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GeorgeTennessee

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My phone makes 3gp movies
« on: 2015-02-08 00:59:24 »
When I take movies on my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone it makes files with the extension: 3gp. For instance: 2012-10-26_15-58-17_281.3gp

My ThumbsPlus v9 seems to just skip over these files when making thumbnails. I tried to add 3gp to the File Types list with the Equivalent To as "mpg - MPEG" video, but it did not work. :-(

Any suggestions.

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My phone makes 3gp movies
« Reply #1 on: 2015-02-08 02:14:58 »
> My ThumbsPlus v9 seems to just skip over these files when making thumbnails. I tried to add 3gp to the File Types list with the Equivalent To as "mpg - MPEG" video, but it did not work. :-(

Equivalent to MPG is fine, but your Windows system needs a codec such as the [link=http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm]K-Lite pack[/link] or [link=http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/]FFDShow Tryouts[/link] to decode them (ThumbsPlus relies on Windows to do the decoding, and Windows relies on a codec).

See also this thread from someone who had the same problem with a different movie file format: http://forums.cerious.com/forum/index.php?id=3452 (and note the warning there about possible undesired software that may be optionally installed with K-Lite when you download it from a less than reputable site - I hope, but don't know for sure, that the official K-Lite distribution site linked above offers a clean installer).
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