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<section begin="intro" />The main feature of Kodi is playing back videos. This page describes the controls, features, and settings related to video playback.<section end="intro" />


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== On screen display (OSD) ==
[[File:OSD.videos.Confluence_zoom.png|500px|right]]
{{anchor|OSD (On Screen Display)|OSD|On screen display}}{{see also|Keyboard controls}}
When playing a video full screen you can bring up the on-screen-display controls by pressing {{keypress|enter}} or {{keypress|M}} or on remote the {{button|OK}} (or the equivalent button on your remote control).
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# Previous
# Rewind
# Play/Pause
# Stop
# Fast Forward
# Next
# Scrub bar (touch/clickable)
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A. Subtitle downloader (via add-on)<br />
B. [[#OSD video settings|Video settings]]<br />
C. [[#OSD audio and subtitle settings|Audio and subtitle settings]]<br />
D. [[#Video bookmarks|Bookmarks]]<br />
E. DVD Menu (if playing back a DVD disc or ISO)
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== Mini player controls ==
While in the GUI you are able to browse all of Kodi and even look at pictures while playing music or videos. During GUI playback you can call up the ''Mini player controls'' at any time. In the default skin [[Confluence]], you can do this two ways:
=== Sidebar ===
[[File:Mini player sidebar-video.png|x400px|right]]
While the sidebar tab is present and while media is playing, bringing up the sidebar/blade menu by navigating to the left will reveal a small selection of player controls.
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=== Window ===
[[File:Mini player window-video-cropped.png|500px|right]]
A pop-up window with mini player controls can be brought up in [[Confluence]] while media is playing. For a keyboard press {{keypress|M}} while video is playing in the background.
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== OSD audio and subtitle settings ==
{{see also|Subtitles|Settings/Videos#Subtitles}}
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;Volume
:Allows you to adjust the playback volume
;Volume amplification
:Additional audio amplification that is then limited/compressed at a certain threshold to prevent clipping.
;Audio offset
:Adjusts how long that the audio is delayed in relation to the video. This is useful when viewing poorly synced videos.
;Audio stream
:If the video file contains more than one audio stream you can select them here.
* As of v12 Frodo, Kodi will auto select audio language based on your global settings. See: [[Settings/Appearance#International]].
;Stereo upmix
:Outputs stereo to all speakers
;Audio output
:Select output device for the current stream
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;Enable subtitles
:Enable or disables subtitles. Subtitle tracks with the '''"forced"''' flag are unaffected by this and should always display.
;Subtitle offset
:Adjusts how long that the subtitles are delayed in relation to the video
;Subtitle
:Allows you select which subtitles are displayed
* As of v12, Kodi will auto select subtitle language based on your global settings. Also - Set as default for all '''Movies''' is now Set as default for all '''Videos'''. See: [[Settings/Appearance#International]].
;Browse for subtitle
:Allows you to browse the filesystem for the file used to display the subtitles
;Set as default for all videos
:Selecting this will make the current settings the default
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== OSD video settings ==
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;Deinterlace video
: Auto / On / Off
;Deinterlace method
* ''Auto select'' - Tries to guess the best method.
* ''DeInterlace'' -
* ''None''
* {{editor note|need updated deinterlace methods listed here.}}
;Video scaling method
:Changes the size of a video frame in order to match the resolution of the display device. All methods here are non-adaptive so they may produce different amount of aliasing, blurring and edge halos. There are no best methods it’s up to personal taste what method you should use. The methods are:
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* ''Auto'' - If supported uses '''Lanczos3 Optimized''' when video resolution is lower than 720p (1280x720) and video FPS is lower than 30, otherwise it uses '''Bilinear'''.
* ''Bilinear'' - fairly simple and fast method (video resized with this method may appear slightly smoothed/blurred but with no edge halos also called ringing artifacts).
* ''Bicubic'' - more sophisticated method than '''Bilinear''' (more precise and slightly sharper video than '''Bilinear''', but can introduce some ringing artifacts).
* ''Lanczos2'' - 4-tap filter that uses a 2-lobe Lanczos windowed sinc function (sharper than '''Bicubic''' with less aliasing).
* ''Spline36 Optimized'' - 4-tap + 3-lobe filter, more precise than '''Lanczos2''', which tries to produce the sharpest image with slightly less ringing artifacts then '''Lanczos3 Optimized''' (differences only noticeable with high resizing factors or when downsizing).
* ''Lanczos3 Optimized'' - 4-tap filter that uses a 3-lobe Lanczos windowed sinc function (comparable results to '''Spline36 Optimized''', with less aliasing and more sharpness, but more ringing artifacts).
