[docs] Remove fixed ffmpeg workaround (#3209)

1.7.4 has been released a week ago with this fixed
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Manav Rathi
2024-09-10 14:26:15 +05:30
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Similar issues may arise if you are using an extension that blocks access to the
canvas.
## Desktop
> [!NOTE]
>
> This issue has been fixed in the latest beta releases, and the fix will be
> also out in the next release, 1.7.4.
The only known case where thumbnails might be missing on desktop is when
uploading **videos** during a Google Takeout or watched folder sync on **Intel
macOS** machines. This is because the bundled ffmpeg that we use does not work
on Intel machines.
For images, we are able to fallback to other mechanisms for generating the
thumbnails, but for videos because of their potentially huge size, the app
doesn't try the fallback to avoid running out of memory.
In such cases, you will need to use the following workaround:
1. Obtain a copy of `ffmpeg` binary that works on your Intel macOS. For
example, you can install it via `brew`. If you already have `ffmpeg`
installed you can copying it from `/usr/local/bin` (or whereever it was
installed).
2. Copy or symlink it to
`/Applications/ente.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg`.
Alternatively, you can drag and drop the videos. Even without the above
workaround, thumbnail generation during video uploads via the normal folder
selection or drag and drop will work fine, since in those case we have access to
the video's data directly without reading it from a zip and can thus use the
fallback.
## Regenerating thumbnails
There is currently no functionality to regenerate thumbnails in the above cases.
You will need to upload the affected files again.