preview videos in preview pane as fixed image?

[yusef88]

can preview videos in preview pane as fixed thumbnail and not playing them?

[highend]

Sure, disable the necessary extensions in "Video Files" and add them to "Image Files"

Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats

[yusef88]

very well, thank you

[Horst]

Better alternative is to just disable the Autoplay.under Preview - Audio/Video preview:
So you can stll play a video in preview if you want.

[yusef88]

this will preview the very first frame which usually is black. thumbnails are better

[Horst]

For me the shown frame is never blank.
Tested with many mp4, mkv, wmv files.
I would loose a major function disabling playing videos in quick view.

[yusef88]

thank you Horst for reply.
It depends on what you need. thumbs are enough for me. and besides what I said, having video enabled will slow down browsing because it take time to load the video and play it.

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   $vid = RegExReplace(get("genericfiletype", "{:video}", "|"), "\|\*", "");
   setkey "$vid", "ImagePreviewCustomExtensions", "Settings";

[yusef88]

Adding extensions to this key ImagePreviewCustomExtensions will make it categorized as an image that show up in image search results and image visual filter.

[jupe]

Well XY also has this:

Configuration | Preview | Preview | Video preview | Preview static frame, skip

but it will be slower and less reliable than the method you are using.

[yusef88]

Ok I'll make it a wish, hoping the developer add an option to display the video as static image. thank you.

[admin]

can preview videos in preview pane as fixed thumbnail and not playing them?

I like the idea. Next beta...

[yusef88]

Great option, thanks for including it.