Icaros 3.3.1

Icaros is a collection of lightweight Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for any media file type. Icaros can provide Windows Explorer thumbnails, for essentially any video media format supported by FFmpeg which includes popular filetypes such as: MKV, FLV, AVI, MP4, MOV, RMVB, M2TS, OGM...etc. It is capable of thumbnailing just about any file by adding its extension(s) to the optional filetypes box and re-activating Icaros. Besides the FFmpeg supported filetypes, Icaros also contains custom parsers, which can produce Cover Art thumbnails for Mkv, Flac, Ape, and Mpc files. Icaros provides Windows Explorer properties for the following filetypes: Mkv, Avi, Flv, Ogm, Ogv, Ogg, Rm, Rmvb, Flac, Ape, and Mpc. Icaros works on Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Icaros 3.3.1 changelog:
Added MKV tag parser - MKV tags can now be viewed in File Explorer
Added ID3v2 tag support in WAV parser
Added PSD property support
Added TGA property support
Added DDS property support
Added and improved several properties in most audio property filetypes (BPM, Rating, Initial Key, Bitrate...)
Added support for AVIF files in CBX files
Added M4V as a valid property filetype
Added missing properties in File Explorer for Matroska and MOV/MP4
Improved parsing of huge values in Property Handler
Fixed the Icaros Cache being locked by File Explorer and IcarosConfig
Fixed rare bug where the Icaros Cache locked itself
Fixed several drag 'n drop issues in IcarosConfig; please refer to the release notes for full details.

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Icaros Shell Extensions Settings

Latest version: 3.3.1 (28 Aug 2023)
License: Freeware
System requirements: Windows 7/8/10/11
Download: Icaros_v3.3.1.exe (11.4 MB)
Download: Icaros Portable (9.6 MB)

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