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*A full-featured [[Video Library]] that makes it easy to organize, find and watch your favorite videos | *A full-featured [[Video Library]] that makes it easy to organize, find and watch your favorite videos | ||
**Integrated support for getting information on your video content from external sites, via [[Set Content (Video Library)|scrapers]] | **Integrated support for getting information on your video content from external sites, via [[Set Content (Video Library)|scrapers]] | ||
**Fully integrated support for [[Movies (Video Library)|Internet Movie lookups]] | **Fully integrated support for [[Movies (Video Library)|Internet Movie lookups]] from sites like [http://www.themoviedb.org themoviedb.org] | ||
**Fully integrated support for getting info on [[TV Shows|TV shows]] from sites like [http://www.thetvdb.com TheTVDB.com] | **Fully integrated support for getting info on [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV shows]] from sites like [http://www.thetvdb.com TheTVDB.com] | ||
**Support for [[Music Videos]] | **Support for [[Music Videos]] | ||
**Support for [[Fanart]] | **Support for [[Fanart]] | ||
*Built in ability to [[Streaming|stream]] media from the internet or locations on your network gives you access to your entire collection | *Built in ability to [[Streaming|stream]] media from the internet or locations on your network gives you access to your entire collection | ||
*Full support of [[Playlists]] | *Full support of [[Playlists]] | ||
*Support for Subtitles | *Support for [[Videos#Subtitles|subtitles]] | ||
*DVD video playback, including the ability to play imaged DVDs (iso) over a network | *DVD video playback, including the ability to play imaged DVDs (iso) over a network | ||
*A fully customizable view | *A fully customizable view | ||
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You will find the interface of Videos as easy to operate as the rest of XBMC. | You will find the interface of Videos as easy to operate as the rest of XBMC. | ||
*[[General Navigation]] | *[[General Navigation]] | ||
*[[Videos Navigation and Control]] | *[[Videos Navigation and Control]] | ||
*[[Global Keyboard|Common Platform-Independent Keymapping]] | *[[Global Keyboard|Common Platform-Independent Keymapping]] | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 23 December 2010
Introduction
Videos is the component of XBMC that handles videos. To access Videos, select it from the Home screen. The pictures shown here on this page will differ from the ones you see at your own XBMC, depending on the content and features you use. Some of the key features of Videos are:
Videos Key Features
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Using Videos
You will find the interface of Videos as easy to operate as the rest of XBMC.
OSD (On Screen Display)
The majority of the video functions can be controlled through the OSD (On Screen Display). The OSD from the PM3.HD skin is pictured to the left and is available while playing videos in fullscreen mode. The Buttons on the OSD are as follows:
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OSD Audio and Subtitle Settings
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OSD Video Settings
The Video Settings are divided into two pages.
- Interlaced Handling
- Auto Select - Tries to guess the best method.
- DeInterlace - (Requires mplayer restart) Uses the Mplayer Deinterlace filter.
- Sync Odd - (Only for HQ Pixel rendermethod, also NEEDS an interlaced display: PAL* or NTSC*.)
- Sync Even - (Only for HQ Pixel rendermethod, also NEEDS an interlaced display: PAL* or NTSC*.)
- None
- Crop Black Bars
- Choosing this will crop any black bars encoded at the top, bottom or sides of your video. This will fix some issues with videos being displayed at the incorrect aspect ratio.
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- Brightness
- Contrast
- Gamma
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Video Bookmarks
This feature allows you to create bookmarks within your videos in order to be able to return to a certain point in them. This could be compared to chapters in DVD videos. In order to create them, simply go to the point in your video that you wish to bookmark and select Create Bookmark from the Videos OSD. To jump to a previously stored bookmark, simply highlight and select it through the Videos OSD. |
Sources for Videos
Sources are an important aspect of Videos. They allow you to easily access your videos from anywhere on your PC, Mac, Xbox or network.
XBMC gives you the ability to link to media sources that are for example:
- On your computer (on a local network) or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device/system, which supports SMB sharing
- Stored directly on the hard drive of your PC, Mac or Xbox
- On CDs/DVDs in the PC, Mac or Xbox CD/DVD drive or even mounted on a CD/DVD drive on another PC, Mac or Xbox and than streamed over your network
- Streamed from the Internet
Note: For information on how to configure remote file shares, see Advanced Topics/Sharing Media From Your PC
Note: For a complete list of available sources see main article Types of Media Sources .
Listing Modes available in Videos
Files ViewFiles View is the most basic way of browsing your videos. In Files View, you browse through your video sources folder by folder, in the exact same way that they are stored. What you see in Files View is the same as you would see if you were to browse the folders on your PC, Mac or Xbox (but only the playable files as defined in advancedsettings.xml). |
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