How do I change the thumbnail on my videos to show a picture?

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

Ever since I recorded a video file- WMV to be exact, the other videos that I record that are AVCHD seem to not show a thumbnail anymore. I can't figure out why this is. I'm at a loss at how to fix this because I'm a visual person and need to know which one of my videos is which from the thumbnail and now they all just look like this:

^Problem

Anyone who knows how to put image/thumbnails back onto videos would help me out a ton! thnks

Anak · Nov 4, 2012

Hi Reckless, welcome to 7F!

It could be as simple as clearing your thumbnail cache.

See for how to: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10797-thumbnail-cache-clear-reset.html

Be warned though, it will take a while to rebuild the cache, it depends on how often you use your machine.

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

I cleared the cache like the link said, but does it take a long time for it to take effect? The videos still look the same. :/

Anak · Nov 4, 2012

It shouldn't take too long, over 30 to 40secs would be excessive.

Do you have your indexing turned on?

In the Menu Bar, at the very beginning of:

Tools
>Folder Options
>View Tab
>In Advanced settings

Make sure Display file icon on thumbnails is unchecked.

Have you tried a system restore?

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

I did try System Restore and it didn't fix the problem. :|

xxxdannyxxx · Nov 4, 2012

If you cant force windows to show the thumbnails you could try this little program - Media Preview Freeware download and reviews from SnapFiles
I have used it from time to time when windows thumbnails go Awol to force them to show

Danny

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

xxxdannyxxx said:
If you cant force windows to show the thumbnails you could try this little program - Media Preview Freeware download and reviews from SnapFiles
I have used it from time to time when windows thumbnails go Awol to force them to show

Danny

Thanks! I'll try this out

Also- do you know how to upload a signature on here? I just made one in Photoshop but It's not posting properly. :O

xxxdannyxxx · Nov 4, 2012

Im no expert on this but I think you need to insert the following code [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] rather than IMG

Here is a snip of mine

Danny

Anak · Nov 4, 2012

Reckless said:
I did try System Restore and it didn't fix the problem. :|

Can you answer my other two concerns?

I'm kinda' out of ideas. Hopefully with danny's help we can figure this out.

As in your other two threads it would help greatly if you would fill in your System Specs, see step #7 you can automate the entries. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

And about your sig: Windows 7 Forums - FAQ: User Profile Features

Here's the Main Page: Windows 7 Forums - FAQ

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

Anak said:
Reckless said:

I did try System Restore and it didn't fix the problem. :|

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Can you answer my other two concerns?

I'm kinda' out of ideas. Hopefully with danny's help we can figure this out.

As in your other two threads it would help greatly if you would fill in your System Specs, see step #7 you can automate the entries. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

And about your sig: Windows 7 Forums - FAQ: User Profile Features

Here's the Main Page: Windows 7 Forums - FAQ

Okay, the System Specs link helped because I didn't know where to look for it manually on my computer.

@xxxdannyxxx - I did manage to see the pictures once again, but the AVCHD video pics refuse to show for some reason (even though I checked all the boxes)

I still can't figure out how to post a signature, and I'm not new to forums (this forums is outdated compared to most I've been on).

boohbah · Nov 4, 2012

I still can't figure out how to post a signature, and I'm not new to forums (this forums is outdated compared to most I've been on).

newer isnt necessary beter

your thumbnail issue, perhaps you could try using icaros it will display thumbnails for all sorts of filetypes including mkv and avi
available here...

|MG| Icaros 2.0.0 Download

if you go with it here is a list of file extensions to add to icaros, wou will have to paste them one line at a time adding each line to the end of the previous one

.mkv, .0gm, ,3g2, .3gp, .3gpp, ,avi, ,divç evo, .f4v, fly, hdmov,
.k3g, .m2p, ,mp2, ,m2v, .m4v, mod, ,mov, mpg, mpeg. ,m4p,
.mp4, .mp4v, .ogv, .qt, ,rm, .rmm, rrrìvb, .tp, .m2ts, .ts, ,mts, .vob,
.webm

xxxdannyxxx · Nov 4, 2012

Have you installed any codec packs, these are known to mess with windows 7 thumbnails?

