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Whilst XBMC is playing media on screen you can activate the codecinfo overlay ({{keypress|O}} key). This normally appears as white text on a black background bar located near the top of the screen (dependent on the skin being used).The codecinfo overlay displays a number of real time variables describing detailed information on the codecs currently in use.
Whilst XBMC is playing media on screen you can activate the codecinfo overlay ({{keypress|O}} key). This normally appears as white text on a black background bar located near the top of the screen (dependent on the skin being used).The codecinfo overlay displays a number of real time variables describing detailed information on the codecs currently in use.


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For fullscreen video playback, the codec information is split into 4 lines of text.
For fullscreen video playback, the codec information is split into 4 lines of text.
* Audio information - provided by both the 'D'emuxer and the 'P'layer
* Audio information - provided by both the 'D'emuxer and the 'P'layer

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Whilst XBMC is playing media on screen you can activate the codecinfo overlay (O key). This normally appears as white text on a black background bar located near the top of the screen (dependent on the skin being used).The codecinfo overlay displays a number of real time variables describing detailed information on the codecs currently in use.


For fullscreen video playback, the codec information is split into 4 lines of text.

  • Audio information - provided by both the 'D'emuxer and the 'P'layer
  • Video information - provided by both the 'D'emuxer and the 'P'layer
  • General playback information (C)
  • 'W'indowing and System CPU information

Samples from the screen above

Audio Information Explanation
aac Audio Codec
mp4a / 0x6134706D ?
48000 Hz Sample Rate
5.1 Channels
s16 Sample Size (s16 = Signed 16-bit value)
437 kb/s Average Audio Bitrate (reported by demuxer)
aq:99% Audio Queue Saturation
Kb/s:437.41 Current Audio Bitrate (reported by player)
att:0.0db Attenuation / Gain added by player
Video Information Explanation
h264 (Main) Video Codec / Profile
avc1 / 0x31637661 ?
yuv420p Pixel Format / Color Space
1920x1080 Resolution
9282 kb/s Average Audio Bitrate (reported by demuxer)
fr:24.000 Framerate of Source
vq:88% Video Queue Saturation
dc:ff-h264-dxva2 Video Library perfoming decode (in this case, ffmpeg/h264) ?
Mb/s:7.79 Current Video Bitrate (reported by player)
drop:12 Number of Dropped Frames
pc:1 Pullup Correction Pattern Length
General Playback Information Explanation
ad:0.000 Audio Delay (Configured)
a/v:0.030 Audio/Video Sync Difference (Real time)
edl:- Edit Decision List
dcpu: 0% Relative CPU Usage of the Player Thread
acpu: 0% Relative CPU Usage of the Audio Decode Thread
vcpu:0% Relative CPU Usage of the Video Decode Thread
cache:0 Size of Cached Data and % of Cache Utilized
B ?
100% ?
Windowing/System Performance Information Explanation
fps:24.00 Framerate being Displayed
CPU 4 core(s) System Processor Information (this display is OS-dependent)
average: 4.7% Average CPU Load across all Cores