Cover arts!!!

Am running "W8.1 32bit" "K-Lite mega v11.1.2" doesn't show some cover arts, the audio format is ".m4a".

Thumbnails for .m4a file are currently handled by Windows itself.

Here is a Registry tweak to use Icaros instead:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a]
"IExtractImage.bak"="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
"IThumbnailProvider.bak"="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{c5aec3ec-e812-4677-a9a7-4fee1f9aa000}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a\ShellEx\{E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96}]
@="{c5aec3ec-e812-4677-a9a7-4fee1f9aa000}"

so why windows media player is showing all .m4a coverarts while k-lite is showing only some of .m4a coverats.

WMP uses different method for extracting coverart.

Can you upload a file that does not show a cover in MPC? Then I can be fixed.
http://www.sendspace.com

here: https://www.sendspace.com/file/fc8w0o
Also update 11.1.4 won't instal it says:

Thanks.

Uncheck madVR and the update will install. Error will be fixed in next version.

Thanks, waiting for the main problem to be fixed

Cover art should work for that file again in 11.1.6.

it works, still one thing missing the repeat option.

You can find a repeat option at:
Options > Playback

Please enable to view PDF cover in Windows

That functionality doe snot belong in a codec pack.

For PDF thumbnails use this:
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/enable-pdf-thumbnail-preview-windows-explorer.html

Admin wrote:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/enable-pdf-thumbnail-preview-windows-explorer.html

This checkbox is hidden by default in the PDF. You must enter this key in the registry to enable it:

https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/WizardDC/othersettings.html#disable-thumbnails-in-windows-explorer

Even so, this key has no effect under Windows 10.

It only works with 32-bit Windows (with recent versions of Adobe reader):
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/enable-pdf-thumbnail-preview-windows-explorer.html

SumatraPDF has a thumbnail preview option.

Yes, you're right. About SumatraPDF, it does this, but seems to me a long time outdated. For those who don't want to abandon AcrobatReader, there is a little trick to display thumbnails: open AcrobatReader, go to open > file, set the display dialog in thumbnail view mode and wait for all to load. Then go to the folder and see that the thumbnails now appear, at least until the next cache cleanup or system startup. It's an annoying output, but it's there as long as Adobe does not fix it.

This command line *may* work to open an instance of 32-bit Explorer:
%Systemroot%\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separate

SumatraPDF isn't outdated. It just has a simple interface.

Maybe a year and a half without updates is not much for a PDF reader, anyway it's a great job, I hopefully in the future it can also edit pdf docs.