ilda file browser

[michelrietveld]

Hi, is there some sort of plugin or tool to point to a folder and get a graphical preview of all ilda frams in that folder, kind of like you do with windows 7 preview of files.



i did use ilda viewer and it is limited to small files only and not a browser plug in.

Michel

[Jem]

Hi Michael

Just from memory here... but I thought that facility existed within the Pangolin software??

Or did I just dream it

Jem

[michelrietveld]

Hi Jem, thanks for the reply,

well yes and it allows you to browse through a folder and select an ilda file and you do get a preview but this is on a per file base so for quickly looking up a particular interesting file within your ilda file folder takes a lot of time.
i was more looking for previewing multiple ilda files like browsing photo's in windows explorer.

Michel

[Jem]

Ahh... Sorry, that'll teach me to read things more thoroughly

Yes, what you're suggesting would be very useful indeed, and certainly save some time when looking for specific ILDA files.

Cheers

Jem

[masterpj]

Hi Jem, thanks for the reply,

well yes and it allows you to browse through a folder and select an ilda file and you do get a preview but this is on a per file base so for quickly looking up a particular interesting file within your ilda file folder takes a lot of time.
i was more looking for previewing multiple ilda files like browsing photo's in windows explorer.

Michel

Dear Michel,

Technically this is possible.

But trust me, you do not want to have this feature intergrated with windows explorer, whenever you will get into a map full of ilda's this will be a rather unpleasant experience, also it doesn't exactly know what part of an ilda show to make a thumbnail off.
Likely this modification will also make explorer.exe more heavy on your pc and more unstable and will likely result in some explorer.exe crashes.

[michelrietveld]

Hi PJ, and just showing the first frame and if you select it play it further ???
Michel

[masterpj]

Haha well it would be awsome but explorer doesn't support this as far as i'm aware.
It would also require some programming and reverse engineering of explorer perhaps.

also a lot of times the first frame is either black or contains a fade (so it's either black or very dark)

[Jem]

also a lot of times the first frame is either black or contains a fade (so it's either black or very dark)

Simple answer...

Which frame does the Pangolin software use to display???

Use that

[masterpj]

Simple answer...

Which frame does the Pangolin software use to display???

Use that

In pangolin you can click a file when you have the open file dialog open and then you can sort of scroll in the frames fast (this is only for .lds)
This function will not intergrate in explorer at all. For ild: frame 1 will be used and you are not able to scroll in the frames in the file open dialog for ilda.

[Jem]

Come on Pieter...

Surely a man of your incredible talent could program this before breakfast

We have every faith in you... No pressure....