wise he might not be as active, but he's definitely aware. He might be busy with some things. I myself have been less active the last month due to life issues. Though things will return to normal over time.

[Samillion]

To clarify something, the fork isn't an improvement or an update. It simply unifies the API so that it becomes a standard.

The core base is still the same in thumbfast, so using the fork is literally just about using a different method to provide the same result.

Standards are good, but it works fine with all supported OSC scripts already, such as ModernZ, uosc and so on.

In short, this is backend stuff that maintainers care about. The user does not gain anything.

It just helps scripts to use that standard API, instead of having to implement their own methods (re-invent the wheel), which is honestly great, but like I said, this update is for maintainers.