Yes, I looked first in the FAQ - could not find my answer.
Here is my question:
When double-clicking on an MP3 file from dopus, the winamp opens but does not play the file. On a right-click on such a file I get the "Play in Winamp", click on it and it plays OK.
When I work with the windows explorer, a double-click on such MP3 file opens winamp and starts the play.
I entered the winamp forum and asked there, they said that since winamp plays OK from windows explorer, then the problem must be in dopus, that's why I am here.
Any advise will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
L.J.
Try going to Settings->File Types and under system file types locate the mp3 extension. Double-click or hit the Edit button on the mp3 file type and in the 'Edit' dialog that appears you might see a 'Play in Winamp' item on the 'Actions' tab. Highlight it and select the 'Set Default' button in the lower right corner of the dialog.
If this hasn't fixed upon OK-ing and closing out of the file types editor, go back into the mp3 file types settings, right click on the 'Play in Winamp' action, select Copy, and then switch to the 'Events' tab. Right click on the dblclk event and select Paste. This should set the actual double-click event for mp3's to run the same command as 'Play in Winamp'.
Hello and thanks Steje,
Sorry to tell you, but I did what you describe in the begining of your answer, before I posted my question here.
It said "open with..." not "play with.." and I changed it to "play with.." but the problem was still there, and by the way, the "set as default" is Grey all the time.
Then continued with part B of your answer, copy worked but paste was Grey, so I entered the words from the keyboard.
When finished I double-clicked on a MP3 file and some small window-player opened and the file started playing - it was not WinAmp.
After this last action, WinAmp even does not open, not to mention playing.
So the problem is still existing.
Any other ideas, please?
If nothing will help, I sorrowly will say GoodBye to Dopus and try WinCommander, there will be always the original windows explorer.
Thank again.
L.J.
I don't have WinAmp installed to check but I'm pretty sure you can use a simple commandline like
"C:\Full\Path\To\Winamp.exe" {filepath$}
or
"C:\Full\Path\To\Winamp.exe" /enqueue {filepath$}
or something like that, on the dblclk event, to make things work. Strange that they don't work out-of-the-box though.
Let me know if you can't work out the command-line from the existing stuff on the filetype or by experimentation and I'll install Winamp and have a play.
Hello,
Thanks nudel,
I just screen-captured the two windows of file types, they are "Capture1" and "Capture2".
Needless to explain, you can se it for yourself, I hope the pix are clear enough.
By the way, my Winamp version is "ancient" 2.9 and it suits me - in windows explorer.
May be you will see something that I overlook.
Thank again
L.J.
Yeah, give Ken's suggestion a try and also delete the dblclk event as well (for now).
That should at least fix it in Explorer, if not Opus as well.
If it still isn't working in Opus but is now working in Explorer, which would be weird, then try setting the dblclk event to the same thing as the open action, including the %1 and quotes, i.e. what Ken said:
HELLO TO YOU ALL,
What a screen shot can do! - it was the quotes!
Now a double-click activates Winamp and plays the file allright.
Big THANKS to you all!
P.S.
I checked it in windows explorer (just in case..) it is OK there also.
Best Regards
L.J.
Glad it's working... but that is exactly what should have happened by 'copying' the command from the 'open' action and 'pasting' it onto the 'dblclk' event. From the fact that Explorer 'stopped' working at some point, it sounded like you inadvertently edited the 'open' action and whacked out some of those quotes... It also sounds from your second description like you had tried running a basic 'play' command in the double-click event at one point too . That small player you saw popup sounds like the internal Opus sound player...
Anyhow, it's all academic now since it's working for you but I'd be curious to know if you had not properly selected each item before trying either the 'paste' or 'set default' maneuvers as this sort of thing is basic functionality in the file type editor. It's also odd that you mentioned the 'Set Default' button is 'always' grey... it should only be grey when you have an action selected that shows as .
Hello again,
Well, just for your curiousity, I will try to remember as it all started:
Had to do some electrical works at home and shut dowm the computer.
After some time started it back, did some other things with the computer.
After few days came back to work on my music MP3 files and noticed the icons were changed from the lightning symbol (as on my previous screen shots) into some icon as on the freehand sketch attached here.
So I opened the "file types", looked for this icon (it was also signed as mp3) and started the edit - did not enter anything from the keyboard, just clicked on the 'open with', pointed to the path where "WinAmp" is and that's it.
Back into the files window I saw all the icons back to normal, and started something else for a couple of days.
Then back to the music files, and when I clicked on a file... well, you know.
Now as I am writing this message, I wonder why the quotes were not inserted in the first place when I clicked on the "open with" and pointed to the place where "WinAmp" is.
Anyway, all is well that ends well, thanks to you all.
Best Regards
L.J.
. That small player you saw popup sounds like the internal Opus sound player...