I would have liked for this program NOT to cause video formats that are unchecked to lose their previous thumbnail functionality after applying it, and forcing me to use it to process formats that previously were displaying thumbnails just fine thank you very much. If you want media file previews and you don’t have them, Media Preview is the easiest way to do it. The verdict: a simple, beautiful program. Check the ‘recursive’ box if you want recursive folder processing. Note that you will need to either (a) browse and open folders that contain the videos that need thumbnails generated to do so, or go to the ‘testing’ tab in the config panel pictured above, and drag and drop folders to generate thumbnails en-masse. NOTE: if you lose the thumbnail preview functionality for video formats that were previously there but no longer work after applying Media Preview, go back and check them again. Not so with Media Preview, where all you need to do is run the program, check the video formats that you would like to have thumbnails for (see screenshot below), and apply.
The article used all free software, of course, but was involved many steps and was sufficiently involved to warrant my writing a step-by-step guide on how to do it. This subject is dear to my heart, because I had previously written a how-to article on how to add thumbnail previews to MKV and other video formats in Windows. What’s better, it will do so at the click of a button, without fuss or complications.
Media Preview is a free, small utility that will make Windows display thumbnails for every conceivable video format. If you have media files that display icons instead of a thumbnail preview, then you probably feel mildly annoyed to say the least. I have nothing on the Timeline besides the unedited clip.We take thumbnails for images and video files for granted in Windows Explorer.
Later I will look at this also in Windows 8.1 64 bit. and the frame image of the file saved to the hard drive can be randomized in that is is not the first frame seen before the export and is not the frame image where the Timeline Indicator was set before export. is not the frame image at which I have placed the Timeline Indicatorī. No matter where I place the Timeline Indicator in the Timeline content prior to export, the thumbnail image for the file saved to the computer hard driveĪ.
mp4 file saved to the computer hard drive.ġ920 x 1080 24 progressive frames per secondġ920 x 1080 29.97 progressive frames per secondĮxport in each case above was Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with presets = MP4 H.264 1920 x 1080p30.ġ920 x 1080 50 progressive frames per secondĮxport in this case was Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with presets = MP4 H.264 1920 x 1080p25 I still cannot reproduce your results regarding user being able to select the first frame display in the thumbnail of the export. Please review, consider, and then let us see if we can determine the difference between us. Publish+Share/Computer/Image for jpg still of the selected frame Freeze Frame feature for a bmp still of the selected frameī. The closest I can come to what you describe is the Freeze Frame feature of Premiere Elements where you place the Timeline Marker on the Timeline at the frame that you want to grab from a video and thenĪ. I've found if you move along the timeline and then stop at a video clip this will be used as thumb when you export,Ĭonsequently, could you please give details of how you obtained this result so that I can try to reproduce it. And, I have never seen your finding reported for Premiere Elements Mac. I cannot confirm your finding in any version of Premiere Elements Windows operating systems - Windows XP 32 bit, Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit.