Archive:Settings legacy/Videos

General

Treat stacked files as single file If Stacking is turned on in My Videos, stacked files will be handled as a single file. If this is not checked, XBMC will handle the stacked files as a playlist. Auto resume from last position When enabled, XBMC will automatically resume videos always from the last position that you were viewing them, even after restarting the system. Note: You can also start a movie from the last stopped position by opening the context-menu on a movie file (white button on the gamepad) or by just clicking the "Play" button on the remote without the need to have this option enabled. Clean filenames Breaks up the filename into tokens, and removes unwanted tokens like release group names, hdtv, xvid, changes periods and underscores to spaces, etc, to get a "clean" name. View Mode Default View Mode for Videos. Auto is described here Sort Method Default Sort Mode for Videos. Sort Direction Default Sort Direction for Videos. Remembers views for different folders XBMC remembers the settings you have chosen for each window. (Stored in The XBMC Database)

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Library

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Enable Library If unchecked all references to Library Mode are removed from the GUI (Default on). Hide plot for unwatched items Hides plot information for media in the Video Library that is not marked as watched. Automatically grab season thumbs Gets thumbnails for TV Show seasons in Library Mode, default is off. Automatically grab actor thumbs Gets thumbnails for actors in Library Mode, default is off. Flatten TV Shows Removes the season node, Toggles between "Never"(default), "Always" and "If only one season". Stack Duplicate TV Shows Shows only one instance of TV Shows if they exist on multiple different sources and stacks episodes if they are made of multiple files. Update library on startup Checks for new media files on XBMC startup. For automatic removal of deleted media files you need the <cleanonupdate> advancedsetting. Clean Library... This funtion will perform a number of 'cleanup' tasks on your video database and can be run if you have moved, deleted or renamed files. Tip: XBMC puts a video in it's database if you change any OSD setting while watching, resume points are also stored there. Removes any videos with invalid paths and all information tied to these files. Removes all removable media (example: DVD) without checking for existance + all information tied to these files. Export Video Library Exports the Video Library database to a XML files. Import Video Library Imports a XML file into the Video Library database. If the entry does not exist it is appended. If it exists: It removes all current info for that entry from the database. Inserts the info for that entry from the XML file. See more here: Import - Export Library

Player

Video Calibration This option opens the window in which you can calibrate your video playback. It offers the ability to adjust The overscan of the video - How close to the edges of the screen that the image is displayed The positition where subtitles are displayed The position of the on screen display The pixel ratio - allows you calibrate the aspect ratio at which videos are played back Configure Audio Hardware Opens the Audio Configuration Menu Render Method Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering). See Here for more information on the different options. Resolution Controls the resolution at which video is displayed. It causes XBMC to upsample / downsample the video to the selected format. Framerate Conversion Allows you to play PAL videos at NTSC framerates and vice-versa Flicker Filter Sets the amount of flicker filter applied while videos are playing. We recommend you keep this as low as possible, and for best possible quality set it to 0. Defaults to 1. Soften Denotes whether the soften filter is applied during video playback. It is recommended that this is set off for optimal quality. Defaults to off. Cache Opens the Cache Menu Use External DVD Player Allows you to select an external player to play DVD video, as opposed to using the integrated DVDPlayer External DVD Player With the above option enabled, prompts you to browse for the external DVD player to use. Forced DVD Player Region Forces a region for DVD playback.

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Subtitles

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Lets you change how XBMC renders subtitles (not including DVD subtitles) Font Size Style Colour Charset Enable Flipping Bi-Direction Strings Enable this for allowing right-to-left subtitles Search for Subtitles in RARs Enable this to let XBMC search for subtitles inside RAR compressed files Custom Subtitle Directory Set a custom directory for your subtitles. This can be an smb share.