File Menu

Menu Items

The File Menu of the Control Panel has the following functions. The default Media List file extension is '.MLT'.

• New  - Creates a new Media List.
• Open  - Opens a saved Media List file. You can also open a file by double clicking it in Windows Explorer. Files with a .MLT extension are associated to Video Mill.
• Save  - Current Media List is saved to a file.
• Save As  - Same as Save but a File Save dialog is popped up to save as a different file name if desired.
• Recent Files  - Shows a list of the 10 most recently edited files. Click on one to Open it.
• Exit  - Close the program.

Creating Media Items by Drag and Drop

From Windows Explorer (or other file system managers), you can drag and drop video files, folders containing video files or a saved Media List file into the Media List panel. This will populate the Media List with a new Media Item for each file dropped. When a Media List file is dropped, it will be Opened . When a folder is dropped, the folder and any sub-folders will be searched for files to add.

Dropped files are not validated for accepted media formats. Invalid files will simply not produce a result when Loaded or Played. This is a design decision since we cannot query loaded all Codecs for supported file types.

File toolbar

This toolbar provides one click access to some of the functions described above. Buttons ( from left to right): New, Open, Save and Help. Also, Toolbars can be dragged and docked to any side of the program window.