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Question

How do I change individual MP4 thumbnails?

Jul 7, 2013 12:27PM PDT

I'm creating a digital movie library and I haven't really come across any problems up till this point. How can I change the individual icons to the picture of the DVD cover? Is there a program that can do this? Or maybe something on windows 7 that I don't know about?

Thank you for any and all help!

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Clarification Request
Tell more.
Jul 8, 2013 2:39AM PDT

Such as this library in Windows Media Player, Windows Explorer, WinAmp, or what app?

Windows 7 is the OS, so we got that but tell a little more.
Bob

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Info
Jul 8, 2013 4:38AM PDT

I have all of them on an external hard drive in a folder. I want to be able to move them around. No application is used besides to play the MP4s, which I use windows media player for.

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Here's a link about WMP and thumbnails.
Jul 8, 2013 4:53AM PDT
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Help?
Jul 8, 2013 8:37AM PDT

I'm not sure if its my incompetence or what, but I am stuck on step 2. Where is this down arrow?

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I take your word it was in Windows Media Player.
Jul 8, 2013 8:49AM PDT

If you didn't really mean Windows Media Player or WMP, then the instruction does fail. Are you sure you know what app you are wanting to change the thumbnail in?

Each app will differ.
Bob

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Missing
Oct 11, 2016 4:37PM PDT

You're not dumb. The Advanced Tag Editor option is missing now. Looks like you can't do this on WMP anymore.

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This old thread is closed.
Oct 11, 2016 4:40PM PDT

After 3 years it'slong overdue.
Dafydd.

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Answer
Promise, given video link is the best solution.
Oct 20, 2015 5:00PM PDT