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Preference setting to give priority to plugins

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:31 pm
by sd_snatcher
Nowadays, whenever there's an image format that both XnViewMP and a plug-in decodes, XnView will only use its own internal decoder.

It would be nice to have a checkbox in the preference settings to give priority to the plug-in decoders, since they might have enhanced features that the internal decoder won't.

The same suggestion applies to XnConvert.

Re: Preference setting to give priority to plugins

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:57 pm
by masterjp
Interesting suggestion. Which plugin or file format do you use?

Re: Preference setting to give priority to plugins

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:34 pm
by sd_snatcher
masterjp wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:57 pm Interesting suggestion. Which plugin or file format do you use?
I use RECOIL to see a lot of retro image formats, including Makichan and Yanagisawa's PIC.

Re: Preference setting to give priority to plugins

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:42 pm
by winnylinny
sd_snatcher wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:31 pm Nowadays, whenever there's an image format that both XnViewMP and a plug-in decodes, XnView will only use its own internal decoder.
Does XnViewMP decode RECOIL out of the box?

For my Linux install of XnViewMP, it does not.

However, adding the Xrecoil.usr file into my /opt/xnview/Plugins/ folder properly decodes retro image formats, such as "Yanagisawa" PIC. This tells me it's using the external RECOIL plugin, since if I remove the file from the Plugins folder, I cannot view retro images.