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XBMC for iOS specific Frequently Asked Questions and Answers. ''Don't forget to check out the '''[http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=137 iOS Specific Support forum].'''''
=General FAQ (all devices)=
=General FAQ (all devices)=
The following applies to all supported iOS devices, including: Apple TV 2, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
The following applies to all supported iOS devices, including: [[Apple TV 2]], iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
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*'''[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2|Install XBMC on Apple TV 2 (black)]]'''   (see [[#ATV2_requirements|requirements]])
*'''[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2|Install XBMC on Apple TV 2 (black)]]'''   (see [[#ATV2_requirements|requirements]])
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| Question= XBMC for iOS version
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| Question= What nightly build/beta/version of XBMC am I running?
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| Question= Formats and resolutions iOS devices can playback
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| Question= Accessing media
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| Question= Add-ons and skins
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{{FAQ|1=FileTransfer|2=Addons|3=Add-ons|4=SFTP
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| Question= Transferring files like add-ons, skins, and others over
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{{FAQ|1=Library|2=MySQL_sync|3=Roaming_profiles
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| Question= Sync the XBMC library between multiple installs
| Question= Sync the XBMC library between multiple installs
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{{FAQ|1=Backup
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| Question= Backing up XBMC's settings
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:<code> /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/ </code> for all of your XBMC data, add-ons, skins, etc, or just <br/>
:<code> /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/ </code> for all of your XBMC data, add-ons, skins, etc, or just <br/>
:<code> /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/ </code> for just the settings files themselves (which takes up less space, but means you would have to re-download add-ons, etc). ([[Forum:92778]]).
:<code> /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/ </code> for just the settings files themselves (which takes up less space, but means you would have to re-download add-ons, etc). ([[Forum:92778]]).
*To restore, SFTP the directory back to it's original location, then [[#SSH|SSH]] to the ATV2 and run the following command to reset ownership/permissions:
*To restore, SFTP the directory back to its original location, then [[#SSH|SSH]] to the ATV2 and run the following command to reset ownership/permissions:
<pre>chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/</pre>
<pre>chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/</pre>
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=Apple TV 2 (black)=
=Apple TV 2 (black)=
:''This is the FAQ for the Apple TV 2 (black). For the original Apple TV 1 (silver) see: '''[[Apple TV 1 FAQ]]'''''
:''This is the FAQ for the [[Apple TV 2]] (black). For the original Apple TV 1 (silver) see: '''[[Apple TV 1 FAQ]]'''''
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| Question= Apple TV 2 specific requirements
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*To '''[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2|install XBMC for iOS]]''' you must have a [[forum:99315|jailbroken]] Apple TV 2 that is running any iOS between [[w:IOS version history#Version history: Apple TV (second generation)|versions 4.1 and 4.4.4]]
*To '''[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2|install XBMC for iOS]]''' you must have a [[forum:99315|jailbroken]] [[Apple TV 2]] that is running any iOS between [[w:IOS version history#Version history: Apple TV (second generation)|versions 4.1 and 4.4.4]]
*'''It is highly recommended to be on an iOS version on or before 4.3'''
*'''It is highly recommended to be on an iOS version on or before 4.3'''
*Look [[#ATV2_version|here]] to find out which version you are currently running.
*Look [[#ATV2_version|here]] to find out which version you are currently running.
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{{FAQ|1=Remotes|2=ATV2_remotes
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| Question= Remotes for ATV2
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| Question= Resolutions ATV2 can play and output
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| Question= Setting time zones on ATV2
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| Question= Native ATV2 software after XBMC installation
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| Question= Software updates from Apple will crash XBMC
| Question= Software updates from Apple will crash XBMC
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| Question= Finding the ATV2 software version
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| Question= Directly booting into XBMC
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=iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch=
=iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch=
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=Troubleshooting=
=Troubleshooting=
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Have you tried switching it off then on again?
Have you tried switching it off then on again?
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{{FAQ|1=Userdata|2=Logs|3=logs|4=debuglog|5=xbmc.log
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Revision as of 18:05, 19 March 2012

XBMC for iOS specific Frequently Asked Questions and Answers. Don't forget to check out the iOS Specific Support forum.

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The following applies to all supported iOS devices, including: Apple TV 2, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.


[edit]
This is the FAQ for the Apple TV 2 (black). For the original Apple TV 1 (silver) see: Apple TV 1 FAQ

Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.


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Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.


[edit] Have you tried switching it off then on again?

Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg

Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg
Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg
Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

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Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.




Actions

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Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list.
See also: Playlists


Skip steps

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A (-) will define backwards and no (-) will define forward. You can set multiple times so each press will skip more time in the video. So if, for example you use 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec when press the Skip button once it will skip 10 seconds foward, double pressing the Skip button will skip 30 seconds and triple pressing the Skip button will skip 60 seconds.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Defines how much time it takes before the skip step occurs. The range is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately) & 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds).


Playback

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Adjust display refresh rate
Settings level: Standard
Defines when the refresh rate adjustments should take place. Activate to automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing (default off). This potentially allows for perfectly smooth video reproduction, as video material can be recorded in a variety of frame rates (23.976fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30 fps, etc.) which need to be properly matched by the refresh rate of the display, in order to be displayed smoothly.


Sync playback to display
Settings level: Standard
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.


Minimise black bars
Settings level: Advanced
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.


Display 4:3 videos as
Settings level: Advanced
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.


Processing

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Render method
Settings level: Advanced
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).


Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
Settings level: Advanced
Use high quality scalers when upscaling a video by at least this percentage. A value below 5% makes little sense as video is processed with high GPU load without any visible picture quality improvements


Additional platform specific settings
The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Expert
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Settings level: Advanced
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.


Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-(1/2) codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some MPEG-2 videos might have green artifacts.


Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.


Use VC-1 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for VC-1 based codecs. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Especially VC-1 interlaced fails hard on Intel hardware.


Prefer VAAPI render method
Settings level: Expert
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Mac OS specific settings
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Expert
Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.


Stereoscopic 3D

See also: 3D


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
Settings level: Advanced
Select in which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played. [Ask me] Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback. [Preferred mode] Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings. [Monoscopic/2D] will play the video in mono/2D. [Ignore] Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling


Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
Settings level: Advanced
While enabled, GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode, beween videos in a playlist or when playback ended. While disabled, GUI and TV will stay in stereoscopic 3D mode. For video playlists with mixed stereoscopic 3D and 2D content, then the GUI will also stay in stereoscopic 3D mode even when a non-stereoscopic 2D video is playing.


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg
Activate Teletext
Settings level: Expert
Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3
Settings level: Expert
When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.


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