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DFreqTIP - Quick Audio Preview in Windows XP Click Here to Report this message to the Moderator Posted by Scott R. Garrigus (via moderator) (from: 203.219.45.190) on April 27, 2004 at 20:25:47: DFreqTIP - Quick Audio Preview in Windows XP Copyright 2004 by Scott R. Garrigus. Reprinted with permission. ** Visit DigiFreq for more great music technology tips & techniques: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ As musicians, we work with audio files on a regular basis. If you're anything like me, you have a very large collection of audio files, sample files, sample loops, etc. At the moment, I use Windows Explorer to organize my collection in a number of different folders on a dedicated hard drive. When looking for a particular file, I like to quickly audition (listen) to the file to see if it's what I need. Unfortunately, when you try to play an audio file in Windows XP, it defaults to loading up Windows Media Player, which is a bit time consuming when you're searching through a number of different files. Luckily, you can change this behavior so that Windows XP uses a different application that loads up and plays quite quickly. Here are the steps for making this change: 1) Open Windows Explorer and choose Tools > Folder Options > File Types. 2) Scroll through the list to find the audio file type you want to change. For this example, choose WAV. 3) Click the Advanced button. 4) Click the New button. 5) For Action type the word Preview. 6) For Application type the following exactly as shown without quotes: "C:\Windows\System32\Mplay32.exe /Play" 7) Click OK. Click OK again. Click Close. Now when you right-click on a WAV file from within Windows Explorer, you will see a Preview option in the pop-up menu. To preview a file, right-click and choose Preview. To close the preview application, just hit ALT+F+X on your computer keyboard. It's much quicker and easier to audition audio files this way under Windows XP. -- Scott R. Garrigus - Author of Cakewalk, Sound Forge and Sound Forge 6, SONAR, SONAR 2 and SONAR 3 Power! books. All books 30% off at: http://www.garrigus.com/ Publisher of DigiFreq. Win a free copy of Native Instruments' INTAKT software loop sampler and learn cool music technology tips and techniques by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... over 15,000 readers can't be wrong! Go to: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ Follow Ups: Thanks. I hope other people test it too. Reptile 07:27:13 11/17/04 (0) Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : DFreqTIP - Quick Audio Preview in Windows XP : Copyright 2004 by Scott R. Garrigus. Reprinted with permission. : ** Visit DigiFreq for more great music technology tips & techniques: : http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ : As musicians, we work with audio files on a regular basis. If you're : anything like me, you have a very large collection of audio files, : sample files, sample loops, etc. At the moment, I use Windows : Explorer to organize my collection in a number of different folders : on a dedicated hard drive. When looking for a particular file, I : like to quickly audition (listen) to the file to see if it's what I : need. : Unfortunately, when you try to play an audio file in Windows XP, it : defaults to loading up Windows Media Player, which is a bit time : consuming when you're searching through a number of different files. : Luckily, you can change this behavior so that Windows XP uses a : different application that loads up and plays quite quickly. Here : are the steps for making this change: : 1) Open Windows Explorer and choose Tools > Folder Options > File : Types. : 2) Scroll through the list to find the audio file type you want to : change. For this example, choose WAV. : 3) Click the Advanced button. : 4) Click the New button. : 5) For Action type the word Preview. : 6) For Application type the following exactly as shown without : quotes: "C:\Windows\System32\Mplay32.exe /Play" : 7) Click OK. Click OK again. Click Close. : Now when you right-click on a WAV file from within Windows : Explorer, you will see a Preview option in the pop-up menu. To : preview a file, right-click and choose Preview. To close the preview : application, just hit ALT+F+X on your computer keyboard. It's much : quicker and easier to audition audio files this way under Windows : XP. : -- : Scott R. Garrigus - Author of Cakewalk, Sound Forge and Sound Forge 6, : SONAR, SONAR 2 and SONAR 3 Power! books. All books 30% off at: : http://www.garrigus.com/ : Publisher of DigiFreq. Win a free copy of Native Instruments' INTAKT : software loop sampler and learn cool music technology tips and techniques by : getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... over 15,000 readers can't be : wrong! Go to: : http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ Click here to be notified by email when someone replies to your message [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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