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FlyingHorse
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Post by FlyingHorse »

Hello all,

I would like to know if "Media Preview" continues to run in the background after exiting the configuration dialog? If this is not the case are there command-line switches to run as a scheduled task?

I've tried but cannot seem to find any information about this anywhere so I would appreciate help from anybody. Thanks. :D
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BabelSoft
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Re: After Exit...

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Media Preview is always running in the background.
Actually, this is the shell that calls Media Preview each time it needs a new thumbnail for a video file (or audio/image files as well if you're using the latest beta). So it only runs when needed, the background task being the shell itself.
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Thank you for confirming this for me; now I don't feel so dumb :mrgreen:

I do have a few more questions. If I start "Media Preview Configuration" and force an update of the cache, can I exit the dialog and have the update continue; or will the update stop?

If the answer is that the updating will stop once the dialog is closed could I request that as an option you include the ability to exit "Media Preview" and have the update continue in the background? Thanks for the help.
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If you close the conf tool, the forced update will indeed stop.
I don't really see the point of the ability to go on after closing the conf tool. You let it run on a side or you close it to stop it. Else how would you do if you want it to be stopped because you suddenly need the resources it's taking?
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