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| 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.
| Defines the amount of time each press of the Skip button will skip forward or backwards. A single press will skip 10 sec forward or back. A double press will skip 30 sec forward or back and so on for each subsequent quick press. Use this setting to change the default skip values.
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| 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).
| Works with the previous setting. If you are having difficulty with the quick multiple presses, this setting allows you to increase the time delay between presses. The selection is '''none''' (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately and multiple presses are not possible) or a value between '''250 - 3000ms''' (milliseconds). The default is 750ms.
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= Playback=
= Playback=
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| This setting will switch the output refresh rate to the best refresh rate that is supported by the display AND by the hardware Kodi is running on (as reported by EDID) when playing a video file. It will automatically set the refresh rate which is best matched with the video that is playing. 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. <ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=219796&pid=1943753#pid1943753</ref><br>
| This setting will switch the refresh rate of the TV / monitor to best match the frame rate of the video stream. This allows for perfectly smooth video playback. This option requires compatible hardware. <ref>https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=219796&pid=1943753#pid1943753</ref><br>
Using this setting may cause the TV or monitor to blank for a few seconds while adjustments are made. This is the TV adjusting itself and not {{kodi}}.<br>
Using this setting may cause the TV or monitor to blank for a few seconds while adjustments are made. This is the TV adjusting for the new refresh rate and not {{kodi}}.<br>
Four settings are available:
Four settings are available:
# Off - The default setting. No adjustments are made and output is at a fixed display refresh rate, usually the rate set in the GPU
# Off - The default setting. No adjustments are made and output is at a fixed display refresh rate, usually the rate set in the GPU
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# On start - When required, adjusts the refresh rate on start of video playback only. On some systems this may cause stuttering when navigating the menu system after playback stops.
# On start - When required, adjusts the refresh rate on start of video playback only. On some systems this may cause stuttering when navigating the menu system after playback stops.
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| This setting enables a syncing of the video to the refresh rate of the monitor by altering the playback speed so that it matches the display refresh rate. When used in conjunction with the previous setting it allows a "fine tune" syncing.<br>
| This setting enables the syncing of the video to the refresh rate of the monitor by altering the playback speed. When used in conjunction with the previous setting it allows a "fine tune" syncing.<br>
For example if you have a 50Hz only display but watch 24p content, the 24p content will look horrible if played at 50Hz. If you Sync Playback to Display it will play the 24Hz back at 25Hz (a simple division of 50Hz) which will look much nicer at 50Hz as there are no repeated frames (and thus no stutter) but the audio sync is out and needs to be adjusted either by re-sampling or by dupe/dropping.
For example - watching a movie recorded at 23.967fps on a TV / monitor that is only capable of 50Hz will cause micro stutters, especially during panning shots. When this setting is enabled, the video playback is sped up to 104.271% of its original speed which simulates 25fps playback being a simple division of 50Hz.
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'''Using this setting will disable Audio Passthrough.'''
'''Using this setting will disable Audio Passthrough.'''
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| Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.
| Stretches the video to minimise black bars.<br>
Note: When watching a video that uses this setting, the picture will be stretched (deformed) by the % amount selected.
Note: May deform the image.
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| Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.
| Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.<br>
Options are: ''Normal, Wide zoom, Stretch 16:9, Stretch 16:9- Nonlinear, Zoom''<br />
Options are: ''Normal, Wide zoom, Stretch 16:9, Stretch 16:9- Nonlinear, Zoom''<br>
''Normal'' is no change to the picture. All other settings will deform or crop the picture.
''Normal'' is no change to the picture. All other settings will deform or crop the picture.
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= Stereoscopic 3D =
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| 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.
| Select which mode stereoscopic 3D videos will be played.<br>
''Ask me'' - Will show a dialogue to select the desired mode for each playback.<br>
''Preferred mode'' - Will use the preferred mode specified in the "system->Video hardware" section of the settings.<br>
''Monoscopic/2D'' - Will play the video in mono/2D.<br>
''Ignore'' - Disables any stereoscopic 3D processing and handling.
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| 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.
| While enabled the GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode between videos in a playlist or when playback has ended. While disabled, the 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.
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[[Category:Settings]
[[Category:Settings]]

