Movie preview
 

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me how i can enable lime wire with a movie preview program, and if there is a choice of programs, which one is best?
thanks
legepe

Everybody has their favourites. But if you want one with in-built codecs & is free then get VLC. See: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34465 LW will launch whichever is your defaut program for that file-type. See link.

I looked at the link you gave me
what does 'outside of LW' mean?
any further help on enabling VLC would be much appreciated
thanks
legepe

Have a look at the example in the link I gave you. It means don't do it from LW. Do it from a folder on your desktop. Otherwise it won't work.

I still dont know what LC means
can you be more specific
Dont mean to sound thick, but i guess im new to computers, etc
thanks
legepe

LW = Limewire
VLC = VideoLAN

VLC is the name of the program. Its old name was VideoLAN but they shortened it to VLC so that's its name. It's a video player that has in-built codecs that allow it to play all movie types out there & also many audio formats. It think it can also play audio playlists but never tried it. It's free.

Thanks for that - It was a bit obvious when you think about LW!
Anyway, I think i am starting to understand.
What i want the player for is to preview the files that are downloading mainly to check that they are what they say they are, and to see the quality.
Please tell me if i am wrong, but VLC and the other things that have been menttioned so far do not work within LW
legepe

You're obviously pulling my leg! Of course they work! That's why I suggested them. You have a link to instructions about how to make them the default app. If they are the default app for a certain file-type then they will preview it when launched from LW>

before i was thinking that it was just me, and maybe my wording was not the best at explaining what i am trying to do and whats actually happening.
anyway, i need a program that will opperate from inside LW to preview incomplete files.
I followed the instructions in your link, and that is fine - you change all those particular file types. But, working from within LW the preview will not work, and in the options within LW there is no way to make an external program default.
How can i make VLC the default program?

I must learn to read, or at least take more notice,
I have just been back into options and realised what i did in the first place, basically use the computers default player.
Ive tried that again and ive changed it to VLC just like it says in the link you sent me, But nothing will work??? it is like nothing is happening, apart from the hard drive making noises when i press preview.
legepe

To preview a file there must be a certain % already downlded. It will ONLY preview the amount that's downlded. eg: a full movie of 2 hours which is 700 MB in size. If you have downloaded 2% then you could only preview 2 mins of that movie. If you haven't downlded any of that movie then you can't preview it. Instead of preview, try launch instead with a movie you already have in your shared folders (if you have any.)

No program works within LW. What happens is that when you launch or preview a file LW will open the appropriate default player. eg: music & your default player is iTunes. Then when you launch or preview an mp3 then iTunes will open & play it. Likewise for video. Say you launch an mpeg movie then VLC (if it's the default) will open & play that movie.

You don't use LW to make a default video player b/c LW's media player cannot play video files. It can only play music. But because it's sometimes unreliable people often disable it thru options so their default audio player plays instead. For video it's always your default video player that will open everytime you preview or launch a movie file. ;)

I am trying to preview files that have upto 90% downloaded.
This is not the problem, no matter what player i make as default, it will not work.
Have you had any other problems like this?

What Windows version are you using?

What type of computer and CPU do you have?

Win XP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
768 ram

Follow the instructions in this link. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34317

I've already done all that, but still cant get it to work from within LW

Well my best guess is that you have a bad file. What type of file are you trying to play. ie. avi, mpg, wmv, asf,

Doing what you told me in the link, i can preview all the files, but it won't work within LW, when i press the preview button in Search nothing happens.
Ive already reinstalled LW to see if that is the problem
Anyway, atleast i can see what i am downloading from the way you explained

Okay that is good, at least you can see what you have.

Not sure what the problem is. I just d/led an avi file. It previewed okay while it was d/ling from the d/l window.

Getting back to my previous post, I suspect you're trying to preview files you haven't downloaded enough of to be able to preview. That's why I suggested you experiment with the Launch button from the library window on a file you have already finished downlding. If that works then it's probably the 1st reason.

You keep saying within LW, remember it's not LW that actually plays the movie. It is only launched thru LW & it's the video program that actually plays it. Perhaps the video program is hidden behind LW b/c you keep clicking on LW. It can take several seconds for the video program to open & then load the movie.