Hi, first of all great product, its just about replaced Winexplore for me
question or suggestion:
One of the main reasons I'm using X2 is to preview and sort small WAV and AIFF files (drum samples). It was recommended to me for that purpose.
The preview lets me audition the sample, the dual pane and other features let me sort
However the default plugin for preview is Windows Media player, which has two problems:
1 - There is a totally useless video screen that takes up space
2 - There is a 2 - 3 second pause while it "connects" (to find a codec?) and therefore slows down the whole process.
Too long when previewing hundreds of files
Changing the default preferences for WAV and AIFF in Windows doesnt allow me to change the preview to a smaller, *faster* app to do this
Is there a way to change the default plugin for this? MIME type maybe? and how
or
Can you add this functionality into the product if we cant?
thanks again
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Audio Preview Options?
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eso wrote:I just tried this on my system where Apple Quicktime is installed. Here the xplorer2 preview uses the quicktime player and plays wav files almost immediately. So maybe it could help if you would install Quicktime.
hmm no Quicktime is definitely installed. I have plenty of options to choose from (wav players) if x2 would allow me to change the preference
it would really help out alot because a 1 - 2 second pause when you have thosands of samples to go thru really adds up :?
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Would you believe BOTH?
I just updated my QuickTime (which I almost never use) and opened the 'Normal' QuickView pane (which I also almost never use) and found that QuickTime plays WAV files and MOV files there
... but the 'Draft' QuickView pane uses WMP exclusively.
So it seems that the 'Normal' QVpane tab invokes the default player registered for the file extension, not necessarily WMP. :o
I just updated my QuickTime (which I almost never use) and opened the 'Normal' QuickView pane (which I also almost never use) and found that QuickTime plays WAV files and MOV files there


... but the 'Draft' QuickView pane uses WMP exclusively.

So it seems that the 'Normal' QVpane tab invokes the default player registered for the file extension, not necessarily WMP. :o
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Yes, I am sureZoNi wrote:eso, are you sure??? Nikos, is that possible??? If yes, maybe Media Player Classic can be somehow "embeded"

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