Settings/Player/Videos

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Actions

Setting Description
Play next video automatically When selected this enables automatic playback of the next file in the list
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.
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).

Playback

Setting Description
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.

Sync playback to display This setting enables syncing the video to the refresh rate of the monitor.
Minimise black bars Allow video player to try to fit video to screen by ignoring aspect ratio by a certain amount.
Display 4:3 videos as Determines the zoom level that 4:3 videos are shown on widescreen displays.

Processing

Setting Description
Render Method Controls the method used by the player to process and display the video, (which is called rendering).
Enable HQ scalers for scaling above ?
Allow hardware acceleration Enables hardware decoding of video files e.g. VDPAU

Stereoscopic 3D

Setting Description
Playback mode of stereoscopic videos ?
Disable stereoscopic mode when playback is stopped ?

Teletext

Setting Description
Activate Teletext Enables Teletext when watching a live TV stream.
Scale Teletext to 4:3 When selected scales Teletext to 4:3 ratio.