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I bet that you know that you can go into a folder in Windows XP, switch to Thumbnail view, and be presented with an icon of the first screen from a movie. It works for images as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for *.tbn files. Until now, that is.
1. Create a new text document.
2. Paste the following block of text into it.
Code:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tbn\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"
3. Rename the file so that the extension is .reg (I named mine "tbn thumbnails.reg")
4. Double-click the file and you are all set. Windows XP will now see TBN thumbnails as images and create a windows thumbnail for them. You can see them in your folders on your computer.
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Quite interesting. Thanks! Would this work for 7/Vista too?
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yes it should iv been using this trick on win xp, win vista and win7 for years. im sure this should already be in the xbmc forum somewhere.
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sorry to open an old thread but this is my first post and i followed nabz's dropbox link and ran the program and it did make my thumbnails show but also, since i did it most of my movies stutter very badly.
ive read lots of links about the stutter probs and tried lots of things to remedy but its a new problem and only occurs in xbmc (wmp is fine) and only occurs since i sorted the thumbnails.
could someone explain how i could 'undo' what the program did just so i can rule that out as a cause for the stuttering?
thanks,
lisa.
win7 64bit,
amd phenom 2, x4 955 at 3.2ghz
4gb ram
xbmc
night skin
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i have restored to an earlier point which i think removed the thumbnail software but i still have the playback issue with stuttering. its extreme stuttering and only in xbmc, wmp works fine.
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Hah, that's pretty funny!
I was searching for this because I recently reformatted to windows 7 and forgot how to do this.
Since people may see this first, here's the Windows Vista / Windows 7 Version:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tbn\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"
For some reason this took three tries to take in Windows 7 64-bit. You should be able to see it without restarting. Just go back to your folder containing TBN's and refresh. If they don't show up, try it again.
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I've tried the suggested registry entry on 5 different machines ( 3 Win7x64 and 1 Vista and 1 XP) and only on the XP machine did I have success. I have been unable to make the tbns show in the Win7 preview pane or display the thumbnails in explorer. Is there a step I'm missing?
PS. I'm using this registry entry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tbn\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"
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OK, I have it working on one Win7x64 machines; logging off and then back on did the trick. Still not working on the other 2 Win7x64 machines but it is probably something is those systems preventing the preview. So, the registry change, as stated in the beginning of this thread, is all that is required.
