XYplorer 26.40 has been released on 04-Sep-2024. Here’s a quick introduction to the main new features:

• Portable Paper Folders
• Custom Playback Speed
• Many Other Improvements

• Portable Paper Folders. You can now specify relative paths in the paper folder definition file, and they will be resolved relative to the path of that definition file. This allows you to move or copy paper folders with their contents.

  Okay, this is an advanced feature, but if you use XYplorer's paper folders (where you can type the contents of your virtual folder on a "piece of paper", i.e. a plain text file), you will be happy to hear that those paper folders can now travel with you.

  How? You can now specify relative paths in the paper folder definition file, and they will be resolved relative to the path of this definition file. So you just keep your paper folder definition file in the branch and move it along with the branch.

  Here is an example: The paper folder definition file "mp3.txt" lives where the MP3 files are. It just contains filenames without paths. So the files to be listed in the paper folder are expected to be in the same place as the definition file:

  

  The hover box shows the contents of "mp3.txt": Just filenames without path.

  Now, just because it can be done (and to highlight the glorious Rapid Access Folders once again), the paper folder mp3 has been added to Rapid Access (the listing is live filtered by mp3 to focus on the essentials here):

  

  A Rapid Access Folder named "mp3 collection" pointing to our "mp3.txt".

  Now when we click on "mp3 collection" we see the expected three files in the list, and as you see, the paths have been correctly derived from the position of the definition file:

  

  The three files defined in our "mp3.txt".

  So you can copy/move this "mp3" folder wherever you like, the paper folder defined in the contained "mp3.txt" will always do the job.

  No settings involved, the feature just works.

• Custom Playback Speed. Now you can change the playback speed of the audio/video preview. Useful, for example, when viewing video from CCTV cameras.

  If you ever wanted to speed up Jeff Beck, now you can. You'll find the options in the menu that pops up when you press the orange button on the Preview tab:

  

  Jeff Beck on speed.

  By the way, the current playback speed is displayed to the right of the position timer (if it is not 1).

• Many Other Improvements. See change log (about 1.5 MB).