Viewing video files within XnView: Info for FAQ wanted

[helmut]

For a very loooong time I had the problem that video files were not displayed in XnView.

Then...

• ... I've installed VLC for viewing video files. VLC does display the .mov videos taken with my digital camera. But I still couldn't view the videos within XnView.
• ... as suggested in another topic, I have installed the K-Lite Code pack, but this did not help.
• ... last not least I've installed Apple's QuickTime 7.0 and yes: I can see video files within XnView, now.

This XnView forum is full of topics dealing with videos that are not displayed. A clear indicator, that a FAQ is needed.

@XnTriq:
Could you please post a list of related topics?

@All:
I'd like to gather infos for an FAQ that provide people all the info that is needed for solving this problem and summarize it in an FAQ. What is needed for viewing videos? Is there such a thing as a step-by-step check? Installation of VLC did not help in my case, why didn't it help? Installation of additional Codecs did not help me, either (I assume K-Lite has no Codecs for "mov").

Any helpful and informative input is appreciated.

- Helmut

[ckit]

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (latest dev builds)
http://xhmikosr.1f0.de/

I also recommend using MadVR video render (http://forum.doom9.org/ under Software group) even though my Intel HD Graphics is slow with it.

[Vapavite]

[French]

Bonjour,

FAQ pour lecture vidéo par XNView

Il faut d'abord configurer son lecteur et puis indiquer à XNView de l'utiliser pour la lecture des vidéos, non

Ce n'est pas XNView qui pose problème mais le choix d'un lecteur et sa configuration et se domaine est aussi vaste que l'image/photo !
Ce n'est qu'en faisant un choix précis parmi toutes les possibilités qu'une FAQ aurait un sens !

Si choix il y a à faire, Média Player Classic HM est en gratuit celui qui me semble apporter le maximum de solutions (il lit par exemple les mov sans problème avec les codecs de QuikTime Alternative !).

Croit moi le débat n'est pas clos, si un choix n'est pas fait rapidement car il y aura toujours du pour et du contre

[XnTriq]

@XnTriq:
Could you please post a list of related topics?

Sorry, helmut! I had missed your request, because I'm behind in reading threads

• Problem playing AVI videos
• Problem with AVI files (INDEO 5.1 codec)
• Bad video thumbnails preview in browser
• XnView and .divx files
• Problème avec le mode vidéo sous Windows XP Pro!
• MOV video: No picture (v1.74)
• Problem with .MOV files
• Bug> No Audio When Playing MP3\MPEG-4 Quicktime Videos
• Suggestion> Switch Video Players
• Bug> Slide Bar Returns to Start with 3ivX MOV's
• Handling DivX 6.0 Playback problems
• RC2: MP4 Hex-code in Preview pane?
• B4: No Thumbnail for FLV's
• XnView 1.90 Video Issues!
• Video Thumbnails
• Use mplayer as resize engine
• Can xnview generate thumbnails from mpeg 2 files?
• Crash when displaying MJPEG encoded files
• 1.91.2 Black video thumbnails
• FFmpeg & xnview
• crash on movie viewing
• Lecture fichiers MOV
• Crash with mov files
• MP4 Video support missing!
• 1.95 b1+2: MP4 Thumbnails missing
• 1.95 RC1: Video Thumbnail Gallery and WMV's
• Add support for HD video
• H.264 .mov files viewing not consistent
• Thumbnail issue with .mov files
• XNView Crash ThumbMode w/ .mov files
• Playing m2t files (MPEG saved from DV/HDV camera)
• Videos (.mov, .avi...) don't show onscreen
• MPG/MPEG player gremlin
• MP4 videos not shown in XnView after installing ffdshow
• Complicated boring question on codecs
• XnView crashes every time when there are movies in folders
• Playing mp4 video files
• XnView.exe remaining in Taskmanager - ffdshow problem
• Lire fichier mp4 depuis Xnview
• cannot play mp4 video
• *.mov Videos on QuadCore PC play Sound but show no Video
• Irregular freezes during video preview
• MP4 video thumbnails
• Internal playback and preview of MP4 Video
• Video player stutters
• Windows 7 + mts-files: No sound
• video mp4
• Thumbnails not generated for .m2ts files
• Video Thumbnails withou codec installed?
• Crashing with mov files
• Crashes on some Video files
• Recognize MP4 as being MPEG
• Can't view .MOV files

• format of the file could not be determined error with .mov (EN»FR)
• Lecture fichiers MOV

• Suggestion : Ajouter la lecture du format video flv
• vidéo flash *.flv under Xnview
• FFmpeg & xnview
• Flash Videos (.flv) are Upside Down
• Play FLV flash videos with XNView and ffdshow - how?

[helmut]

Thank you very much for the huge list of links, XnTriq! Looks like viewing videos is a real problem. But looks like there isn't something like a clear solution.