Revision as of 02:56, 16 January 2023

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Settings ▶ Player ▶ Videos

This category contains the settings for the playback of videos

Actions

Settings - Player - Videos - Action.jpg


Play next video automatically

Settings level: Basic
Description: A multiselect window gives the option to define which kind of video item will be played next automatically. Available options are: Music Videos, TV shows, Episodes, Movies and Uncategorized.
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 single press will skip 10 sec forward or back. A double press will skip 30 sec forward or back and so on for each subsequent quick press. Use this setting to change the default skip values.
See also: Skip steps


Skip delay

Settings level: Standard
Description: Works with the previous setting. If you are having difficulty with the quick multiple presses, this setting allows you to increase the time delay between presses. The selection is none (which will cause the skip step to happen immediately and multiple presses are not possible) or a value between 250 - 3000ms (milliseconds). The default is 750ms.


Playback

Settings - Player - Videos - Playback.jpg


Adjust display refresh rate

Settings level: Standard
Description: This setting will switch the refresh rate of the TV / monitor to best match the frame rate of the video stream. This allows for perfectly smooth video playback. This option requires compatible hardware. [1]

Using this setting may cause the TV or monitor to blank for a few seconds while adjustments are made. This is the TV adjusting for the new refresh rate and not Kodi.
Four settings are available:

  1. Off - The default setting. No adjustments are made and output is at a fixed display refresh rate, usually the rate set in the GPU
  2. Always - Adjustments are made whenever a frame rate change is detected by Kodi (not recommended)
  3. On start/stop - When required, adjusts the refresh rate when starting and stopping video playback
  4. On start - When required, adjusts the refresh rate on start of video playback only. On some systems this may cause stuttering when navigating the menu system after playback stops.
See also: Player process info


Sync playback to display

Settings level: Standard
Description: This setting enables the syncing of the video to the refresh rate of the monitor by altering the playback speed. When used in conjunction with the previous setting it allows a "fine tune" syncing.

For example - watching a movie recorded at 23.967fps on a TV / monitor that is only capable of 50Hz will cause micro stutters, especially during panning shots. When this setting is enabled, the video playback is sped up to 104.271% of its original speed which simulates 25fps playback being a simple division of 50Hz.
Using this setting will disable Audio Passthrough.

See also: Player process info


Minimise black bars

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Stretches the video to minimise black bars.

Note: May deform the image.


Display 4:3 videos as

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

Options are: Normal, Wide zoom, Stretch 16:9, Stretch 16:9- Nonlinear, Zoom
Normal is no change to the picture. All other settings will deform or crop the picture.


Processing

Settings - Player - Videos - Processing.jpg


Render method

Settings level: Advanced
Description: 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
Description: 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


Platform Specific Hardware Acceleration settings

The following settings will show up for the Processing section for their respective platforms:
Windows specific settings (click 'expand' to view)
Allow hardware acceleration DXVA2
Settings level: Advanced
Description: Enable DXVA2 hardware decoding of video files.
Linux specific settings (click 'expand' to view)
Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU
Settings level: Advanced
Description: 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
Description: Bypassing VDPAU mixer saves resources on low power systems but slightly reduces picture quality.


Use MPEG-2 VDPAU
Settings level: Expert
Description: Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for the MPEG-(1/2) codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Older Radeon cards tend to segfault with this enabled.


Use MPEG-4 VDPAU
Settings level: Expert
Description: Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for the MPEG-4 codec. If disabled the CPU will be used instead. Some ION hardware has problems with this being enabled by default.


Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPI
Settings level: Advanced
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: 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.


Use VP8 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Description: Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for the VP8 coded. If disabled the CPU will be used instead


Use VP9 VAAPI
Settings level: Expert
Description: Enable this option to use hardware acceleration for the VP9 coded. If disabled the CPU will be used instead
Mac OS specific settings (click 'expand' to view)
Allow hardware acceleration - VTBDecoder
Settings level: Advanced
Description: Enable VTB hardware decoding of video files.



Stereoscopic 3D

Settings - Player - Videos - Stereoscopic - 3D.jpg


Playback mode of stereoscopic videos

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Select 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
Description: While enabled the GUI and some TVs will switch back to 2D mode between videos in a playlist or when playback has ended. While disabled, the 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.
See also: 3D


Teletext

Settings - Player - Videos - Teletext.jpg


Activate Teletext

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.


Scale Teletext to 4:3

Settings level: Advanced
Description: When selected, scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.


References

  1. ↑ https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=219796&pid=1943753#pid1943753


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