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By sukumo28 · VS Code Marketplace · Other

play & preview audio file in VS Code. (wav,mp3,ogg,aac,flac,...etc)

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

audio-preview has 213,836 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1441 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings.

PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.

Installs
213,836
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1441
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.83 / 5 from 24 ratings

About audio-preview

audio-preview

You can play your audio file and preview its info on VS Code. You can also check waveform and spectrogram.

Supported Audio Files: wav, mp3, aac, ogg, flac, opus, m4a, sph ... etc.

Available on Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sukumo28.wav-preview Repository: https://github.com/sukumo28/vscode-audio-preview

Note Please consider using the built-in audio playback feature as well. When we developed this VS Code extension, VS Code did not bundle ffmpeg and had no audio playback capabilities. However, with updates, a built-in audio playback feature has been added. While this extension has finish its purpose, we will continue to maintain it slowly.

Features

How to preview audio.

• If you want to display only a specific range of graphs, dragging on the graph will re-run analyze on the selected range. • By pressing the Ctrl key when dragging, you can select only the time range. • By pressing the Shift key when dragging, you can select only the value range. • If you want to return to the original range, right-click on the graph. • Pressing the Ctrl key when right-clicking, reset only the time range. • Pressing the Shift key when right-clicking, reset only the value range. • If you want to specify the numerical values in detail, you can set the values in the analyze tab found in the settings tab.

If this extension does not open by default, edit settings.json like below.

Settings

You can configure these options in settings.json or VS Code's GUI. Configuration is completely optional. There is no need to configure anything if you are just using this extension.

You can analyze audio automatically when you open it.

You can set the default values for the settings displayed in the settings tab as shown below. To check all items, please refer to here.

Development

Contributions

Feel free to report Isuues and send Pull Requests on github.

If an error occurs and you create an issue, posting the log displayed in VSCode's DevTools to the issue may be useful for development and fix. VSCode's DevTools can be opened in the following ways.

• Press f12 • Press shift + ctrl + I • Select Help > Toggle Developer Tools from the menu at the top of the screen

Build

• Clone this repo • Install Dependencies: npm install • Build Container for decoder: docker build -t audio-decoder ./src/decoder/ • Compile decoder.cpp to wasm: docker run --rm -v ${pwd}/src/decoder:/build -it audio-decoder make • Run Extension: f5

Test

npm run test This command runs the tests in src directory.

Lint, Format

Linter npm run lint

Formatter npm run format This is automatically applied upon saving due to the settings in the .vscode/settings.json of this project, so there is generally no need to run it manually.

References

Custom Editor: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/custom-editors Custom Editor Example: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-extension-samples/tree/main/custom-editor-sample

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • aac
  • audio
  • flac
  • m4a
  • mp3
  • sound
  • sph
  • wav

Where audio-preview sits in the listing

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a log scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

All VS Code Marketplace2,500 listings · 125 pages · page 73, #1 (overall #1441)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 21, #17 (overall #417)
Other: every listing in installs order
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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

audio-preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 213,836 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.audio-previewInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days213,836installs213.7K213.8K213.8K213.8K213.8K213.8KJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
audio-preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 213,836 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

audio-preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.audio-previewInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace213,836installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
audio-preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

audio-preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1441 (by installs).audio-previewVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1441current rank#1439#1440#1441#1442#1443Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
audio-preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1441 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

audio-preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.audio-previewRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days24ratings21222324252627Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
audio-preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Recent observations

Full history (3)
Recent installs observations for audio-preview
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sukumo28.wav-preview. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.