How to show .mp4 thumbnail in windows explorer?

[Guest]

Hi ,

I love the video thumbnail shows in windows explorer included in windows vista.

But windows explorer don't show .mp4 video thumbnails , What i can change in windows vista to show it?

Thanks.

[Clear]

The only way for Windows to display a thumbnail or "preview" of a media file is if it natively supports it. Currently, Windows doesn't natively support the formats that can be put inside a .mp4 container.

[Kevincvz]

For me it actually does show a video thumb view. I don't know what creates them though. I have Quicktime installed and a video codec pack. One of these probably does...

[Deviate_X]

Hi ,

I love the video thumbnail shows in windows explorer included in windows vista.

But windows explorer don't show .mp4 video thumbnails , What i can change in windows vista to show it?

Thanks.

I would recommend installing FFDShow if your brave, it comes with thumbnail handlers for most video file types not directly supported by Vista.

[Roger H. Veteran]

the newest codec pack i used had option for a new list of formats to generate thumbnails for. 3.6.5 version. I wont say which one but i'm sure you can find that. I love thumnail views :)

[Guest]

Thanks for yours answers.

I would recommend installing FFDShow if your brave, it comes with thumbnail handlers for most video file types not directly supported by Vista.

I have FFDShow installed , i have select H.264/AVC codec to libavcodec , but it doesn't seen .mp4 thumbnails.

what option i have to check in FFDShow to show .mp4 thumbnails in windows explorer?

[Preppy Veteran]

the newest codec pack i used had option for a new list of formats to generate thumbnails for. 3.6.5 version. I wont say which one but i'm sure you can find that. I love thumnail views :)

I notice you're vague, which is actually cruel and awful given how bad codec packs can be for your system. Then again, you're probably talking codedly about warez.

Still, here's a pretty well vetted list of Bad Codec Packs To Avoid:

* http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#divx

I'm probably missing some, but those identified there should clearly be avoided - in many cases, development was discontinued and old broken versions just continue to hang around causing problems.

I don't want anyone thinking they can guess what codec pack you're referring to and then screwing up their systems. I work hard to keep people's systems stable, and the horrible things codec packs do to people's systems that could so easily be avoided are just pathetic.

What you meant was that "one specific aspect of this codec pack does what you want" - you should have been precise about that, since that's the one and only piece they need to get going, and they don't need all the other garbage.

[Grope for Luna]

Besides the actual video codec (ffdshow, coreavc, etc for h.264) You need a directshow splitter for mp4 like Haali, which is usually included in most codec packs.

[Guest]

Besides the actual video codec (ffdshow, coreavc, etc for h.264) You need a directshow splitter for mp4 like Haali, which is usually included in most codec packs.

I had installed Media Player Classic - Home Cinema.

I installed Haali splitter , but i doesn't get .mp4 thumbnails in windows explorer.

[Guest]

I get works !!

i add these keys in the windows registry :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
	.mp4
		ShellEx
			 {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
				 (Default)   Reg_SZ	{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}

I found this info in :

http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_to...amp;forum_id=27