Hi Booh

Try Anaks links for the signature

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

xxxdannyxxx said:
Have you installed any codec packs, these are known to mess with windows 7 thumbnails?

Hi Booh

Try Anaks links for the signature

What's a Codec pack? Sorry, I'm not computer savy xD

I downloaded that link you provided Danny, and specifically had to type in 'avchd' and that did it!

Thank you all for helping me with this, I have a Youtube channel and needed to organize all my gameplay videos and this helped a lot!

*btw I gave a rep to you guys for being so patient with helping me.

xxxdannyxxx · Nov 4, 2012

Good Stuff Reckless

Reckless · Nov 4, 2012

I like how I looked up the word 'codec' and I still am confused by what it actually means. Good thing I'm not a computer programmer... XD

boohbah · Nov 4, 2012

glad icaros worked for you.

Anak · Nov 4, 2012

Glad to hear you solved your situation and thank you for the rep!

Codec
Used to compress or decompress any type of data.
I would wager that almost all data, recorded audio/video is compressed in some way.

You may not realize it, but if you didn't have a decompressor in your machine you wouldn't be able to open and use any of your pixs, songs or games.

Now, about your sig, boo might back me up on this, but I thought there was a post count one needed before sigs were allowed; it may have been rescinded. Are you getting any warnings?

Are you trying at this page?
Windows 7 Forums > User Control Panel » Edit Signature

Below that is the Signature Picture area:

If you do not see your pix in the upper left of this area, then it will not show in your posts.
What size is it? The forum will try to reduce the size, but it can fail if too big.

If you do see it-make sure you click on the blue "Insert Signature Picture", don't just copy/paste[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] into the edit area.

Can you see it in Preview?
Are you saving it?

When your done all you will see in your Edit Signature area is [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] minus the Anak:

darknightz0117 · Dec 13, 2012

boohbah said:
I still can't figure out how to post a signature, and I'm not new to forums (this forums is outdated compared to most I've been on).

Click to expand...

newer isnt necessary beter

your thumbnail issue, perhaps you could try using icaros it will display thumbnails for all sorts of filetypes including mkv and avi
available here...

|MG| Icaros 2.0.0 Download

if you go with it here is a list of file extensions to add to icaros, wou will have to paste them one line at a time adding each line to the end of the previous one

.mkv, .0gm, ,3g2, .3gp, .3gpp, ,avi, ,divç evo, .f4v, fly, hdmov,
.k3g, .m2p, ,mp2, ,m2v, .m4v, mod, ,mov, mpg, mpeg. ,m4p,
.mp4, .mp4v, .ogv, .qt, ,rm, .rmm, rrrìvb, .tp, .m2ts, .ts, ,mts, .vob,
.webm

Click to expand...

Sorry to hijack an old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I don't know what I've done with my Windows installations in the past, but I've never had a problem with my thumbnails. Now, I can't see them. I installed media player classic using the communist codec pack, and also installed Icaros. I still don't see any thumbnails

Keithchesterfie · Sep 23, 2016

'xxxdannyxxx- If you can't force windows to show the thumbnails you could trythis little program - MediaPreview Freeware download and reviews from SnapFiles'

I apologise for resurrecting an old thread but without the advice of xxxdannyxxx I would not have solved the problem of having no picture and would still have a nondescript icon.

I'd tried every 'cure' to the problem that I could find (checking and unchecking boxes, clearing caches and much more) and was getting to the point of believing that a solution was not out there until I saw this thread.

Using the Media Preview Freeware took about half an hour to renew my pictures to the icon and I much appreciate the help this forum provided.

I post a lot of Motorhome related videos on to my Youtube Channel and seeing the picture of the video greatly assists me in cataloguing the clips I film.

Many thanks.

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