Long time FL user here. I have thousands of project files sorted manually by year. I love the new edition of the project folders which definitely helps keep the audio files organized and available, but it still takes a lot of time to open a project to see and hear it. Finding a specific old project can take hours for me and some of my best exports I can't find the project file for. I have hundreds of projects that I spent like an hour on and also hundreds that have 2-40 hours, but I have no idea which is which without opening the project which can take anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes.
I was thinking it would be really cool to have a Project File Manager built into FL that shows all the projects with the date created, date last modified, comments, total time spent on it just so you can get a quick glance and find a project faster. For bonus points I was thinking there could be an option to export a part of the song to attach as a preview or even a screenshot of the arrangement so you can see and or listen to it without opening the file. I was thinking upon closing the project you could have a pop up that asks if you want to export a preview for the Project File Manager. Even though it would take like 20 extra seconds it would definitely be worth it.
Think of how incredible it would be if you could just arrow key through your old projects and hear and see them without opening the projects. At which point all of your project folders would be stored in one central place and the Project File Manager would organize them for you. You would open FL Studios and the Project Manager would pop up and then you would select which one you want to work on. It would be especially nice if you could incorporate a way to look through song versions easily.
Project File Manager Idea
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