File size and duration does not show up in Windows 10 for folder

[videohelplover]

Hi everybody!

In order to proceed with video conversion it will be very very useful for me to be able to see the duration of video and the weight size of video inside all of my folders.

The problem is that with Windows 10 I did not find a way to see that automatically apart from every single time click on properties which is time consuming.

I was thinking to myself, probably you guys also find that useful to see those two information, so I wonder what solution you found to that or have to propose. Once you know the size and duration of your video, it's easier to see if it has been compressed or if it's an original.

plus it is good to rapidly see that takes the most space on our ssd quickly

thanks

[pcspeak]

In windows 10/11 right click the Name - Date - Size line. Click More at the bottom. Search for and check the Length box to get the duration.
And any other box that you may find useful.

[videohelplover]

In windows 10/11 right click the Name - Date - Size line. Click More at the bottom. Search for and check the Length box to get the duration.
And any other box that you may find useful.

HI as we can see on the picture i provided the size column is already there but it only show data for document and nothing for folders. .

I would like to see the size of the folders and see it available show even if i restart the pc.

DO you see the data size of folder in win 10 ?

[lingyi]

Give Q-Dir a try. The multiple view panes is great for comparing files/folders/drives. I've been using it for years and almost never use Windows Explorer.

[Alwyn]

Treesize is what you want. Windows Explorer-type layout but gives folder sizes as well.

[jagabo]

Yes, TreeSize shows the size of each folder (the sum of all the files in the folder, recursively). But it doesn't perform real-time monitoring. I.e., if you start TreeSize, let it parse the folder structure, then delete or add files to those folders, it doesn't update folder sizes automatically. You must perform a "refresh" -- force it to parse all the folders again.

[lingyi]

I just checked the column options for Q-DIR and found you can add (among dozens of options) Bit Rate (Audio), Data Rate (Video), Total Rate and Compression (Codec). I compared the Bit and Data Rate info against Mediainfo and it's a bit off, but good enough for quick file info and comparison. Compression is shown as HEX and slows things down considerably.

[Sharc]

You may also give WinDirStat a whirl
https://windirstat.net/index-selected.html

[videohelplover]

in windows or Q dir, is there a way to discover if a video has already been compressed or not?

[lingyi]

Note: Most if not all of the column types are also available in Windows Explorer. Though IMO, Q-Dir, is quicker with listing and updates.

Some column choices that may help are: Video Compression, Bit Rate, Data Rate, Frame Width, Frame Height. These are just for a quick overview of the file. Use Mediainfo for more and better details. Hopefully others can chime in about how to interpret some of the Format (xxx) details may provide info about the type / level of compression applied.

I think there was a program that would showed the compression ratio, but compressed compared to what? Which leads to the following.

With the very, very rare exception of uncompressed RAW video, all video is compressed to some exent. Even 4K+ RED video is compressed at a 2:1 ratio at it's highest setting.

As such, the question isn't whether a video is compressed or not, but what was file size, dimensions, bit rate, etc. of the source video. Without that info about the source video, the best that can be done is make a subjective decision whether what you have is "good enough" for your eyes, knowing there's a possiblity that an objectively higher quality video may exist.

[jagabo]

Explorer can show the Video Compression field, indicating what codec was used. Unfortunately, it shows the fourcc as hex values and in backwards order. For example, H264 is shown as 34363248.

https://hex2dec.com/conversion-table/

As a very rough guide to how much a video has been compressed, MediaInfo shows the bits/pixel. The smaller that values is, the more the video has been compressed.

And you need to be aware that each successive generation of video compression with a lossy codec reduces the quality. Even if you make a use a higher bitrate to make a bigger file.

[videohelplover]

hi I will give q dir a try.

There is a setup I think will work well for me and it will beF four square first one full width with the general C folder, second one folded with a folder I consult often.The third square will be the folder before video compression, and the fourth will be the folder after video compression.
So when I adjust the relative percentage of view it occupies on my screen, how can I tell this program to remember to always do it like that when I opento show me those four windows the way they are in terms of proportion of view? Thanks.

[lingyi]

I don't know if pinning it to the taskbar helps or not, mine stays in its configuration when I minimize or open and close. There isn't a forum, but there's a FAQ page where you can ask questions.

[lingyi]

Just discovered, you can save the settings. https://www.q-dir.com/?en-us-ql-how-do-i-save-the-current-tab-settings-in-file-explorer-on-windows-3

Edit: If you use it on multiple monitors, each monitor can have different settings. Name the .QDR file for each monitor.