When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list
Basic
Skip steps
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.
Standard
Skip delay
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).
Standard
Playback
Setting
Description
Available from setting level
Adjust display refresh rate
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.
Standard
Sync playback to display
This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.
Standard
Minimise black bars
Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.
Advanced
Display 4:3 videos as
Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.
Advanced
Processing general
Setting
Description
Available from setting level
Render method
Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).
Advanced
Enable HQ scalers for scaling above
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
Advanced
Processing Windows only
Processing Linux only
Setting
Description
Available from setting level
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Enable VDPAU hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for NVIDIA graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics
Advanced
Prefer VDPAU video mixer
Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality
Advanced
Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Enable VAAPI hardware decoding of video files, mainly used for Intel graphics and in some circumstances AMD graphics.
Advanced
Use MPEG-2 VAAPI
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.
Expert
Use MPEG-4 VAAPI
Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead.
Expert
Use VC-1 VAAPI
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.
Expert
Prefer VAAPI render method
When enabled, VAAPI render method is preferred and the CPU has less load. If you experience hangs, disable this option.
Expert
Stereoscopic 3D
Setting
Description
Available from setting level
Playback mode of stereoscopic videos
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
Advanced
Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped
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.
