This would be something that's rather difficult to do. The reason is that what files can be played depend on a codec being installed that can handle the encoded file.
An MP4 can use many different compression methods, yet use the same file extension. If you attempt to play an mp4 with an unknown encoding method, it won't play, or you'll get video, or audio (depending on the encoder used for each piece).
So, you can collect all the file type extensions you want, but if there's no codec to decode it, you're out of luck.
I am still waiting even for such addition to my knowledge
Heads up, in progress... In progress... I plan to have buttons to the left of the boxes that will outchuck a list file for you with a master button at the bottom for all of them. Otherwise, most of the required individual bits are done, just need to connect them all in a coherent manner.
Last edited by thinktink; 20 March 2023, 01:48.
Reason: Whoops, put "button" instead of "bottom".
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As of right now all I can do is get supported file types/extensions and playlist files, with no differentiation between audio only and video files.
No thank you, as this would add chaos and incorrect data to my quest. Although- please do paste this list here, for futer reference / purposes
I just did a review of both the input plugin API and the general API available for all plugins in the Winamp SDK. I could find nothing that would differentiate file types (based only on file extension) between audio only and video files. There is an API in the extended file read functions for differentiating video and audio files but it only works with an actual live file, it doesn't do types by just extension only, and not all input plugins (mostly third-party plugins) support it.
As of right now all I can do is get supported file types/extensions and playlist files, with no differentiation between audio only and video files.
Does anyone have a full list of file formats supported in Winamp? But with divide between audio, video and playlist? I need to have such 3 lists, with proper separation between different kinds of files
Or maybe there should be even more categories? Because if by "supported" is not meant "playable"[media], then also there are [I reckon] lyrics [for karaoke] and visualizations [for that feature that I last used around the year 2000]?
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