TC release 9.1: Internal Viewer Doesn't work for Videos

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TC release 9.1: Internal Viewer Doesn't work for Videos

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I really use every day the internal TC viewer for all files type: docs, excel, pdf, but I find it very useful mainly for images and videos.
Since I installed the release 9.10, unfortunately I found problems with video viewer: by using ctrl+Q, the videos are not reproduced correctly in the opposite panel, but they are shown in different ways: some mp4 re shown correctly, other don't show anything, other are shown in full screen, video *.mov are shown only in the top left side of the screen, etc. Also using F3 the problems are the same.

I tried to install again the release 9.0 and everything returns fine.
Can someone help me to understand how to solve the issue. Is there some setting for the new 9:1?
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Which plugin do you use to view mp4's and mov's? - Lister does not show mp4 and mov movies by itself.

Are you using a DPI setting (zoom-factor) other than 96 / 100% on your system? - There has been made a lot of changes to TC's handling of DPI scaling between v. 9.0 and 9.1 - maybe that could be the cause.
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The DPI setting is 96.
About the plugin, I'm not so sure because I don't remember exactly what are the right plugins I installed. What I can see now in Lister plugin are:
mmedia.wlx
ulister.wlx
ImgView.wlx
factory.wlx

How can I detect what is the plugin used to show mp4 and avi files?
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How can I detect what is the plugin used to show mp4 and avi files?
If you press F3 on the mp4 file, lister window opens and the plugin name is shown at window title.
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Internal Viewer and Quick View Panel Ctrl+Q

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I agree with fc62 - there must be problems here.

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.MP4 .............. Internal Viewer with file under cursor - F3 ! CTRL + Q
----------------------------------------------------------------! ---------------------------------------------
TC 9.0a ........... opens Lister-window and plays the video ....! plays the video inside of the other TC-window
TC 9.10 and .. ) opens Lister-window with F3 - NO video is shown in lister, but in a separate "ActiveMovie Window",
TC 9.11RC1 ... ) CTRL+Q opens a separate "ActiveMovie Window" and plays the video

I use IrfanView as internal viewer (%COMMANDER_PATH%\Tools\IrfanView-portable-64bit\IrfanView\i_view64.exe).
TC - 64 bit, Windows 10 Pro (x64) Version 1703 (Build 15063.674)
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In my case F3 on a mp4 file opens Lister window with Windows Media Player inside.
Window title shows just the video title => no plugin involved!
(Running on Windows 7)

I tried some mp4 files and find just one which does not play with lister.
An analysis with MediaInfo reveals just a minor difference:

Compression mode: Lossy
Video Bit rate: 1 048 kb/s kb/s => failed to play

Compression mode: no such entry
Video Bit rate: 2 493 kb/s => plays fine

Note:
- same results for TC 9.10 / 9.11 RC1 at 32-bit / 64-bit
- both files are playing fine with VLC player
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It's the same for me: with F3 on a mp4 or mov file opens Lister window with Windows Media Player inside and Window title shows just the video title => no plugin involved.
But what I found very useful before it was to use ctrl+Q thus to see the preview inside the other Tc-window, and now this is not anymore possible with Lister because it opens a separate window that has different size and position case bay case.
In my installation, AVI files works well because I have the "mmedia" plugin that intercept the command and so the preview is showed correctly inside the other Tc-window.
Now I would try irfanView, but anyhow the new Lister in TC I thinks doesn't work well.
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In my case Ctrl+Q always shows the preview inside the other TC window.
Just Shift+Ctrl+Q opens a separate window ...
So , no problem with Ctrl-Q on Windows 7

May be different for Windows 10 ?
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The latest version 2.62 of mmedia does not show the plugin name in the titlebar - instead it replaces Lister's title by "Artist / Title (duration)" OR "FileName (duration).

Try and press Ctrl+F while the movie is shown - if it is mmedia showing the movie, then the "Media information"/"Options"/"Info" page is shown: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/mmedia-mp4.png (this screenshot is with version 2.61 which still show Lister (mmedia) in the titlebar.
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I found a solution by modifying the file "mmedia.ini" placed in totlcmd directory:

I added the following instruction I found somewhere in forum:

"[ext]
MMEXT=mpe,mpg,m1v,mpeg,wma,wmv,avi,aiff,wav,au,snd,aifc,rmi,midi,mid,cda,wvx,wax,asf,asx,vob,ifo,dat,3gp,flv,mp4,ts,mov,mkv
MP3EXT=mp2,mp3,m3u,ogg,pls,amr,m4a"

In this way all the media files are played with the plugin mmedia.wlx without using the Lister inside in TC. Now ctrl+Q works fine with all media types.
Thanks to all for the helps!
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sqa_wizard wrote:In my case Ctrl+Q always shows the preview inside the other TC window.
Just Shift+Ctrl+Q opens a separate window ...
So , no problem with Ctrl-Q on Windows 7

May be different for Windows 10 ?
No its not different on Windows 10.
Works here fine as for you in Windows 7 :D
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Horst.Epp wrote:No its not different on Windows 10.
Happy those ones who have already Fall Creators Update. 8)
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Re: Internal Viewer and Quick View Panel Ctrl+Q

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tuska wrote:I agree with fc62 - there must be problems here.

Code: Select all

.MP4 .............. Internal Viewer with file under cursor - F3 ! CTRL + Q
----------------------------------------------------------------! ---------------------------------------------
TC 9.0a ........... opens Lister-window and plays the video ....! plays the video inside of the other TC-window
TC 9.10 and .. ) opens Lister-window with F3 - NO video is shown in lister, but in a separate "ActiveMovie Window",
TC 9.11RC1 ... ) CTRL+Q opens a separate "ActiveMovie Window" and plays the video

I use IrfanView as internal viewer (%COMMANDER_PATH%\Tools\IrfanView-portable-64bit\IrfanView\i_view64.exe).
TC - 64 bit, Windows 10 Pro (x64) Version 1703 (Build 15063.674)
No change in TC (x64) 9.12RC2.
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I couldn't reproduce this on Windows 7, but it seems to happen on Windows 10 - I will investigate.
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tuska wrote:
Horst.Epp wrote:No its not different on Windows 10.
Happy those ones who have already Fall Creators Update. 8)
No problem, I just downloaded the ISO and made the update from it.
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