Preview always shows the first file

[vsub]

This may be windows bug but I will mention it anyway.
When preview is enabled,the preview that is displayed while the player is stoped is always the first video file that was displayed the first time.

Here is an example:
You have files 1,2,enabling the preview will shows the preview frame of file 1
Clicking on file 2,it will display the preview frame of file 1.
Playing file 2 and then stop it,it will also display the preview frame of file 1
Clicking on any non audio\video file and then on audio\video file,it will also display the preview frame of file 1

The only temporary way to fix it is to turn off the preview and enable it again...and it will display again only the first audio\video file you click on
The preview frame is always the first file

[therube]

(This seems to have been a "lost" tab on my end... just discovered...)


I'm not quit following, or at least if I am, I'm not able to duplicate.
Could you explain further?

What file types? And... ?

[vsub]

Sorry for the late reply.
To put is simply

1.Enable the preview
2.Search for video:
3.Click on any video file and the will show the first video frame
4.Click on any other video file...now instead of showing the first frame of the selected file,everything will again display the first frame of the first file

Clicking on any other video file,it will still show the first frame of the first file
Even if you search for something else and click on a video file,it will also do the same

As you can see from the gif file,everything is display the same preview for every file and if I disable=>enable the preview,it will display the same preview(currently selected file while enabling the preview)on every file

[horst.epp]

This may be windows bug but I will mention it anyway.
When preview is enabled,the preview that is displayed while the player is stoped is always the first video file that was displayed the first time.

Here is an example:
You have files 1,2,enabling the preview will shows the preview frame of file 1
Clicking on file 2,it will display the preview frame of file 1.
Playing file 2 and then stop it,it will also display the preview frame of file 1
Clicking on any non audio\video file and then on audio\video file,it will also display the preview frame of file 1

The only temporary way to fix it is to turn off the preview and enable it again...and it will display again only the first audio\video file you click on
The preview frame is always the first file

Not confirmed here
with Everything Version 1.4.1.941 (x64)

[vsub]

I just installed that version but there is no change,I still see the first frame of the first video on every videos

[therube]

Cannot duplicate on my end.

What OS?

Does Windows Explorer do "previews"?
And if you attempt similar in Windows Explorer?

[vsub]

WIn10 Home and it was always like this since the preview feature was added.

Everything is running using the service but I also tried running as admin...no change
The Windows Explorer only shows the thumbnail preview without the player like in everything but there and preview is shown correctly on every file and it doesn't matter what video file I am trying to prevew.

There is nothing wrong in the console,only white text

Code: Select all

got preview handler from class
got preview handler 0.008874 seconds
got iwf
iwf initialized
setup 0.016713 seconds
DoPreview ok
DoPreview ok: 1, 0.022902 seconds
got preview handler from class
got preview handler 0.007169 seconds
got iwf
iwf initialized
setup 0.019081 seconds

Edit:I don't know what happen but after I update my codecs(K-Lite and almost everything is set to LAV like always),Everything don't show the player anymore,just a preview like the explorer(the player is only visible on audio files).
wmprph.exe is not started anymore on video files

[void]

Please try a different preview context mode:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /preview_context=5
• Restart Everything:
• Type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /restart

[vsub]

Sadly,no change

[vsub]

About the "no player after updating the codecs"...it has something to do with the files association but even if I associate all video files to WMP,files like webm\flv(also associated)everything will not show the player unless I manually edit the registry and make WMP think I am playing one of the working files

[vsub]

I guess I find the solution
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6180

And I don't think I am getting that problem in the note

[void]

Does restarting Everything after changing the preview context help?

[vsub]

Sadly no.

1.Exit Everything from File=>Exit(I don't know if the service must also be turned off)
2.Open the Everything.ini and set those like this and save
preview_context=0x00000005
preview_release_handler_on_clear=0
3.Run Everything and I have the same problem again

I don't know exactly what preview_context is doing but it seems only preview_release_handler_on_clear helps(even tho sometimes the preview is not displayed at all when selecting another file and I have to select the file again)

[ovg]

Hi David!

Could you please clarify all values for preview_context parameter?

And what are they meaning?

[void]

preview_context can be used to specify how the preview handler will instanced.

It can be zero or more of the following flags:
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER (0x1)
CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER (0x2)
CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER (0x4)
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER16 (0x8)
CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER (0x10)
CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER16 (0x20)
CLSCTX_RESERVED1 (0x40)
CLSCTX_RESERVED2 (0x80)
CLSCTX_RESERVED3 (0x100)
CLSCTX_RESERVED4 (0x200)
CLSCTX_NO_CODE_DOWNLOAD (0x400)
CLSCTX_RESERVED5 (0x800)
CLSCTX_NO_CUSTOM_MARSHAL (0x1000)
CLSCTX_ENABLE_CODE_DOWNLOAD (0x2000)
CLSCTX_NO_FAILURE_LOG (0x4000)
CLSCTX_DISABLE_AAA (0x8000)
CLSCTX_ENABLE_AAA (0x10000)
CLSCTX_FROM_DEFAULT_CONTEXT (0x20000)
CLSCTX_ACTIVATE_32_BIT_SERVER (0x40000)
CLSCTX_ACTIVATE_64_BIT_SERVER (0x80000)

The default value is 0
When the value 0 is used, Everything will use CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER (0x4)

The context is used in the call to CoCreateInstance.
/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6575#p20626

[ovg]

Dear David!

Thank you so much!!!

[rumor]

Hi, with .CDR files (CorelDraw) it does the same,
the first one we click, it show the preview and then it will be same for all CDR files that we browse ...
if closed and open the program, and choose another file it show the correct preview, but it will be the same for all.
(that is, the first to choose is the preview that goes to everyone... but it only happens to me to this extentension.)

- system: win10.0.19043.1083
- everything: 1.41.1020 (x64) running as a service.

other than that, the program is superb... what an impressive speed

[void]

Thank you for your feedback rumor,

Please try enabling preview_release_handler_on_clear:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything Search box:
  /preview_release_handler_on_clear=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, preview_release_handler_on_clear=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Normally, Everything will try to keep the preview handler open and notify the preview handler of focused file changes.
Enabling preview_release_handler_on_clear will cause Everything to release the current preview handler each time the focused file changes.
Essentially starting a fresh preview instance each time the focused file changes.

[rumor]

.. well ... i appreciate your help.
the tip worked.
thank you, that's it...