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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mridang_agarwal on January 23, 2007, 12:50:48 am

Title: no thumbnails for certain movie formats
Post by: mridang_agarwal on January 23, 2007, 12:50:48 am

Hey guys.
All this while I've been using MC12 for audio only and watching DVD's. Now I've added video clips into my library too. Why doesn't MC12 show thumbnails of all supported formats. Which video formats are supported by mc12 while thumbnailing?

Title: Re: no thumbnails for certain movie formats
Post by: Mr ChriZ on January 23, 2007, 03:45:10 am

What file type are the video clips which are missing the thumbnails?

Title: Re: no thumbnails for certain movie formats
Post by: glynor on January 23, 2007, 10:17:05 am

Quote from: mridang_agarwal on January 23, 2007, 12:50:48 am

Which video formats are supported by mc12 while thumbnailing?

Generally any format that is handled by a DirectShow filter will be supported.  I also believe that MC12 handles thumbnailing Quicktime video.  I'm actually not sure which video formats aren't handled, except maybe Real formats (and even then if you install Real Alternative instead of the "real" Real player it should work).

Title: Re: no thumbnails for certain movie formats
Post by: Osho on January 23, 2007, 01:46:08 pm

Another question about thumbnails for video: Some of the video start with blank back ground and then the picture slowly fades in. For such video, the thumbnail is created as black rectangle. Is it possible for the thumbnail creation mechanism to be smart so this doesn't happen for such videos?

thanks,
Osho

Title: Re: no thumbnails for certain movie formats
Post by: Sauzee on February 03, 2007, 11:27:37 am

Quote from: glynor on January 23, 2007, 10:17:05 am

Generally any format that is handled by a DirectShow filter will be supported.  I also believe that MC12 handles thumbnailing Quicktime video.  I'm actually not sure which video formats aren't handled, except maybe Real formats (and even then if you install Real Alternative instead of the "real" Real player it should work).

I use real alternative but don't see thumbs for real video files. How would i get thumbs to show for real files?