is there an AVI shell extension similar to MP3-Info?

[FredThompson]

Having just opened yet another file in VirtualDub to determine the frame rate, interlaced/progressive nature and first field, the inspiration hit that it would be really cool if a shell extension could show that info in the file icon.

Maybe it could have one of 4 letters for frame rate: F(ilm), P(AL), N(TSC), O(ther)
And 1 of 3 for first field: T(op), B(ottom), P(rogressive)

The only example I know to show this kind of shell extension is MP3-Info located here: http://www.mutschler.de/mp3ext/

Does such a thing exist for AVIs?

[Awatef]

Yes and no.

When you right click on the AVI file and look for the properties, you'll get the length, the resolution, the framerate, the bitrate, etc

And if the file was muxed with VirtualDubMod or NanDub, you may see other infos like movie title, copyright holder, comments, software used, etc

[FredThompson]

Oh, yeah, I knew that...Gotta have a chat with the data recovery department upstairs...

Would still be nice to see this in the file icon, especially for large sets of clips during editing.

[^AnThraX^]

I am using GSpot as a Shell-Extension.
Right-click on avi, select '-> GSpot', get all the infos.

All you need is GSpot (doom9 downloads-section or http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ ) and two small registry-entries:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\gspot]
@="-> GSpot"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\gspot\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\GSpot\\gspot.exe\" \"%1\""



Either you know how to create them manually in regedit.exe
or save the quote as plain-text with .reg extension, double-click, say yes and youre done.
Remember to change the path to gspot.exe eventually...

[FredThompson]

That's a nifty idea. Just added it to my machines, thanks.