Why are my images/videos not appearing in QuMagie?
Applicable Products
QuMagie
Analysis
If you can't see an image or video file in QuMagie, it may be caused by one or more of the following:
The file format of the image/video is not supported
If your file has a format or codec that is not supported by QuMagie, then that image/video will not appear in QuMagie or will not be displayed correctly. For a list of supported file formats, see What file formats and codecs do Photo Station & QuMagie support?
The file format of the image/video requires a license
Certain media file formats require a CAYIN MediaSign Player license. If you do not have the required license activated, then the image/video will not appear in QuMagie or will be displayed with a default generic thumbnail. For details on how to purchase and activate licenses, see "Licenses" in the QTS User Guide or QuTS hero User Guide.
The image/video is not in a content source folder
QuMagie only displays images/videos from content source folders. To ensure that QuMagie displays your image/video, you can move your image/video file into an existing content source folder, or add the parent folder of the image/video to QuMagie's content source folder list. To add folders to QuMagie's content source folders list:
- Open Multimedia Console.
- Go to Content Management.
- Select the QuMagie tab.
- Under Content Sources, click Edit.
The Edit sources window opens. - In the Select Folders panel, select one or more folders.
- Click Apply.
Multimedia Console adds the content sources.
You do not have read permissions for the image/video
If you do not have sufficient permissions for the image/video, then the image/video will not appear in QuMagie. To ensure you have sufficient permissions, do the following:
- Ensure you have sufficient permission for the content source folder.
- Open Control Panel.
- Go to Privilege > Shared Folders > Shared folder (tab).
- Locate the shared folder containing your image/video and click
.
The Edit Shared Folder Permission window opens. - Enable either "Read Only" or "Read/Write" permissions for the appropriate users.
- Click Apply.
- Ensure you have sufficient permission on the individual image/video.
- Open File Station.
- Locate your image/video.
- Right click on the image/video to open the context menu and click Properties.
The Properties window opens. - Select the Permissions tab.
- Enable the "Read" permission for the appropriate groups.
- Click Apply.
QuMagie now has sufficient permissions to display your image/folder.
Your image/video file is above the maximum supported size
QuMagie may not display your image/video correctly if any of the following apply:
- The width x height of the image/video is greater than 500,000,000 pixels.
- Your NAS device has 2058 MB of total RAM or less and the width x height of the image/video is greater than 240,000,000 pixels.
- Your NAS device has 1024 MB of total RAM or less and the width x height of the image/video is greater than 51,000,000 pixels.
- The file size of the image/video is greater than 1/8 of your NAS device's total RAM.
- For TAS files, if the file is greater than 60 MB.
QuMagie settings are hiding images/videos with no thumbnails
To allow QuMagie to display images/videos even when those images/videos do not have thumbnails, do the following:
- Click on your profile icon on the top right.
- Click on Settings.
The Settings window appears. - Go to Miscellaneous (tab) > Display.
- Disable Only display media files with generated thumbnails.
- Click Apply.
QuMagie now displays images/videos that do not have thumbnails.
The image/video file isn't indexed yet
For many multimedia apps, such as QuMagie, to display images/videos the image/video files must be indexed by your system. Indexing is a process of analyzing and storing media files so that they can be more efficiently used by multimedia apps. To ensure that your images/videos have been indexed, do the following:
- Open Multimedia Console.
- Go to Indexing.
- Under Settings, locate the Index field.
If your system is still indexing files, the Index field will be "Indexing...":
If your system has finished indexing files, the Index field will be "Completed":
- If your system is still indexing files, wait until the indexing finishes, and then check your image/video in QuMagie again.
If the indexing status is Completed, but your image/video is still missing from QuMagie or not displayed correctly, see the section "The system media file index has been corrupted" in this FAQ.
The system file index has been corrupted
QuMagie may not be able to display images/videos, or display them correctly, if the system media index (also sometimes called the "Multimedia Console index/database") has become corrupted. For various reasons, the system media index may become corrupted. There is no way to confirm if the system file index is corrupted or not, but you can re-index the system file index and see if that resolves your issue:
- Open Multimedia Console.
- Go to Indexing.
- Under Settings, click Re-index.
Your system will re-index all media files in your content source folders (not only QuMagie's content source folders). This may take some time. After the indexing is complete, you can check your image/video in QuMagie again.
After resolving any of the above issues, you may still need to wait some time before seeing your image/video displayed correctly in QuMagie because your system must first generate a thumbnail for your image/video. To check the status of this thumbnail generation, go to Multimedia Console > Thumbnail Generation > Status. The status should be Completed:
If your images/videos appear in QuMagie but they are not displayed correctly, see Why are some images not displayed correctly in QuMagie?
If your images/videos are still not being displayed correctly in QuMagie, you can content QNAP support for further assistance.
