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[M.P.]

I have round about 500 video files. MC 13 can't grab the thumbnails of 95 of these files (it can play the videos though).

When I switch to any video view which displays thumbnails, the application starts responding very slowly and gets an almost unusable state. It seems to run the thumbnail grabber over and over again.

Thank you,
Markus

[JimH]

This is probably a DirectShow issue.  You could try the wiki (link above) for more information.

Welcome to the forum.

[M.P.]

Yes, there might be a DirectShow issue. Nevertheless I believe it would be better not to grab a thumbnail of a video file that already failed once, wouldn't it? (BTW, MC 9 seems to behave that way).

Thanks,
Markus

[Matt]

Yes, there might be a DirectShow issue. Nevertheless I believe it would be better not to grab a thumbnail of a video file that already failed once, wouldn't it? (BTW, MC 9 seems to behave that way).

Media Center will try three times to build a thumbnail, then quit trying.

[leezer3]

Yes, there might be a DirectShow issue. Nevertheless I believe it would be better not to grab a thumbnail of a video file that already failed once, wouldn't it? (BTW, MC 9 seems to behave that way).

Thanks,
Markus

Pure and simple, if there is an underlying problem with your system configuration, this needs to be fixed rather than pretending it doesn't exist.

If MC fails to create a thumbnail, there is usually a reason for it
Multiple copies of the thumbnail builder being triggered sounds very much like conflicting codecs to me. The best thing to do at this point is to uninstall all your currently installed codec packs etc. When you've done this, install the CCP package- http://cccp-project.net
Things like K-Lite and most of the other mega codec packages install multiple decoders for the same thing, and piles of useless junk to boot. Simple is usually better where codecs are concerned.

Cheers

-Leezer-

[gappie]

maybe i can hook up here.. on my main system thumbs are also not created (which i dont care about), but also duration and dimension are not imported. importing is slow as hell.. now on my other system the files import without a problem. both systems have only cccp and play the files just fine.. i tried to look for any differences, did not see any.. and i can dictate the wiki about directX in reversed order. somebody has an idea where to start looking....
oh.. dont know if it matters but rightclicking on the files in windows>properties just tells me the duration and the dimension, and if i tell haali to build the thumbs, it does.
and im talking about mkv files.

 
gab

[gappie]

and one small additional question. when i do an update library from tags, it does run the three tries again? so i only have to do that when i want to test some changes in the labyrinth called directX.

 
gab

[leezer3]

maybe i can hook up here.. on my main system thumbs are also not created (which i dont care about), but also duration and dimension are not imported. importing is slow as hell.. now on my other system the files import without a problem. both systems have only cccp and play the files just fine.. i tried to look for any differences, did not see any.. and i can dictate the wiki about directX in reversed order. somebody has an idea where to start looking....
oh.. dont know if it matters but rightclicking on the files in windows>properties just tells me the duration and the dimension, and if i tell haali to build the thumbs, it does.
and im talking about mkv files.

 
gab

I'd try updating your graphics drivers as the first point of call.
Failing that, make sure Windows is fully updated; Windows updates can make a major difference to the way things work.

Cheers

-Leezer-

[M.P.]

[...]
Things like K-Lite and most of the other mega codec packages install multiple decoders for the same thing, and piles of useless junk to boot. Simple is usually better where codecs are concerned.
[...]

Aaah, I wasn't aware of that but I actually installed K-Lite one year ago. I also installed CCCP some months ago. Removing the K-Lite installation solved the problem.

Happy New Year,
Markus

[gappie]

I'd try updating your graphics drivers as the first point of call.
Failing that, make sure Windows is fully updated; Windows updates can make a major difference to the way things work.

Cheers

-Leezer-

thanks for the suggestions. i was up to date.. and only had installed cccp. i used insurect (or hows it called) to check that. but now.. i deinstalled cccp.. restarted checked the software installed and there was still haali installed..  ?
got rid of that one also.. reinstalled cccp.. et voila... everything works again...
now what suprises me is that the installation on both machines are for media the same. and when i fool around i use the machine that was still working, not the one where it went wrong, i keep that machine as clean as possible...

im happy again...

and one small additional question. when i do an update library from tags, it does run the three tries again?

 
gab

and to answer this question myself... yes it does


 
gab