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Icaros can provide Windows Explorer thumbnails, for essentially any video media format supported by FFmpeg, this includes popular filetypes such as: Mkv, Flv, Avi, Mp4, Mov, Rmvb, M2ts, Ogm etc. Besides the FFmpeg supported filetypes, Icaros also contains custom parsers, which can produce Cover Art thumbnails for Mkv, Flac, Ape, and Mpc files. Icaros also provides Windows Explorer properties for the following popular filetypes: Mkv, Flv, Ogm, Ogv, Ogg, Flac, Ape, and Mpc. Requires .NET.

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Latest version

3.3.2 (November 21, 2023)



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Software License

Freeware (Free download and usage!)



Supported operating systems

WinWindows




Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New


Icaros v.3.3.2 Final

Added partial support for HEIF/HEIC thumbnailing
Added support for parsing iTunes tags in MOV/MP4 files (Make, Model and GPS)
Added support for parsing the Keywords, Director and Producer tags in MKV
Fixed not being able to set the Icaros Cache location on a FAT, FAT32 or ExFAT drive
Fixed failing to read properties of certain MOV/MP4 files
Fixed wrong duration and bitrate showing for OGG-Opus/Opus files
Fixed long path files not working when debugging with 'Properties via Explorer'
Fixed 'Max Cache Size' or 'Min Free Space' not working in the Indexer immediately after setting
Added Russian installer localization (Thank you Долматов and Ligre! ^__^)
Updated French localization (Thank you rico.sos! ^__^)
Replaced Flattr with Ko-fi donation link
Updated LibDav1d to 1.3.0
Updated GCC
Updated FFmpeg

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Icaros Thumbnail Provider, shark007 Icaros



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Rating by fie on Dec 27, 2023 Version: 3.3.2 OS: Other Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




I absolutely love Icaros, it is use once and forget type of program. It shows a thumbnail from the video instead of a default icon, makes it easy to find duplicate videos.

Review by Magwitch on Oct 21, 2023 Version: 3.3.1 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




Great, but for some reason, in the last version there's a weird white line at the bottom of the thumbnail.

Review by Raphael on Jun 23, 2023 Version: 3.3.0.301 OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Works brilliantly! Not sure why Windows doesn't support this by default.

I would suggest adding the feature to fix unchanging embedded video previews in the Preview Pane as well for the next version!


Review by John on Jun 5, 2023 Version: 3.3.1 Beta OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




HEVC/h265 is supported.
Make sure to add the filetype to Icaros.
You can try to drag and drop the file onto the Thumbnailing page in IcarosConfig.
If it still doesn't work, please contact me at Xanashi[at]gmail[dot]com, or on the Icaros github issue tracker.


Review by Xanashi on May 28, 2023 Version: 3.3.1 Beta OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10


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