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Guuz

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Strange flickering icon in dock
« on: November 20, 2016, 06:51:01 am »
I have two icons from Media Center in my dock, one normal and the other on the right side is constantly moving!?

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Re: Strange flickering icon in dock
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2016, 09:31:00 am »
I've seen this before; many times actually.  It's nothing to worry about, but it is kind of confusing isn't it?

What this means is that MC is reading your files.  The bouncing icon is a temporary "helper" program that is reading one or more files.  It's probably building thumbnails for your video files.  That's when I see the most of these bouncing helpers.

When MC is finished indexing or rebuilding thumbnails, the bouncing helpers won't show up any more.

Brian.
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Re: Strange flickering icon in dock
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2016, 10:36:32 am »
I only see it pop up for a moment when starting (or manually running auto-import) here. Then it goes away.
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Re: Strange flickering icon in dock
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2016, 10:57:25 am »
Quote from: blgentry on November 20, 2016, 09:31:00 am
I've seen this before; many times actually.  It's nothing to worry about, but it is kind of confusing isn't it?

What this means is that MC is reading your files.  The bouncing icon is a temporary "helper" program that is reading one or more files.  It's probably building thumbnails for your video files.  That's when I see the most of these bouncing helpers.

When MC is finished indexing or rebuilding thumbnails, the bouncing helpers won't show up any more.

Brian.

Thanks for the answer!

Regards,
Guuz
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