Please put a screenshot of movie as thumbnail, instead of a boring default icon

isotoper · 2007-10-16, 20:14

Hi
MP is a great software and i love it,
but the only thing that holds me from use MP instead of Vista MC, is that in vista i have thumbnails for movies which are a screenshot from the movie, so i don't have to see a boring default icon like in MP.
MP actually force me to get the cover from IMDB and not always we have the time for that.

so for movies that i didn't download the cover from IMDB, it will be nice to see a screenshot from the movie instead of a boring default icon.

Example:
(Thats a pictures screen, but movies screen looks the same )

mzemina · 2007-10-16, 20:41

This has been talked about in ::this thread::

isotoper · 2007-10-16, 21:44

Yes, but this thread ends without any solution...
I really think its a good idea and probably i'm not the only one.
Microsoft is right about this issue, it looks better than a default icon.
See the picture in the beginning of the thread.
Regarding to the first frame that may be black - in VMC they don't take the first frame but few seconds after that , and no screenshot is black.

vinch100 · 2007-10-17, 17:10

I totally agree with you, and for me that would be perfect if this feature could be extended to the TV recordings

Gateway · 2007-10-27, 22:16

User definable screenshot will be nice

2007-10-16, 20:14	#1 (permalink)
isotoper Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Please put a screenshot of movie as thumbnail, instead of a boring default icon Hi MP is a great software and i love it, but the only thing that holds me from use MP instead of Vista MC, is that in vista i have thumbnails for movies which are a screenshot from the movie, so i don't have to see a boring default icon like in MP. MP actually force me to get the cover from IMDB and not always we have the time for that. so for movies that i didn't download the cover from IMDB, it will be nice to see a screenshot from the movie instead of a boring default icon. Example: (Thats a pictures screen, but movies screen looks the same ) Last edited by isotoper; 2007-10-16 at 20:20.

2007-10-16, 20:41	#2 (permalink)
mzemina Retired Team Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ft Smith, AR Posts: 2,045 Thanks: 36 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Country:	This has been talked about in ::this thread:: __________________

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2007-10-16, 21:44	#3 (permalink)
isotoper Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes, but this thread ends without any solution... I really think its a good idea and probably i'm not the only one. Microsoft is right about this issue, it looks better than a default icon. See the picture in the beginning of the thread. Regarding to the first frame that may be black - in VMC they don't take the first frame but few seconds after that , and no screenshot is black.

2007-10-17, 17:10	#4 (permalink)
vinch100 MP Donator Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 27 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I totally agree with you, and for me that would be perfect if this feature could be extended to the TV recordings

2007-10-27, 22:16	#5 (permalink)
Gateway Portal User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	User definable screenshot will be nice