# Plex Generating video chapter thumbnails even when off

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**Category:** Plex Pass Betas\
**Tags:** server-unraid\
**Created:** [December 21, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527 "2023-12-21T03:07:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![HTMLN00B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/htmln00b/32/264801_2.png) [@HTMLN00B](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HTMLN00B)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/1 "2023-12-21T03:07:29Z")

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Server Version#: Version 1.40.0.7775  
Player Version#: Version 1.84.1.4069-ff740b6d (Plex for Windows)

My setting for “Generate video chapter thumbnails” is turned off for this library (Movies) and in the general “Library” setting, yet it’s still generating them. I tried with both the official image and [linuxserver.io](http://linuxserver.io)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/6/7/567a076646ae7851146d0af39b3297d764c4ec1f.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/9/a/79a49b6bdbf9bcba26f5c2fa63e267a04b302d92.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/2 "2023-12-21T12:21:20Z")

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Your screenshots don’t show whether the generation of chapter thumbs is activated or not.

It is a separate setting:

 ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/d/d/3dd0419dab0a007db2ff5044689bf5e072006443.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![HTMLN00B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/htmln00b/32/264801_2.png) [@HTMLN00B](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HTMLN00B)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/3 "2023-12-21T12:37:03Z")

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Ah, but I thought “Generate chapter thumbnails” were images, not video?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/4 "2023-12-21T12:38:50Z")

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They are technically a bunch of still images, yes.  
But that doesn’t have to do anything with my response.

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**Author:** ![HTMLN00B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/htmln00b/32/264801_2.png) [@HTMLN00B](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HTMLN00B)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/5 "2023-12-21T13:03:57Z")

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It does have something to do with your reply for me, because my “Generate chapter thumbnails” is a scheduled task. Which is what I want, but when Plex say “Generating VIDEO chapter thumbnails”, I thought it was linked to the “Generate video preview thumbnails”. Just confusion caused by the different ways the tasks are named…

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/6 "2023-12-21T13:05:15Z")

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Ahh, gotcha.  
Well, the _video_ has _chapters._

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**Author:** ![HTMLN00B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/htmln00b/32/264801_2.png) [@HTMLN00B](https://forums.plex.tv/u/HTMLN00B)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/7 "2023-12-21T13:06:29Z")

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yeah haha oh well, thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-generating-video-chapter-thumbnails-even-when-off/863527/8 "2024-03-20T13:07:13Z")

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