Viewing Multimedia Files in the Browser?

[Oberon Prime]

Hello,

I'm a long time ACDSee user, who has grown disatisfied with the over bloated application that this program has become. I thought when I found XnView that I finally found a replacement that would do everything I wanted without all the extra junk. And in fact it almost does, but their is one problem.

See I use the browser in Details view and where I'm having problems is in the fact that no matter how I adjust the various options I cannot get the program to remember that it's supposed to skip over non image files such as video and audio when cycling through the current file list while in the viewer. Also I tend to double click video and music files directly in my image browser. With ACDSee its possible to get it to neither preview or display such files, but to just treat them the same as how Windows Explorer would. XnView seems to have such options, but they don't hold. no matter how many times I tell it to not preview audio and video it insists on doing so.

A couple of times i had an active file list full of a combination of images, video and audio. And when selecting or double clicking all the video and audio files it would neither preview or display them within XnView. But if I selected to view one of the images and the next file was a video it would still display it if I clicked to the next file. This was almost workable, except that when I switched from the folder and went back or restarted the app, though the settings in the Options remained the same it started previewing and displaying audio and video again.

I appeal to someone for help sorting this out, from the options included it seems obvious that their was an intent to allow users to decide to not view or preview these types of files at all, while allowing them to still be selected from the browser to launch in their associated apps. This is an amazing program that otherwise seems to do everything else perfectly. This is my one remaining issue. And I hope that somebody will know either how to fix it. or can verify for me this is a known problem that will be fixed in an upcoming release.

Regards,
Oberon Prime

[Oberon Prime]

Hello,

I posted this some time ago. And I have due to the frustrations associated to this issue was forced to go back to ACDSee5. Which of course has its own issues. I would very much like to revisit XnView. But I'd really appreciate it if somebody could acknowledge the posted issue. Is it that nobody else has this problem with the settings? Or is it simply that I'm in a minority who uses their image browser like this and so nobody has had any reason to question this much less find a solution.

Basically to recap. I want two very straight forward yet related behaviours from the program.

First in the browser. I wish when viewing a file list to have it show the non-image files but allow them to when double clicked launch their shell association. Meaning if its not specifically an image say a video or text file it won't do anything with it on its own, just load the associated app.

Additionally and complimentarily in the viewser. I wish it to ignore non image files when viewing the files in a given directory in sequence. So when scrolling through images if in between images their is a video file (or any format it can display but is not an image) it will skip over it.

It seems from the settings that it is possible to do this. And in fact I've been able to briefly get the browser to not view multimedia files on its own. But on a reload or upon loading another directory it loses that ability and insists on viewing this content on its own again. Also I've been able to get the viewer to skip over multimedia files for brief periods as well.

All in all its an amazingly simple to use (if not to configure) and fast program that almost does all I need it to. Except these settings dont' do what I've presumed they do. What I'd like to know is if I've misunderstood the purpose of those settings? Or is their another more obscure way to accomplish what I want?. Or is this a known and reported issue, and is it due to be fixed in the upcoming 1.80 release?

I'd really appreciate even if their ar no answers or if no one knows what I'm talking about if this could be acknowledged and I was just told I'm on glue or something if this problem doesn't exist.

Regards,
Oberon Prime

[Dreamer]

Hello,

sorry for no reply, maybe your posts are too long

First in the browser. I wish when viewing a file list to have it show the non-image files but allow them to when double clicked launch their shell association. Meaning if its not specifically an image say a video or text file it won't do anything with it on its own, just load the associated app.

You mean this?
- Start non image files in associated program

Try this:
- Context menu > Shell > Open

There will be new option in v1.80 - "Use external media player" for audio and video files and also "F3" and "F4" keys for open (and edit) any file in associated program. Also lot of other great new features, please wait for the final version.

Additionally and complimentarily in the viewser. I wish it to ignore non image files when viewing the files in a given directory in sequence. So when scrolling through images if in between images their is a video file (or any format it can display but is not an image) it will skip over it.

You mean this?
- Skip non image files in Vewer

Try this:
- Options > View > File list > unmark "Play movie" and "Play sound"

[Danny]

Hello Oberon Prime.

I'm a long time ACDSee user myself and i understand your input. The recent RCs have made a lot of progression and feel a lot more like ACDSee. So this is what i have to say based on the latest RCs.

First in the browser. I wish when viewing a file list to have it show the non-image files but allow them to when double clicked launch their shell association. Meaning if its not specifically an image say a video or text file it won't do anything with it on its own, just load the associated app.
Additionally and complimentarily in the viewser. I wish it to ignore non image files when viewing the files in a given directory in sequence. So when scrolling through images if in between images their is a video file (or any format it can display but is not an image) it will skip over it.

XNView is (has become) a media browser which means that it will preview all kinds of media files by default automatically.
With that being said, you can still disable the previewing of certain types like videos or open files with their associated app like in ACDSee. While it's called "Shell Open" and "Shell Edit" in ACDSee, in XNView it's in the "Open with" context sub-menu and called "associated program" and "associated editor".

What i still would like to have is the possibility to not auto-play media files in the preview area as we both know it from ACDSee. But the programmer doesn't seem to be that fond of this idea for some reason.

HTH
Danny