Media Preview Alternatives

Media Preview is described as 'Fed up with Windows Explorer not always showing thumbnails for all of your media files? Then get Media Preview for free.*' and is an app in the file management category. There are three alternatives to Media Preview for Windows and File Explorer. The best Media Preview alternative is SageThumbs, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Media Preview are Icaros and Shark007 Codecs.

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Fed up with Windows Explorer not always showing thumbnails for all of your media files? Then get Media Preview for free.*

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Media Preview alternatives page was last updated Oct 11, 2021
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  1. SageThumbs icon

    SageThumbs

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    SageThumbs is a Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer.

    17 SageThumbs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    SageThumbs screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest version 2.0.0.23 was released on May 9th, 2017.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Thumbnail preview
    7.  Image Preview
    8.  Thumbnails
    9.  File preview

    SageThumbs VS Media Preview

     

    • SageThumbs is the most popular Windows alternative to Media Preview.

    • SageThumbs is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Media Preview.

    • SageThumbs is Free and Open SourceMedia Preview is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • SageThumbs is LightweightMedia Preview is not according to our users
  2. Icaros icon

    Icaros

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    Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype.

    6 Icaros alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Icaros screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Thumbnail preview
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Thumbnails
    4.  Shell Extension Replacement

    Icaros VS Media Preview

     
  4. Shark007 Codecs icon

    Shark007 Codecs

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    A collection of audio and video codecs that contains full suite of all the best codecs available for Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Shark007 Codecs screenshot 1

    Shark007 Codecs Features

    1.  Portable

    Shark007 Codecs VS Media Preview

     
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