Starting with MusicBee version 2, video playback and file management is supported by an optional plugin that needs to be enabled in the Plugin preferences
- when enabled, a Video category is created in the left navigator
- MusicBee will support playback of video files directly in MusicBee
(known issue: the last 0.5 second of a video file is not displayed)
- but playback can be configured to use an external application such as VLC in the player preferences
- if you do use an external application, you can only launch a file and no further integation with MusicBee
- for now the MusicBee video player is very basic but i will look to add some functionality
- some video formats require Codecs that do not come with your computer by default. In my testing, i didnt need to install anything for these formats:
- MPG, MPEG, WMV, MOV
- what i did need to install was a codec for .MP4, for which i downloaded the K-Lite (Standard) codec pack
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm
Installation
1. First you need MusicBee version 2.1
instructions to follow
2. Then unzip the following file directly into the MusicBee application folder (and NOT the plugins folder as with other plugins)
<link removed>
you should end up with something like:
c:\program files\MusicBee\MusicBee.exe
c:\program files\MusicBee\BASS_DSHOW.dll
c:\program files\MusicBee\BASS_DSHOW.NET.dll
3. If you have .m4a (AAC) files and are using windows 7, it is recommended you get BASS_AAC.dll otherwise playback will be done via the DirectShow plugin and the quality might not be as good - see http://getmusicbee.com/help.html
*** IMPORTANT ***The current status of this plugin is: ON HOLD
Although the plugin works perfectly well for some people, for others it is not very stable when using the in-built player (using an external player is fine). The reason I believe is primarily to do with what codecs you have (or don't have) installed on your machine. In my case I used the K-Lite standard codec pack and don't have any problems, but some people feel installing codec packs is not a good idea.