The dependencies of kde-base/mplayerthumbs should be updated with the addition of package mplayer2 as an alternative to mplayer. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install mplayer2 2.Try to install kde-base/mplayerthumbs 3.Portage tries to install mplayer
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-814504-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html "kde-base/mplayerthumbs now by default uses phonon, disable 'mplayer' USE."
(In reply to comment #1) > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-814504-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html > > "kde-base/mplayerthumbs now by default uses phonon, disable 'mplayer' USE." Exactly. I've removed the entire mplayer dependency (and the mplayer useflag) from mplayerthumbs; by default phonon is used for generating thumbnails. If you want to use mplayer or mplayer2 as generator, just emerge it and set it in mplayerthumbsconfig.