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MP had the same problem with MTN, as far as I know we now use ffmpeg.exe for thumbnail generation which didn't fail once on my recordings thumbs.what does MP use now to generate video thumbs?
MP had the same problem with MTN, as far as I know we now use ffmpeg.exe for thumbnail generation which didn't fail once on my recordings thumbs.what does MP use now to generate video thumbs?
True, MP switched to ffmpeg. MP was using 2008 version of MTN, MF was using a little younger libraries (MTN is also using ffmpeg libraries, but adds some features). I just checked and there is an MTN version available using ffmpeg libraries from 2014, May - so this should support all latest codecs as well - at the cost of speed and size (codec lib was 3 MB with 2008 version, now is 19 MB).MP had the same problem with MTN, as far as I know we now use ffmpeg.exe for thumbnail generation which didn't fail once on my recordings thumbs.what does MP use now to generate video thumbs?
That is an "easy task", as the "only thing" it needs to do is supporpt the new HD TV codecs. Beside TV, there is many many other formats and combinations, which makes it so difficult for such libraries to handle them all.... which didn't fail once on my recordings thumbs.
Beside TV, there is many many other formats and combinations, which makes it so difficult for such libraries to handle them all.
Yes, I know - was just referring to the tv files. However, mtn offers some extended capabilities which did not allow MF to switch easily.Beside TV, there is many many other formats and combinations, which makes it so difficult for such libraries to handle them all.
I tthink MP uses ffmpeg also for videos/pictures thumbs.
.. check the logs about what they tell and try the command line, if it works with those mediafiles there - that is the only thing that can be done to verify. You could also crosscheck with ffmpeg.exe - but it should make no difference, as the ffmpeg libs are also updated - but it might of course be possible, that there is a bug in mtn.exe - if that can be revealed and is reproducable, it could be reported to the respective forum.Thank you very much Guzzi. Tested within MF. It works in some cases. In other cases it does not. I can't find a recognizable pattern. For example, some AVCHD movies get thumbnails, others don't. Same with MPEG2 movies, though in this case very few movies don't get thumbs.