The latest version of XnView MP (and the previous versions) shows neither a thumbnail nor a preview picture in the browser. I can open and display the file. Here is the MediaInfo report for an example file:
General
Complete name                            : T:\Bilder'\Camera\VID_20191009_150559.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (isom/mp42)
File size                                : 249 MiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 43 s
Overall bit rate                         : 20.2 Mb/s
Frame rate                               : 29.824 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
xyz                                      : +43.2837+003.5222/
com.android.version                      : 9
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L4
Format settings                          : 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, Reference frames        : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 1 min 43 s
Bit rate                                 : 20.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Rotation                                 : 180°
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 29.824 FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 7.757 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 34.682 FPS
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.323
Stream size                              : 247 MiB (99%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
Color range                              : Limited
colour_range_Original                    : Full
Color primaries                          : BT.709
colour_primaries_Original                : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
transfer_characteristics_Original        : BT.601
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
matrix_coefficients_Original             : BT.601
mdhd_Duration                            : 103642
Codec configuration box                  : avcC
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 1 min 43 s
Source duration                          : 1 min 43 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 156 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.92 MiB (1%)
Source stream size                       : 1.92 MiB (1%)
Title                                    : SoundHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2019-10-09 13:07:51 UTC
mdhd_Duration                            : 103444
			
			
									
						
										
						1.8.6 doesn't show .mp4 files in preview
Moderators: helmut, xnview, Dreamer
Re: 1.8.6 doesn't show .mp4 files in preview
The same applies to .MOV files.
Attached are two samples.
			
							Attached are two samples.
- Attachments
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- 2019-04-18_16-51-48.mp4.zip
 - (1010.49 KiB) Downloaded 161 times
 
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- 2010-01-19_17-33-48.mov.zip
 - (1.73 MiB) Downloaded 158 times
 
 
Re: 1.8.6 doesn't show .mp4 files in preview
no problem here, 'show as thumbnail' is enabled in Settings>Custom filter for video?
			
			
									
						
							Pierre.
			
						Re: 1.8.6 doesn't show .mp4 files in preview
I just discovered that myself. See my comment to my bug report on AVI files and make "Show as thumbnail" the DEFAULT setting!