Video file preview/thumnail view problem

[Camford]

There used to be a time, about a week ago, Explorer would show a small
preview in Details whenever I highlight a mpg or avi file. But now, the
preview has stopped showing itself. And when I switch the folder view to
Thumbnail, all I see is the media player icon. Could someone please give me
some hints on how to solve this problem please? Thanks

 

[Camford]

Thanks for the reply.

By the way, what type are these keys? Are they REG_SZ? Apart from the first
one, the other ones don't exist in my registry.

Try the following registry settings....

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi]
"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"

After adding the above keys, the thumbnails will be restored...

 

[Camford]

ignore my last reply..

Thanks for the help, it worked.

Does this work for mpeg files as well?

 

[David Candy]

All Reg_sz. If things have %systemroot% (or anything in % signs) then MUST be Reg_Expand_SZ

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http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html

Thanks for the reply.

By the way, what type are these keys? Are they REG_SZ? Apart from the first
one, the other ones don't exist in my registry.

Try the following registry settings....

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi]
"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}"

After adding the above keys, the thumbnails will be restored...

 

[Camford]

Thanks. I got the preview to work for avi, mpg, mpeg and rm files. But not
mov files.

 

[David Candy]

Windows doesn't do mov files. Talk to apple and see if they have one.