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Companion Images Tab

In the tab Companion Images, you control how companion images are presented, added, and referenced from inside your catalog. As with videos, the actual image is not included in the catalog, only the image's path.

Add companion images -- When a folder contains images alongside the videos, these images are added as companion images for all the videos found in that folder.

From folder named same as video -- For each video, look in folders with the same name and add any images in that folder as companion images for that video.

Search xx subfolders for images -- When searching for companion images, also search in subfolders. Xx is the maximum number of subfolders we will try to traverse.

Only add covers as images -- Only add image files if they match one of the cover names; if one is added, treat it as a cover image.

Cover name -- Custom filename, without extension, to treat as a front cover.

Image slideshow -- Play companion images as a slideshow in the companion image window.

Image slideshow time -- Specifies how many seconds each image in the slideshow should be displayed.

Image slideshow random -- Randomize the slideshow image order.

Include Actor images -- Decide if Actor images should be included in the list of Companion images for each video. If this open is set to Yes, then the whole Actor image set for each selected video will be included in their slideshows. You can also opt to use Actor images for videos that do not have Companion images explicitly designated.

NOTE: This option can hurt performance if a video has many actors and companion images since a new list is created each time you change the selection.

Companion thumbnails -- Set the sizer of the thumbnail used for companion images in the companion image browser.

Use MPV player instead of companion preview window -- Instead of loading a companion image in the companion preview window, load the image in an instance of the external MPV player. Note that MPV is external and not part of the layout system. Companion images can be loaded from the companion image browser but you can also load them from the file organizer, and you can set the file organizer to show thumbnails.

Use MPV Player when holding down the ALT key -- When a companion image is about to load, check if the ALT key is down and if so instead load the companion image in the MPV viewer.

New MPV Player for each new image -- Do not reuse the MPV instance, launch a new instance for each image.