Hi.
My camera takes .MOV movie files. However on the PC there is no thumbnail representation of what the file contains. Just a plain quicktime icon.
In looking on Google, it looks like people have been trying to figure out how to display thumbnails of .MOV files in Explorer. None of the few answers given seem to work tho. I have yet to have an answer either, outside of IV's (my abbrev for Irfanview) Thumbnail display which does work. However I KNOW it is possible to see an MOV thumbnail (with the IV spot in the corner) in a folder.... because my laptop does it! However, my new desktop does not do it.
I thought all I needed to do was install IV on my new desktop (which I hadn't done yet) and my MOV thumbnail problem would be solved. however, my desktop still has an icon, but no thumbnail. On my laptop however, I can see a film-like thumbnail with the IV spot in the right bottom corner!
Laptop:
Vista32 SP2
Irfanview 4.00
K-Lite Codecs Full (not sure of version, but older than on new desktop I'm sure)
Desktop:
Vista32 SP2
Irfanview 4.25
K-Lite Codecs Full (latest version)
Now, IV version is older on laptop than on new desktop. Also, it was installed before SP2 for sure. The K-Lite codecs on laptop are no doubt older and were also installed before SP2. I don't know about being before SP1 on either pgm tho.
On my desktop I first installed the K-Lite full codec pkg and selected at the end the MOV thumbnail choice.
Then I installed IV 4.25 and checked MOV as one of the selections (along with all other image types). I also d/l the full IV plugins .exe file and installed it. I also restarted my machine to be sure.
At this point I figured it was all set and that I had found the answer to so many people's problem (solved by IV, of course!). But alas, it did not work. MOV files still show an icon as opposed to a thumbnail (albeit it is changed from the normal Quicktime icon, to just a camera icon).
I'm going to try to post an image of the laptop folder proving the IV thumbnails on my laptop, proving I have a MOV thumbnail with IV 'splotch' on it.
My question is, why is IV showing up MOV thumbnails in Explorer on my laptop but not on my desktop? Perhaps something else may have gotten installed on my laptop over the last 2-3 years that may be causing this to happen, but I wouldn't have any idea as to what that would be.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Dave
My camera takes .MOV movie files. However on the PC there is no thumbnail representation of what the file contains. Just a plain quicktime icon.
In looking on Google, it looks like people have been trying to figure out how to display thumbnails of .MOV files in Explorer. None of the few answers given seem to work tho. I have yet to have an answer either, outside of IV's (my abbrev for Irfanview) Thumbnail display which does work. However I KNOW it is possible to see an MOV thumbnail (with the IV spot in the corner) in a folder.... because my laptop does it! However, my new desktop does not do it.
I thought all I needed to do was install IV on my new desktop (which I hadn't done yet) and my MOV thumbnail problem would be solved. however, my desktop still has an icon, but no thumbnail. On my laptop however, I can see a film-like thumbnail with the IV spot in the right bottom corner!
Laptop:
Vista32 SP2
Irfanview 4.00
K-Lite Codecs Full (not sure of version, but older than on new desktop I'm sure)
Desktop:
Vista32 SP2
Irfanview 4.25
K-Lite Codecs Full (latest version)
Now, IV version is older on laptop than on new desktop. Also, it was installed before SP2 for sure. The K-Lite codecs on laptop are no doubt older and were also installed before SP2. I don't know about being before SP1 on either pgm tho.
On my desktop I first installed the K-Lite full codec pkg and selected at the end the MOV thumbnail choice.
Then I installed IV 4.25 and checked MOV as one of the selections (along with all other image types). I also d/l the full IV plugins .exe file and installed it. I also restarted my machine to be sure.
At this point I figured it was all set and that I had found the answer to so many people's problem (solved by IV, of course!). But alas, it did not work. MOV files still show an icon as opposed to a thumbnail (albeit it is changed from the normal Quicktime icon, to just a camera icon).
I'm going to try to post an image of the laptop folder proving the IV thumbnails on my laptop, proving I have a MOV thumbnail with IV 'splotch' on it.
My question is, why is IV showing up MOV thumbnails in Explorer on my laptop but not on my desktop? Perhaps something else may have gotten installed on my laptop over the last 2-3 years that may be causing this to happen, but I wouldn't have any idea as to what that would be.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Dave
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