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Title: Video only file icon shown
Post by: mopperle on July 24, 2022, 03:41:22 PM
Today I started to add video files to IMatch. So far no problem, but one file shows only the icon of the associated player. I see no difference to other files taken same day with the same equipment. Any idea how to solve this?
Title: Re: Video only file icon shown
Post by: Mario on July 24, 2022, 03:55:15 PM
Then the 3rd party video library IMatch uses could not understand the format variant used for that video or could not extract thumbnails.
The log file (https://www.photools.com/help/imatch/#im_logfile.htm) of that session may contain additional info.
There are dozens over dozens of video format variants and containers.
Re-encode the video with a modern converter or wrap it into another container format.
Title: Re: Video only file icon shown
Post by: mopperle on July 24, 2022, 04:41:23 PM
QuoteThen the 3rd party video library IMatch uses could not understand the format variant used for that video or could not extract thumbnails.
TBH, I doubt that. All videos of that day were done with a DJI Osmo, all with the same settings. And the mediainfo show zero difference beside date/time/size.
But anyway, I deleted the file (after making a backup), added it again, did a rescan and now it shows the thumbnail. Is there a way to force this? Before i did the delete/add operation, a simple rescan didnt help.
Title: Re: Video only file icon shown
Post by: Mario on July 24, 2022, 05:08:16 PM
Select file, press Shift+Ctrl+F5 > Force Update.

Maybe the file was locked or something. Should have been logged to the log file (https://www.photools.com/help/imatch/#im_logfile.htm).