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VideoCatalog

Catalog of locally stored video files with quick preview, sorting, filtering functions.

Features:

  • Implies working with a single folder containing many video files and low nesting subfolders.
    • Root folder - is Root album.
    • Each subfolder - is an album with all contained video files grouped by path.
  • Doesn't change folder structure or file content (Torrent friendly).
  • Catalog data is stored in a separate file of the same name in the root folder.
  • Tiled / List view of catalog items
    • Customizable grid size and step.
    • Display of resolution icons, number of elements, duration.
    • Customizable display of custom attributes for list mode.
  • Video preview on hover
    • Customizable step, duration, delay.
    • Using built-in / installed codecs of Windows (recommended K-Lite Codec Pack for correct MP4/MKV playback) or library FFMPEG.
  • Cover display
    • Loading image with the same name and in the same folder as the video.
    • If not found - it takes a frame from the middle of the video.
    • Ability to enable loading of covers displayed in Explorer (recommended Icaros).
    • Ability to limit resolution to reduce memory consumption.
  • Data filling for catalog items (hideable sidebar on the right)
    • Assignment of readable names.
    • Assignment of description.
    • Assignment of tags.
    • Assignment of custom attributes.
    • Button for quick transition to search engines (you can add your own patterns of search engines and sites).
    • Hiding catalog items.
    • Batch processing of element names through replacement by Regex expression, trimming spaces, removing file extension.
  • Search by name / tags / attributes.
  • Sorting (alphanumeric) by name / dates / resolution / attributes with the corresponding grouping (able to be disabled).
  • Filtration of not relevant / hidden catalog items.
  • Opening items in tabs.
  • The color scheme of the application is determined by the Windows theme.
  • Quick open a folder through the explorer context menu (optional).

Configuring K-Lite Codecs

Codec Tweak Tool -> Media Foundation -> Disable for these formats -> .mkv

Bugs

  • FFME preview incorrectly aligns video to the upper left corner.
  • FFME preview crashes the application on memory access unpredictably.
  • Preview using standard WPF element may not work correctly with the ForceGC option.

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