MPEG-4 Preview in VSCode

Simple preview for MPEG-4 (.mp4) video files in VSCode. This extension aims to provide a preview for scientific videos and animations like those increasingly provided as supplementary information to journal publications.

Note: Audio is not supported due to limitations on VSCode webview extensions. This extension is for video preview only.

MPEG-4 time-lapse of night-time traffic on New York's Fifth Avenue (with a nod to Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi).

Usage

Click

To preview a file:

• Click on a (.mp4) file

A preview of the file contents should now be shown in an editor.

Open to the Side

To preview a file in a new editor (if other editors are already open):

• Right-click on a file with (.mp4) extension and choose Open to the Side

A preview of the file contents should now be shown in a new editor.

Open With...

To choose how to view a MPEG-4 file:

• Right-click on a file with (.mp4) extension and choose Open With...

• A list of available options appears in the Command Palette, choose one of the options which will include:

  MPEG-4 Preview, the viewer provided by this extension. Choose this option to preview the file.