MKV Thumbnail in Explorer


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Hi,

Windows 11 doesn't show MKV video thumbnail in the Explorer (some of them appears as VLC icon). If I change their thumbnail (by editing the header in MKVToolNix), Windows shows the original thumbnail in the Explorer.

Does anybody have this issue? I have no problem with MP4 videos (I change their default thumbnail with "Kid3", it doesn't change MKV video thumbnails). I also have changed the MKV video thumbnail with MetaX, but the new saved MKV video shows its original thumbnail!

I have installed VLC Player. No more codec pack or extra player is installed on Windows.
Raw Image Extension, Webp Image Extensions and Web Media Extensions are installed from Microsoft App Store.

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    Win 11 Enterprise
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    Laptop
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    i7
    Hard Drives
    SSD
The biggest problem is that .MKV is, in and of itself, a container for various other formats. It's not a format in and of itself, such as MP4.


So, it depends upon the actual contents inside that container as to whether Windows has native thumbnail support or not.
 

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AFAIK, most MKV videos (these days) have MP4 inside them! (It's easier to add multiple audio and subtitle to it with the MKV container). I have checked the encoder with FFMPEG (SS below). It has a High-Efficiency Codec/x265 video stream (stream #0).

Windows 11 shows this specific video (Big Hero 6) thumbnail. If I change its thumbnail, Windows doesn't update the thumbnail (SS above).

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    MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
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    4 * 32 GB - Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz
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    EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING (12G-P5-3955-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Eve Spectrum ES07D03 4K Gaming Monitor (Matte) | Eve Spectrum ES07DC9 4K Gaming Monitor (Glossy)
    Screen Resolution
    3x 3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    3x Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 2 TB SSD (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) } 3x Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1 TB SSD (USB)
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus Platinum
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case
    Cooling
    NZXT KRAKEN Z73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (3x 120 mm push top) + Air 3x 140mm case fans (pull front) + 1x 120 mm (push back) and 1 x 120 mm (pull bottom)
    Keyboard
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    Logitech MX Master 3S | MX Master 3 for Business
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    Nightly (default) + Firefox (stable), Chrome, Edge
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    Defender + MB 5 Beta
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    Dell Latitude E5470
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Dell
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    16 GB
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    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 + RealTek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell laptop display 15"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 128GB M.2 22300 drive
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Installing the K-Lite codec pack works for me. Presumably, Windows uses the codec to generate the thumbnails. Download K-Lite Codec Pack
 

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    Stormforce Prism RTX 3070
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    Ryzen 9 5900X
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    Asus AMD TUF Gaming X570-Plus ATX Motherboard – Aura Sync RGB
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    16GB DDR4
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    RTX 3070
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    2 x Samsung U32H850UMU 32 inch 4K
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160
    Hard Drives
    1 x M2.2
    1x M2.1
    5 x HDD
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    Cooler Master 120L AIO Watercooler
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    Rii wireless
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    Generic cable
    Internet Speed
    320Mbps
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    Firefox & Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton

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    Alienware AW610M
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    Firefox
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@johnlgalt Thanks. The link had something new to learn (it didn't work for me).

@bronskimac I have installed K-Lite on another system (Win 10 21H1), and it doesn't work! I don't want to install any extra codec pack on my Windows 11!

Why does Windows (natively) has a problem with MKV?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Enterprise
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    i7
    Hard Drives
    SSD

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