No Thumbnails For Files Other than .mpg

i installed the new Shark Codes "Win7codecs 2.3.3 Final" and "x64 Components 2.3.7 Final" ... they did work so i uninstall them and installed the lates "k- lite mega pack" which is still installed

i have windows 7 64 bit. my computer seems to play all the video files but now i wont generate thumbnails for me videos like { .wmv, .avi, .flv, .asx, .asf } but there are no problems for the (.mpg and .mpeg files ) for all other files it just shows which player is associated the that file type. ... P.S. All Picture file show there thumbnail perfectly.


The thumbnails for wmv .flv, .asf .mov and avi files don't appear when in thumbnail view for explorer windows. .MPG files work.
The only Way To Get them to show was to using the "file open" from my media player and use that thumbnail view and the wmv and avi thumbnails appear as they should in that dialog. and the ones that previewed and thumbnail still show up when i open a folder from explorer. but the other still dont show the thumbnails.
as you can see from the screenshot i provided .mpg and .mpeg are the only ones that show up.
can any please help me on this ?

Welcome!

It seems as if the videos are set to open in another player, like Media Player Classic. If you change those types to open with Windows Media Player, I believe the thumbnails will come back.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9154-default-programs-associate-file-type-protocol.html

Hope this helps,
~JK

thank you. i will give that a try and get back at you to let you know that results. thanks again

well i tryed to set windows media player and the default player for .avi and .wmv files but when i tryed to open them using wmp . an error pops up saying "Server Execution failed".. but the same files play fine in bsPlayer and media player classic. so i know its "windows media player with the error and not the video files.

and on top of that the thumbnails for them still dont genarate
Here is a view of my installed video codecs is that right ?
or are some missing or something ? i installed k-lite mega pack and k-lite 64 pack

OP - I can't for the life of me get FLVs to show thumbs in Explorer. I've tried so many "solutions" from the WWW that I just gave up.

Ideas?

Shark 007's codec pack here http://www.sevenforums.com/music-pictures-video/16179-win7codecs.html will allow you to play any type of media file and will provide you with thumbnails for FLV's.

As for the OP, I'm not sure how the Shark007 codecs wouldn't work since they work for everyone else in playing pretty much any type of media file.

I use Windows 7 Codec Pack.

I have no problem playing any codecs with any media player. All of my thumbnails show for all media files.

I always untick the the following blocks in file and folder view:
Always show icons never thumbnails
Display file icon on thumbnail

See attached.

Well I use Windows Media Player 12 with Shark codecs and its true that even though I can play .flv files. They won't usually generate thumbnails on WMP video library. Even if I view them in Windows Explorer, these .flv videos are always shown in icons not thumbnails.

When I play these .flv files, the video progress bar does not work and the play again button also does not work on these .flv files. I have to go back to library view to play them again.

Did you open the Shark codec program with admin rights, click "suggested settings", close, then re-open as regular user?

Hello Welcome to SF,

You might wanna consider rebuilding the Icon Cache. Here is the Tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

Hope this helps,
Captain

I have a similar problem so I figured I'd tack on here.

I only have thumbnails for files generated by the codecs added by shark, ie mp4, mov, flv etc

I'm not using any other media players except windows

Basically all the windows files will not generate thumbnails.

I've tried deleting the icon cache, re-installing shark, deleting the windows media player library

nothing has worked.

so anything else?

thumbnails are generated for pictures


*** fixed my prob, I used those registrys to default wmv, mov, mpeg, mpg and avi

FliGi7 said:

Did you open the Shark codec program with admin rights, click "suggested settings", close, then re-open as regular user?

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Well I am always using and Admin account and installed it when I was on the administrator account of course. But I installed it with Custom Settings but the only things I changed was the install path and I chose not to create a Start Menu shortcut.

Hey all thanks for the many suggestions you added to this old thread. Imma try 'em out and I will update! Thanks!!

Vertex said:

FliGi7 said:

Did you open the Shark codec program with admin rights, click "suggested settings", close, then re-open as regular user?

Click to expand...

Well I am always using and Admin account and installed it when I was on the administrator account of course. But I installed it with Custom Settings but the only things I changed was the install path and I chose not to create a Start Menu shortcut.

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I was talking about after installation. When you launched the program to change the settings, did you launch it as admin, use the "suggested settings" option at the bottom, close, and re-open as regular user to transfer the settings? If not, I'd recommend doing that.