Video Preview Thumbnail / Icon - Vista Ultimate 64 Problem

hey everyone,

has anyone had this issue arise? when i have a folder filled with video files (be they, avi, mpg, divx, etc) - i no longer get the preview as the icon

when i had vista hp 32, the icon or thumbnail would be an actual frame from the video (maybe the first frame or something) - now, i just have some generic windows icons

ive installed a bunch of codecs, including the k-lite pack, but it still hasnt solved the issue

its kind of annoying...

any advice?

 

no answwer to this?

 

Try going to the folder and hitting f5.

Dan

 

refresh?

seriously?

 

It works for me.

Dan

EDIT: You may have to press it a few times to refresh all your videos and such.

 

Hi

Well in vista 64 bit , thumbnails will be only generated if the media file has 64 bit codec installed on vista for example , if you have files such as .m2ts, .avi, .mpg, .mp4 etc , you might download some 64 bit codecs , assuming that it really installs 64 bit filters or codecs on your machine , but the fact is it does'nt , it install 32 bit codecs and enables 32 bit media player 11 to be the default and ; explorer (shell ) does not gets any help from these codecs to generate thumbnails ,
the work around is to open 32 bit windows explorer and explore video folders but make sure you install 32 bit codecs such as Klite codecs .

Creat a shortcut on desktop and name it as "windows explorer (32 bit)"
1) Right click on desktop
2) click on >New> Shortcut
3) type in the path without quotes "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separate"
4) navigate to videos folder or the drive which contains videos .

Good Luck
Rishi Raj
MS Shell User
MS Media Technologist
MCTS

 

WOW !! Great Tip Raj Bhai

+rep

 

First install the 64 bit codecs, and then install the 32 bit ones, and your done. No need for any tips or tricks.