Use picture for thumbnail

[cclloyd9785]

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.

 

[madmansam]

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 .

 

[Jacee]

You could try this image converter AVS Image Converter - convert between all key image formats.

 

[cclloyd9785]

well i can easily convert them myself. But how would i use it as the thumbnail?

 

[Wishmaster]

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.

 

[reghakr]

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.

 

[cclloyd9785]

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.

 

[reghakr]

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

 

[cclloyd9785]

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.

 

[derekimo]

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#

 

[cclloyd9785]

Yea but I dont need that. Besides i either use my .ico photoshop plugin or iconvert.com

 

[derekimo]

Yea but I dont need that. Besides i either use my .ico photoshop plugin or iconvert.com

Yeah i wasn't sure if that would help, if you do figure something out I'd like to know how you did it. sure seems like there should be a way to do it. good luck.

 

[Wishmaster]

Yea but I dont need that. Besides i either use my .ico photoshop plugin or iconvert.com

Yeah i wasn't sure if that would help, if you do figure something out I'd like to know how you did it. sure seems like there should be a way to do it. good luck.

+1 I would love to know how to do it as well.

 

[valtonray]

as mentioned earlier once you find the cover art you want to use as the icon put the movie file and the art file in a folder named for the movie. rename the art file to "folder.jpeg" you dont have to edit any registry settings this alone will tell it to display the cover art as your icon.-

 

[cclloyd9785]

yea but that is for folders not individule files.

 

[surfasb]

I bet you gotta embed it into the file.

 

[cclloyd9785]

And how would i do that?

If you want a screenshot of how this one movie has the poster as the thumbnail, i will provide it.

 

[surfasb]

I'll have to do research when I have more time.

 

[valtonray]

i suppose you could try going into the properites of each file and replacing the icon with the cover you want to use but i don't know that it will stay that way or do what you are trying to accomplish as i've never tested it. i do know the way i listed works, it'll show up as a movie poser rather you are viewing it through MC or explorer.

 

[derekimo]

And how would i do that?

If you want a screenshot of how this one movie has the poster as the thumbnail, i will provide it.

I'd like to see it.