diff -up kphotoalbum-5.1/MainWindow/Window.cpp.mplayer kphotoalbum-5.1/MainWindow/Window.cpp
--- kphotoalbum-5.1/MainWindow/Window.cpp.mplayer	2017-02-20 07:56:01.395492154 -0600
+++ kphotoalbum-5.1/MainWindow/Window.cpp	2017-02-20 07:55:25.365176694 -0600
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ void MainWindow::Window::checkIfMplayerI
     if (Options::the()->demoMode())
         return;
 
+#if 0
     if ( !FeatureDialog::hasVideoThumbnailer() ) {
         KMessageBox::information( this,
                                   i18n("<p>Unable to find ffmpeg or MPlayer on the system.</p>"
@@ -1864,6 +1865,7 @@ void MainWindow::Window::checkIfMplayerI
         } else
             KMessageBox::enableMessage( QString::fromLatin1("mplayerVersionTooOld") );
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 bool MainWindow::Window::anyVideosSelected() const