RC3: "Open with" videos

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:18 pm

Opening a video file with the default system application (by pressing F3 for example) doesn't work. It doesn't do anything.

XnView 1.82 RC3

Clo · Post by **Clo** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:05 pm

Hello !

- I cannot confirm, I just tested some *.mpg and *. wmv, this opens the Windows Media Player alright, as well from the local menu as with the F3 key…

Under XP-Pro SP1 - XnView 1.82 RC3

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Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:52 pm

Can't confirm too.

ckit · Post by **ckit** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:15 am

I can't confirm - MPC opens the video just fine.

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:08 pm

Now that's a really strange one: My default video player is VLC and XNView shows the mentioned bug if i try to open a video pressing F3.

So out of curiosity i made MPC my default player and suddenly it worked.

How is this possible? How can it be that XNView won't open VLC but MPC?

ckit · Post by **ckit** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:21 pm

VLC might be using a non-standard method for associating files.

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:13 pm

ckit wrote:VLC might be using a non-standard method for associating files.

I just had a look at it in my registry and you're kinda right. VLC is using "Play" instead of "Open" as default command.... XNView seems to be looking for the "open" command though....

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RC3: "Open with" videos

RC3: "Open with" videos

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