Possible to display MP3 embedded thumbnails?

[raccoon]

Is it possible to have Everything display mp3 album cover thumbnails while in Thumbnail View?

ffprobe example

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Input #0, mp3, from 'filename.mp3':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.76.100
  Duration: 00:03:39.79, start: 0.023021, bitrate: 187 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc58.13
  Stream #0:1: Video: png, rgb24(pc), 1280x720, 90k tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc (attached pic)
    Metadata:
      title           : "Album cover"
      comment         : Other

[void]

Everything should do this already.

Do thumbnails work for mp3 files in Windows Explorer?

Please make sure Windows Property Thumbnail Handler is installed correctly for .mp3 files:

• From the Start menu, search for: regedit
• Right click Registry Editor and click Run as administrator.
• Navigate to:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx
• On the left, create the following key:
  {BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
• Inside this new key, on the right, set (Default) data to:
  {9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}

Please make sure you are using the x64 version of Everything.
Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user.



You may need to install a third party thumbnail handler for .mp3 files.

[raccoon]

I did as you said and rebooted but no love. The key '{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}' already existed and so I set its default value from empty to '{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}'. I guess Windows 7 may not have a handler for this, or I managed to disable it after so many years.

Similarly I've found that I cannot do content searches for PDF files in Win 7, even after installing FoxitPDFReader and Adobe's PDFFilter64Setup.msi

[NotNull]

On the left, create the following key:
{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}

Isn't {BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} the 'category' for Preview handlers?
Or does Everything use the previews to generate thumbnails?


I would expect the Thumbnail handler 'category' here: {e357fccd-a995-4576-b01f-234630154e96}
Here (Win11) it set to {9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC} (Property Thumbnail Handler, shell32.dll)

[horst.epp]

Here under Windows 11 it looks like this and displays mp3 thumbnails in all sort of tools
Explorer
Everything
Free Commander
Total Commander
XYplorer

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3]
@="mplayerc64.mp3"
"Content Type"="audio/mpeg"
"KLCP.bak"="WMP11.AssocFile.MP3"
"KLCP.hkcu.bak"="VLC.mp3"
"PerceivedType"="audio"
"VLC.backup"="WMP11.AssocFile.MP3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\OpenWithProgids]
"AppXje1yfpbq840nvc3prwa53vknqsk55vha"=hex(0):
"WMP11.AssocFile.MP3"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}]
@="{031EE060-67BC-460d-8847-E4A7C5E45A27}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5aec3ec-e812-4677-a9a7-4fee1f9aa000}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx\{e357fccd-a995-4576-b01f-234630154e96}]
@="{c5aec3ec-e812-4677-a9a7-4fee1f9aa000}"

[asamirid]

the mp3 display it's thumbnails by default since i started to use everything

no settings required at all ..

i think the problem comes from ur OS and some windows explorer and handlers modifications

here is a screenshot of my system displaying the mp3 files in thumbnails view ..

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[therube]

Win7 here.
And I typically never mess with such stuff (Windows Exporer, Windows Media Player, thumbnails...).
But surprisingly it did work on my end.
(Registry settings already existed, no changes on my end. And there would have been nothing that I would have done in this respect at any point in time.)

Didn't even know I had any mp3 with thumbs.
So first I added a thumb to a mp3.
Then I realized the mp3 I chose already had a thumb in it.
.

Everything displays album art in mp3 in Win7.png (36.68 KiB) Viewed 2886 times

[void]

{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} is the IExtractImage handler.
{E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96} is the IThumbnailProvider handler.
{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC} is shell32.dll



Please make sure Windows Property Thumbnail Handler is installed correctly for .mp3 files:

• From the Start menu, search for: regedit
• Right click Registry Editor and click Run as administrator.
• Navigate to:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\ShellEx
• On the left, create the following key:
  {E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96}
• Inside this new key, on the right, set (Default) data to:
  {9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}

If that doesn't help, please try re-registering shell32.dll:
From an admin command prompt, run:

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Regsvr32 /i c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll

[NotNull]

{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} is the IExtractImage handler.

O man, my pattern recognition "engine" mixed up {BB ... (IExtractImage) with {88... (IPreviewHandler).
Not the first time ...


Anyway:
In Explorer I have Always show icons, never thumbnails disabled.
Everything follows that setting (same behaviour).

Is there a way to configure this independent from the system setting?

[void]

Everything does use the system setting "Always show icons, never thumbnails"

To override this system setting in Everything:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icons_only=2
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icons_only=2 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• where 2 can be one of the following values:
  • 0 = Use system setting. (default)
  • 1 = Icons only.
  • 2 = Thumbnails.

icons_only

[NotNull]

Thanks!

[raccoon]

Thanks. At least one of the above solutions seems to have fixed my issue, but only after a reboot.

((Why does Windows's preview tiling seem tighter with mixed aspect ratios? Seems like they make each row as vertically tight as possible, while keeping columns evenly widthed and spaced. Everything using a fixed aspect ratio instead.))

[void]

Everything doesn't do anything special with setting an aspect ratio.

The only thing Everything is doing is creating a "preview window" that will be the same size as the "preview view".

Maybe Windows Explorer is making a smaller "aspect correct" preview window?

[raccoon]

Sorry, I was talking about the Thumbnail grid. In Windows Explorer, the gridwork is of variable height depending on the tallest aspect ratio of a given row, such that each row is condensed down as short as possible. In Everything, the gridwork is of static and unwavering height regardless of the contents of each row. Pay attention to the selected objects which reveal the size and shape of the bounding box.

Sorry, I know this deviates from my original thread question.

Attached Windows 7 Explorer screenshot

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Attached Everything 1.5 screenshot

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[void]

Ah, thumbnail aspect!
Thanks for the nice screenshots.

Adjusting the aspect dynamic is not feasible in Everything as too many thumbnails can be displayed.

To set your thumbnails to 16:9:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /thumbnail_aspect_ratio_mul=16
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, thumbnail_aspect_ratio_mul=16 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
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• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /thumbnail_aspect_ratio_div=9
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, thumbnail_aspect_ratio_div=9 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

The default is 1:1

thumbnail_aspect_ratio_mul
thumbnail_aspect_ratio_div