Thumbnail disapeared

[tomg802@gmail.com]

Hi, I'm running windows 10 and have been using VLC with a wireless drive. It was going great and then all of a sudden the thumbnails disappeared in VLC only shows the cone icon now, both on the wireless drive and on the computer. Widows explorer shows thumbs. I have updated codec and clear the thumbnail cache, unChecked the setting in windows to show icons and run icaros. Anyone else have this issue and know how to fix it?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLC is not the one doing the thumbnails on Explorer.

[tomg802@gmail.com]

VLC is not the one doing the thumbnails on Explorer.

If I got it right windows is making the thumbnails, but why are they not showing up in VLC when they are showing up in all other programs? i did make a snapshot of a video and that snapshot.png shows up in VLC as a thumbnail but everything else is the cone icon with a cd. Why?

[jayR]

It's your windows settings. Check "visual effects" from control panel.

[tomg802@gmail.com]

It's your windows settings. Check "visual effects" from control panel.

I have checked Visual effects and show thumbnail instead of icons is checked but VLC is still not showing icons, i unchecked it rebooted and tried it and the rechecked it a rebooted and still no change.

[jayR]

You need to tick "Show thumbnail...". In addition, you need to choose "large icons" or "extra large icons" from windows explorer View ribbon.

[tomg802@gmail.com]

Thanks Jayr, but I have all that in place and still no thumbnails just the view of cones with a cd.

[jayR]

What are file extension names? For example, .mpg files would show cones over cd icons.

[tomg802@gmail.com]

They are png, jpg, mp4, lg, flv jpeg,wma if I try to open them going in VLC to media then open or open a file they show up as thumbs, where they do not show up as thumps is on the playlist view in VLC under the my computer; my videos my pictures and my music with the exception on screenshot pngs I create with VLC they have thumbnails. Thanks

[Rednylk]

Was a solution found to this?
My thumbnails also not showing on video files

[tomg802@gmail.com]

Sorry I have not found the answer and just kinda gave up, too bad I loved VLC but it is now just unusable with out thumbnails.

[mikhoul]

Here's the SOLUTION:

Just install K-Lite Codec Pack the utility is included to enable thumbnail preview.

[naacp]

That was it, I installed the K-Lite Codec Pack and ALL is well Thank You!

[Lestrad]

I thought that one of the big advantages of VLC was that it doesn't require installing codecs...

[Lotesdelere]

I thought that one of the big advantages of VLC was that it doesn't require installing codecs...

Yes, because the thumbnails preview is Windows Explorer job, not VLC's.

[great-wall]

K-lite endec was installed. VLC was saying only internal endec would be used. Still no thumbnail on VLC.