How soon after you loaded all those data files onto the N900 did you try running a video?
straight away and 2 weeks later. it seems like the movies are taking a long time to generate thumbs

How did you load the files?
mass storage mode into the .video folder. i thought that was the issue so i loaded them through Pc suite which has the same issue. (same for images and music)

Where did you load load the files to; internal memory or a memory card?
internal memory

What format is the video in?
most are mp4's but a few of the movies are xvid avi's

What the hell does PRIORITY 1- mean in the threads title?
this is a bigger deal then you think as it has been a turn off for a lot of power users im trying to convert to maemo. after seeing something as simple as this fail they dont care about anything else. ever sinse nokia changed their hardware after the n82 a lot of nokia users i know have gone to htc windows or android phones. after all we do have to show off our new devices

Should we start using this new system for all threads?
yes lol. as more users are coming to maemo.org things are getting very messy