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  1. Posts : 662
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
       #1

    Use picture for thumbnail


    How can i use a picture for the thumbnail for my music and/or movies.

    AKA. I have a movie, but in explorer, i want it to show the movie poster i have saved as a jpg instead of some random frame in the movie.
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  2. Posts : 178
    win7 ultimate 32 , 64 ,XP
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    cclloyd9785 said:
    How can i use a picture for the thumbnail for my music and/or movies.

    AKA. I have a movie, but in explorer, i want it to show the movie poster i have saved as a jpg instead of some random frame in the movie.
    you need a third party software to create icons .
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  3. Posts : 8,608
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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  4. Posts : 662
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    well i can easily convert them myself. But how would i use it as the thumbnail?
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  5. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #5

    I know of no way to actually have a image as the video file itself.

    You could name the JPEG folder and stick it w/the movie in a folder and it will show the art.

    or, Save the image as a .ico and change the folder its self.
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  6. Posts : 1,614
    Windows 7 Pro & Vista Home Premium
       #6

    See if this works:

    You need a file named folder.jpg in each folder.

    If the extension of the picture is ,jpeg, you would need to alter the registry script slightly:



    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpgfile\shell\Set as a Cover]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpgfile\shell\Set as a Cover\command]
    @="cmd.exe /c rename \"%L\" folder.jpg"


    In my case, when I navigate in Regedit to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I find my Default association is ACDSEE.jpg.

    Therefore I modified it for that



    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ACDSee.JPG\shell\Set as a Cover]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ACDSee.JPG\shell\Set as a Cover\command]
    @="cmd.exe /c rename \"%L\" folder.jpg"


    If your association is with another graphic editor, just navigate to that key and look for the default value, and substitute that for jpgfile.
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  7. Posts : 662
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    i dont want to set a folder to have the icon. i want each individule .mp4 movie. AKA i downloaded Finding Nemo. when i put it with the rest of my movies, it showed the movie poster as the thumbnail unlike the others where it showed a random frame of the movie.
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  8. Posts : 1,614
    Windows 7 Pro & Vista Home Premium
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    All my .mp4 files show the first frame of the movie or video.

    I use KmPlayer,but I don't really think that's the reason why, it's the default for .mp4 filesas far as i can tell
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  9. Posts : 662
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    well yea thats the same for me. i use VLC, and i just noticed that they are all the first frame not just any random frame.
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  10. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #10

    Here's an online image converter, I used it on my movie folders. I know you said you didn't want folders but it's worth looking at Online Image Converter - Convert BMP, JPG(JPEG), PNG, GIF or ICO Files for Free#
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