Author Topic: IDEA: Shell extension to show total play time of media clips (Read 216682 times)

Curt · « **Reply #125 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:14 AM »

v1.2.6 is working fine for me. Should I test 1.0.6.2?

skwire · « **Reply #126 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:33 AM »

My mistake, it should have been v1.2.6.2 but, sure, try it. I've tracked it down to an issue on XPSP1/2. Seems to work fine on XPSP3 and W7. Let me know if it works for you and what OS you're using.

PlayTime v1.2.6.2

Curt · « **Reply #127 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:11 PM »

v1.2.6.2 is working fine on my 32-bits Vista SP 2.
I didn't notice any difference from the previous version.

skwire · « **Reply #128 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:12 PM »

v1.2.6.2 is working fine on my 32-bits Vista SP 2.
I didn't notice any difference from the previous version.
-Curt (January 31, 2012, 12:11 PM)

Thanks, Curt. This has got to be an AHK bug in regards to XPSP1/XPSP2 handling long matchlists. At any rate, I've coded around the bug in this build:

PlayTime v1.2.6.3

Curt, TT1, could you both please test this build and see if it works for you? I've tested it under XPSP2 (which exhibited the same issue TT1 had on SP1) but I don't have an SP1 VM to test on. Let me know. Thanks.

Curt · « **Reply #129 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:36 PM »

1.2.6.3 works okay on my Vista. Was it just my imagination, or it is a little slower than the previous version, to open, and to exit?

skwire · « **Reply #130 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:41 PM »

Yes, it's slower. A by-product of using AHK_L for its Unicode support. Unfortunately, there's really no way around it and I'd rather have the Unicode support.

Curt · « **Reply #131 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:47 PM »

are you saying that for the sake of future versions, you expect to stick to this new "slower but more supportive" concept?

TT1 · « **Reply #132 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:49 PM »

Unfortunately it still doesn't see any of the video files, and the Cancel button does nothing...

TT1 · « **Reply #133 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:50 PM »

Whoops, meant to say it doesn't see any of the Audio files.

skwire · « **Reply #134 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:46 PM »

are you saying that for the sake of future versions, you expect to stick to this new "slower but more supportive" concept?
-Curt (January 31, 2012, 01:47 PM)

Correct.

Unfortunately it still doesn't see any of the video files, and the Cancel button does nothing...
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 01:49 PM)

Whoops, meant to say it doesn't see any of the Audio files.
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 01:50 PM)

The Cancel button won't enable unless a scan is going. As for the other issue, I'm really at a loss. I've verified it works on the following:

XPSP2 (via VM)
XPSP3 (my own computer)
Vista (via Curt)
W7 (my own computer)

I'm trying to track down another SP1 box that we can use for testing. Even a VM would work for this purpose.

Ath · « **Reply #135 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:52 PM »

I can create a VM with XP-SP1 in it for testing, just have to download the iso from MSDN

TT1 · « **Reply #136 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:15 PM »

"The Cancel button won't enable unless a scan is going."

Yep, that's when I tried it. I set it scanning my Destop (with subdirectories), hit 'Cancel' (it was highlighted red), and nothing happened (it remained highlighted). I tried it numerous times in case there was some sort of timing issue. The program just kept scanning away until it finished...

skwire · « **Reply #137 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:39 PM »

TT1, just for grins, would you please email your config.ini to me? Thanks.

Curt · « **Reply #138 on:** January 31, 2012, 04:03 PM »

My copy is ("merely"?) using a couple of seconds, to abort a huge scan.

skwire · « **Reply #139 on:** January 31, 2012, 04:09 PM »

My copy is ("merely"?) using a couple of seconds, to abort a huge scan.
-Curt (January 31, 2012, 04:03 PM)

Right, it depends on how large of a file it's right in the middle of scanning. If the toolbar button doesn't appear to respond well, press the Escape key. That will stop a scan as well.