* ''Spline36, Lanczos3<sup>1</sup>'' - 6-tap filters that are more precise variants of above "Optimized" versions (they are sharper but might produce more ringing artifacts in some situations).
:'''Characteristics of different methods''':
* ''Sharpness'' - Bilinear < Bicubic < Lanczos2 < Spline36 Optim < Lanczos3 Optim < Spline36 < Lanczos3
* ''Aliasing artifacts'' - Lanczos3 < Spline36 < Lanczos3 Optim < Spline36 Optim < Lanczos2 < Bicubic < Bilinear
* ''Ringing artifacts'' - Bilinear (no ringing) - Bicubic < Lanczos2 < Spline36 Optim < Lanczos3 Optim < Spline36 < Lanczos3
:<sup>1</sup> On GL builds these methods are slower than the optimized versions; this is the reason why they are not available by default but can be activated by advanced users in '''[[advancedsettings.xml]]'''
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;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.
;View mode
:Allows you to choose how the video is displayed. The options are:
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* ''Normal'' - Movie is displayed so that at least 1 dimension fills the screen. No cropping will occur. Aspect ratio is unaffected.
* ''Zoom'' - Movie is zoomed in, and the movie cropped so that there are no black bars on screen. Aspect ratio is unaffected.
* ''Stretch 4x3'' - Movie is stretched to fill a 4x3 frame. Aspect ratio is changed.
* ''Stretch 14x9'' - Movie is stretched to fill a 14x9 frame. Aspect ratio is changed.
* ''Stretch 16x9'' - Movie is stretched to fill a 16x9 frame. Aspect ratio is changed.
* ''Original Size'' - Movie is displayed so that the height (in pixels) displayed is the height of the movie exactly. No zooming is performed. Aspect ratio is unaffected.
* ''Custom'' - Movie is displayed using the Zoom and Pixel Ratio settings as defined in the video On Screen Display. See below for more details.
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;Zoom amount
:Allows you to control how much that the view is zoomed into the video.
;Vertical shift
: Determines the amount a the video is shifted up on vertical axys on current display (helpful for projectors)
;Pixel ratio
:Allows you to adjust the pixel ratio that the video is displayed at. This can be used to adjust videos that are not displaying at the proper aspect ratio.
;Post-processing
: Basically puts an unsharpen mask over the image to reduce pixellation/macroblocking on low-res/low-bitrate videos
;Brightness
:Adjust brightness
;Contrast
:Adjust contrast
;[VDPAU] Noise reduction (only visible when VDPAU is in use)
:Select level of noise reduction for video content
;[VDPAU] Sharpness (only visible when VDPAU is in use)
:Select sharpness amount to apply to video content
;Non-linear stretch
:When enabled the stretching method doesn't look so wide in middle of video area {{?}}
;Stereoscopic mode of video
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;Stereoscopic mode inverted
: ?
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;Set as default for all videos
:Selecting this will make the current settings the default
;Video calibration
:Opens the '''[[Settings/System#Video calibration...|Video calibration window]]'''
== Bookmarks and chapters ==
{{main|Bookmarks and chapters}}
[[File:VideoOSDBookmarks.jpg|500px|right]]
{{#lst:Bookmarks and chapters|intro}}
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== Subtitles ==
{{main|Subtitles}}
{{#lst:Subtitles|intro}}
== Skip steps ==
{{main|Skip steps}}
{{#lst:Skip steps|intro}}
== Internet video and audio streams ==
{{Main|Internet video and audio streams}}
{{#lst:Internet video and audio streams|intro}}
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== Playlists ==
{{Main|Playlists}}
* {{big|'''[[Basic playlists]] -'''}} {{#lst:Basic playlists|intro}}
* {{big|'''[[Smart playlists]] -'''}} {{#lst:Smart playlists|intro}}
== UPnP ==
{{main|UPnP}}
{{#lst:UPnP|intro}}
== AirPlay ==
{{main|AirPlay}}
{{#lst:AirPlay|intro}}
== 3D ==
{{main|3D}}
{{#lst:3D|intro}}
== On-Screen Video Diagnostics ==
{{main|Codecinfo}}
[[File:Video.codecinfo.jpg|360px|right|thumb|Video playback with Codec Info enabled]]
On Screen Video Diagnostics, or Codec Info, can be displayed when a video is playing by pressing {{keypress|O}}, or the corresponding control on your remote.
A detailed explanation of the displayed values can be found on the [[Codecinfo]] page.
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