[SOLVED] HELP using Movie Thumbnailer (mtn)

[RenD4]

I'm trying to make video thumbnails on Linux Mint.

I've installed "Movie Thumbnailer" (mtn), which uses the Terminal to work. I tried to read the detailed usage page (https://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/usage.en.html), but it's just too difficult for me to understand.

Could someone write the command I need to create a thumbnail?

File name: video2.m4v
N° columns: 3
N° rows: 10
Width: 1920 pixels
File format: PNG, but I accept JPG if there's no other option.
I don't care about the text info.

What command should I write to do it assuming I'm already located on the video folder and want the thumbnail output in the same folder?

I tried to use the default command

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    mtn video2.m4v

But it show this error:

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      Could not find/open font; font problem? see -f option

I read the -f option but I don't really understand what a font file is or what to do about it.

[freshminted]

I've only just started using mtn, found out about it last week. Try

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mtn -c 3 -r 10 -w 1920 -i -t video2.m4v

If you have wine installed, you could also try

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mtn -c 3 -r 10 -w 1920 -f /opt/wine-stable/share/wine/fonts/tahomabd.ttf  video2.m4v

to pick up a tahoma true type font file (mine's in /opt/wine-stable/share/wine/fonts/tahomabd.ttf )

The font file is necessary for putting a timestamp on each video thumbnail.

I was following the info on https://gitlab.com/movie_thumbnailer/mt ... nailer-mtn which I agree, is not easy or plain speak.

[RenD4]

it worked! Thank you.
It still got the font error, but at least the jpg file was created.