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Actually this may not be the case. I was doing some testing recently where I happened to have 32-bit codecs for a video format I was using, but did not have 64
by AjithAntony 14y ago
Actually this may not be the case. I was doing some testing recently where I happened to have 32-bit codecs for a video format I was using, but did not have 64-bit codecs. Media player could play the file, but explorer could not thumbnail them. Media player is 32-bit, whereas explorer is 64-bit. After installing 64-bit codecs, the explorer thumbnails worked.
This would suggest that the thumbnailing is not done by media player.
- alter8 14y agoExplorer works like an alternative player when creating the thumbnails, so it can use the same codecs as media player. You could have only the codecs and remove media player, and thumbnails still should work. There is a 64-bit media player, it's just not the default, maybe due to lack of 3rd-party 64-bit codecs at the time. To make it default: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/making-windows-media-player-64-bit-default/bd4872b3-75e8-4d81-ae8a-df50798d5113 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-w...