Ath · « **Reply #140 on:** January 31, 2012, 04:39 PM »

Just tried on a clean install of XP-pro SP1. Dropped a few folders of music (mp3) and movies (mpg), and PlayTime (1.2.6.3) displayed it all without a hitch, and played the files I selected and that are supported by a plain XP install: mp3 and mpg are fine

Just for fun I dropped in an album by a quite famous (all over NL

) singer

IDEA: Shell extension to show total play time of media clips

Must be some other issue bugging TT1 here $:-\$

skwire · « **Reply #141 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:02 PM »

@Ath: Thanks very much! I really appreciate it.

@TT1: What happens if you cut down the extension lists to just a few extensions?

TT1 · « **Reply #142 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:59 PM »

Ahh ha! I often run apps I'm testing from the Windows temporary directory. Well, I've found the very first one that won't work right if you do .. it finds all the video files, but none of the audio. Anyway, I moved it to the desktop and, voila, now it finds everything.

Kinda weird it doesn't work from %temp%, but heck, it doesn't need to. Strange XP-sp1 bug, I guess.

Now, I wonder about the Cancel button which still doesn't work...

Thanks all.

skwire · « **Reply #143 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:21 PM »

Now, I wonder about the Cancel button which still doesn't work...
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 05:59 PM)

Try this build. I tried to increase the thread priority of the toolbar when a scan is going.

PlayTime v1.2.6.4

TT1 · « **Reply #144 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:43 PM »

1.2.6.4 required a TaskSwitcher intervention to kill it since it was using about 95% resources on my wimpy processor. I tried fervently to get the Cancel button to work before that .. no go.

I was just thinking that a sortable column for the Modified Date as yyyy/mm/dd hh.mm.ss would be useful. Would that be possible?

Also, Rt.-click Open Folder (a 'simple' Explorer window, without the tree .. faster). Obviously this could only be an option for a single highlighted file.

If config.ini was instead named playtime.ini (whatever.ini actually, in case someone renames it), then there would be less potential conflicts with other programs in the same folder, should they be using the same config.ini name.

Thanks.

skwire · « **Reply #145 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:32 PM »

1.2.6.4 required a TaskSwitcher intervention to kill it since it was using about 95% resources on my wimpy processor. I tried fervently to get the Cancel button to work before that .. no go.
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 06:43 PM)

I was afraid of that. Dangit.

I was just thinking that a sortable column for the Modified Date as yyyy/mm/dd hh.mm.ss would be useful. Would that be possible?
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 06:43 PM)

I'll consider this.

Also, Rt.-click Open Folder (a 'simple' Explorer window, without the tree .. faster). Obviously this could only be an option for a single highlighted file.
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 06:43 PM)

I'll consider this as well. It's easy to do.

If config.ini was instead named playtime.ini (whatever.ini actually, in case someone renames it), then there would be less potential conflicts with other programs in the same folder, should they be using the same config.ini name.
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 06:43 PM)

I'm a one-app-per-folder guy.

Another build to try. Have your Task Manager ready.

PlayTime v1.2.6.5

TT1 · « **Reply #146 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:35 PM »

1.2.6.5 runs reeeally slow and the Cancel button still doesnt work. 1.2.6.3 seems to work best, now that we know we can't run it from the temp directory.

skwire · « **Reply #147 on:** January 31, 2012, 10:59 PM »

1.2.6.5 runs reeeally slow and the Cancel button still doesnt work. 1.2.6.3 seems to work best, now that we know we can't run it from the temp directory.
-TT1 (January 31, 2012, 10:35 PM)

It was worth a shot. Here's the last test build for the night. I moved the Cancel button off of the toolbar; it's on the bottom of the form now. Let me know how this one goes.

PlayTime v1.2.6.6

TT1 · « **Reply #148 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:45 PM »

Well, whattya know? It works like a charm. The little round red X doesn't grey out like the text when the button is clicked, but one click does the job now. I'll do more testing tomorrow.

Many thanks.

skwire · « **Reply #149 on:** February 01, 2012, 09:10 AM »

Thanks, all, for the patience and testing.

Delete your config.ini before using this version. Thanks.

Website | Download v1.2.7 - 2012-02-01 + Added "Open file location" to the Edit menu. You can also use the Ctrl+O hotkey to invoke this. + Added "Date Modified" column. (Thanks, Wayne) * Moved "Cancel scan" button off the toolbar and put it at the bottom of the form.