microsoft/PowerToys

.opus support for Peek

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#42,576 opened on Oct 18, 2025

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Good first issueHelp WantedIdea-EnhancementProduct-PeekStatus-In progress

Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

With Web Media Extensions installed, I can just rename an audio.opus file to audio.ogg (opus audio codec in ogg container) and it will play fine. Without Web Media Extensions, seekbar will show "Unsupported Video Type or Invalid File Path", and I think it should fall back to the default warning message https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b3628aa06826841fa7ecc3ee112d973287925d20/src/modules/peek/Peek.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw#L376 with .opus added on the supportedFileTypes list https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b3628aa06826841fa7ecc3ee112d973287925d20/src/modules/peek/Peek.FilePreviewer/Previewers/MediaPreviewer/AudioPreviewer.cs#L163-L174

Scenario when this would be used?

When using Peek to preview audio files with .opus file extension

Supporting information

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
feature
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2
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under 1 hour
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Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
90
Research direction
Modify AudioPreviewer.cs to add .opus to the supportedFileTypes list at line 163-174. Also update Resources.resw to add appropriate fallback warning message if needed, as referenced in the issue. No other files are likely affected.