[WLX] MMedia 2.62 x32/x64 Unicode/ANSI (Sep 2014)

[djk]

TC7.0pb1, WinXP Pro SP2, mmedia 2.46 - no problems.

[Strogg]

2fg_2002fr
With TC7b1 and mmedia 2.46 this error appears:
Code:
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Total Commander
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Access violation at address 629C3DD4. Read of address DD7F1872.
Please report this error to the Author,
with a description of what you were doing when this error occured!
Continue execution?
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Yes No
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I confirm. It happens with almost all mp3 files I'm trying to play

[wOxxOm]

btw, this mmedia plugin still is the best overall...

[s.newave]

Has anyone had any problems getting this plugin to work on W7 64bit? I am running the latest TC and everytime i quickview a media file with this plugin it freezes TC and i have to kill it and restart.

It says Connecting... in the media player and then freezes. Seems to be happening on any media file. I also copied msflxgrd.ocx to my system32 folder and registered it with "regsvr32 msflxgrd.ocx" which didnt work.

Anyone have any ideas?? Or perhaps the best alternative plugin?

thx

[s.newave]

Is anyone even using this on W7 64bit?

[ghisler(Author)]

I have just tested it on Windows 7 x64 German:
1. Download mmedia 2.4.6 from www.totalcmd.net
2. Install by double clicking the zip
3. View a file - let the plugin download the requested OCX
4. Unzip to Totalcmd directory (not plugin dir!)

I could successfully view files with F3 and Ctrl+Q. I tried the following types:
.mp3
.mp2
.avi
.mpg
.m3u

Note that some plugins do not work when installed to a directory where you don't have write rights, e.g. under "c:\program files(x86)". Make sure you install to a directory where you have write rights (c:\totalcmd\plugins\... is OK). If you don't have write right, the install process will ask about admin rights.

[s.newave]

For some reason reinstalling the plugin seemed to do the trick.

Thx!

[fg_2002fr]

Hi

Please, could you give it a try, I released a version of mmedia.wlx for TC8 x64 .
Some functions doesn't work yet like :
- interface 6.4
- frame tab for ID3tagv2 (msflxgrd.ocx doesn't exist for Win64)
but all others are functional.

two versions was compiled :
- a dynamically linked with MFC : download (115Ko)
- a statically linked one : download (300Ko)

[petermad]

2fg_2002fr

two versions was compiled :
- a dynamically linked with MFC : download (115Ko)
- a statically linked one : download (300Ko)

What is the difference in practical use between the two versions ?

[Sir_SiLvA]

2fg_2002fr

two versions was compiled :
- a dynamically linked with MFC : download (115Ko)
- a statically linked one : download (300Ko)

What is the difference in practical use between the two versions ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library
http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-02-1996/swol-02-perf.html

[fg_2002fr]

What is the difference in practical use between the two versions ?

the dynamically linked version of mmedia has a small size, but if you want to use it, you need the corresponding redistributable pack (MFC90) from microsoft. There is a good chance they are already installed.
try first to install this version, if TCmd doesn't accept to load it, the MFC libraries aren't installed, use then the statically linked version.

[petermad]

2fg_2002fr
2Sir_SiLvA
Thanks - so for a portable solution it would be safer to use the statically linked version, I guess?

2fg_2002fr
Would it be possible to have the plugin look for mmedia.ini and msflxgrd.ocx in its own installation directory before looking in wincmd.ini dir / system32 dir.

If that is not possible - then where should msflxgrd.ocx be copied to on a Win 7 x64 system - system32 (Sysnative) or SysWOW64 - I guess the latter.

[fg_2002fr]

Hi peter

Would it be possible to have the plugin look for mmedia.ini and msflxgrd.ocx in its own installation directory before looking in wincmd.ini dir / system32 dir.

for mmedia it's the case.
for msflxgrd.ocx, It should have happened but I found a bug I corrected now. however the use of this library is no longer valid in x64 version of TC8.

If that is not possible - then where should msflxgrd.ocx be copied to on a Win 7 x64 system - system32 (Sysnative) or SysWOW64 - I guess the latter.

yes but you should register it manually (regsvr32 msflxgrd.ocx) with administrator privileges (use "run as administrator")

[petermad]

for mmedia it's the case.

Are you sure?

If I move mmedia.ini from %COMMANDER_PATH% where I have my wincmd.ini (UseIniInProgramDir=7) to %COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\mmedia\ - close down TC (8.0b7 x64) and reopen TC and use the plugin then it just writes a new mmedia.ini in %COMMANDER_PATH% and uses default settings again.

I have full rights to %COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\mmedia\

[fg_2002fr]

Are you sure?

I'm testing with the x86 version, and it works, but I guess that the x64 doesn't. I will correct this.