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-
- MPlayerThumbnailer - a thumbnail generator
-
-
-MPlayerThumbnailer is a thumbnail generator for video files in
-Konqueror.
-Unlike the original konqueror plugin (libarts1-xine), it depends
-neither on the xine library nor the aRts library, instead it relies on
-MPlayer.
-
-
-
-CONTRIBUTING
-==============
-
-If you wish to contribute MPlayerThumbnailer, you might do so:
-
-- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool.
-  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea
-
-- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
-  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
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+ MPlayerThumbnailer - a thumbnail generator
+
+
+MPlayerThumbnailer is a thumbnail generator for video files in
+Konqueror.
+Unlike the original konqueror plugin (libarts1-xine), it depends
+neither on the xine library nor the aRts library, instead it relies on
+MPlayer.
+
+.
+
+Contributing
+--------------
+
+If you wish to contribute MPlayerThumbnailer, you might do so:
+
+- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea
+
+- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
+
+
+Translations status
+---------------------
+
+### messages
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/mplayerthumbs/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/mplayerthumbs/)
+
+### desktop files
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/mplayerthumbs-mplayer-thumbnailerdesktop/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/mplayerthumbs-mplayer-thumbnailerdesktop/)