How to generate thumbnails of videos in Media Player Classic - BE (MPC-BE)

Media Player Classic - Black Edition  has a feature to generate thumbnails of a video file.

Thumbnails can be useful in previewing the content of a video file. 

System Config:

• Software :   MPC-BE 1.5.5 x64 - https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/
  
• Operating System:      Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64
  

To generate the thumbnail images of a video file do the followings:

• Play the video file with MPC-BE.
  
• Select File > Save Thumbnails.
  

• Click Save.
  

• Thumbnails preview of video file generated.
  

Saving thumbnail as JPG file

When saving the thumbnail as JPG file there are some options you  can set manually.

• Quality -  Refers to the quality of image file after compression. 
• Layout Rows : Number of rows of thumbnails.
• Layout Columns : Number of columns of thumbnail.
• Number of rows and columns decide how many thumbnails will be generated. 4 rows and 4 columns will generate 4 multiplied by 4 which equals 16 thumbnails.
• Image width Pixels : Set the image width in pixels.
  

Saving thumbnail as PNG file

 When saving the thumbnail as PNG file there are some options you  can set manually.

• Quality  Compression -  Refers to the level of compression used .  The higher the level of compression the lesser the size of image file.
  
• Layout Rows : Number of rows of thumbnails
• Layout Columns : Number of columns of thumbnail
• Number of rows and columns decide how many thumbnails will be generated. 4 rows and 4 columns will generate 4 multiplied by 4 which equals 16 thumbnails.
• Image width Pixels : Set the image width in pixels.