Video files thumbnails

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dvanw
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Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:14 pm

Video files thumbnails

Post by dvanw »

Hi there !

I am trying to switch from another program to XnView, which I believe is faster and better...
But there is one big catch : I do not get thumbnails for the video files (mostly MP4) that I need.
ried to rebuild the thumbnails cache with no efgfect.
I suppose I missed something ?

denis
jkm
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Joined: Sat May 11, 2024 12:43 am

Re: Video files thumbnails

Post by jkm »

Welcome to the forums...

Have you enabled them in Tools->Settings:File list:Custom filter ? There is a checkbox for Video: Show as Thumbnail. After enabling, you may have to browse to a different folder, then browse back to the folder with the videos for the thumbnails to render.

There is also a setting in Settings:Thumbnail to show 4 images instead of 1 for video thumbnails.

Hopefully this helps...