Usually the video thumbnails that are generated by Windows XP results in a black screen which is of no use because it converts the first frame to generate thumbnails. Here I will show you how to enable custom frame thumbnails to all your video files including mp4 and mkv files. I read this in Neowin Forums to get the idea.
1. Download Thumbnail_enable_custom_frame (zip file, external link).
2. Run disable_default_thumbnail_generator.bat to disable your windows thumbnails.
3. Next run MatroskaSplitter.exe to install it.
4. After that go to Start -> Haali Media Splitter -> Media Splitter Settings
5. Open Options -> Explorer integration
6. Enable Thumbnail extraction -> Yes
7. Thumbnails Offset -> 300000 (Use your desired offset in milliseconds)
8. Finally run thumbnail_enable.reg.
Thats it now you will have useful thumbnails for all your video files including your mp4 and mkv files. I haven't tested this on other versions of Windows except XP.
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Works Perfect thanks Gr8 work
thanks, this works perfectly
rollin20
Wow, thanks very much, this seems to work perfectly.
Dale
tested on windows xp pro sp3 eng
didn't work at all..
in fact now in thumbnail view i have no thumbs at all..
any suggestions?
i have k-lite mega codec pack installed on my pc (i don't know if that helps..)
edit (above post:
oops!
i forgot step 6 "Enable Thumbnail extraction -> Yes"
everything works great now!
i m very sorry..
and thanks!
It doesn't work.
doesn't work.
winxp sp3.
All thumbs show a first frame anyway. I deleted thumbs.db's files. restarted shmedia as wrote here. And restart system. Only first frame.
it didn't work for me, I have installed k-lite codec pack 6.0.0.0; it has already the Haali Media Spliter so I didn't install the one you download from the link in step 1.
after doing all steps I had no thumbnail at all so I had to run "enable_default_thumbnail_generator.exe" to get 'em back (still 1st frame - black frame).
any suggestions?
Hi,
I tried,it is not working properly.It show some error.what can i do? any suggestions or tips to install..
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Thank you so much! I downloaded some tv shows for my 3 yr old son that all had the same thumbnail so he couldn't tell which one he wanted to watch, since he can't read. Works perfectly on XP! Now he doesn't get frustrated. Thank you!