Video playback

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Template:XBMC wiki toc Inline The main feature of XBMC is playing back videos. This page describes the settings and features related to video playback.

Key features

• Support for a countless number of formats and codecs. You can find a full list in Supported video codecs
• Full support of Playlists
• Support for Subtitles
• DVD video playback, including the ability to play imaged DVDs (iso) over a network

Controls

• Videos Navigation and Control
• Common Platform-Independent Keymapping

Main GUI playback controls

If you exit the playback screen while a video is still playing, the Mini Control will be available in the sidebar.

OSD (On Screen Display)

When playing a video full screen press M or Return (or the equivalent using a remote control) to bring up the OSD.

The Buttons on the OSD are as follows (from left to right):

• Previous
• Rewind
• Pause
• Stop
• Fast Forward
• Next
• Subtitles
• OSD Video Settings
• OSD Audio and Subtitle Settings
• Bookmarks
• DVD

OSD audio and subtitle settings

Volume Allows you to adjust the playback volume Volume Amplification (Dynamic Range Compression) Allows you to adjust how much the audio range is compressed, making the loud and soft sounds closer in volume. This is useful when watching movies with loud sound effects such as explosions at night. Audio Delay 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. Enable Subtitles Enables subtitles Delay Adjusts how long that the subtitles are delayed in relation to the video Subtitle Allows you select which subtitles are displayed Browse for Subtitle Allows you to browse the filesystem for the file used to display the subtitles Set as default for all Movies Selecting this will make the current settings the default

OSD video settings

The Video Settings are divided into two pages. Interlaced Handling Auto Select - Tries to guess the best method. DeInterlace - (Requires mplayer restart) Uses the Mplayer Deinterlace filter. Sync Odd - (Only for HQ Pixel rendermethod, also NEEDS an interlaced display: PAL* or NTSC*.) Sync Even - (Only for HQ Pixel rendermethod, also NEEDS an interlaced display: PAL* or NTSC*.) None Video scaling method 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:

• 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.

Zoom Amount

Allows you to control how much that the view is zoomed into the video.

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.

Brightness

Contrast

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Set as default for all movies

Selecting this will make the current settings the default

Video Calibration

Opens the Video Calibration Window

Video bookmarks

This feature allows you to create bookmarks within your videos in order to be able to return to a certain point in them. This could be compared to chapters in DVD videos. In order to create them, go to the point in your video that you wish to bookmark, select the button with the folded paper (from the Videos OSD), and select Create Bookmark. To jump to a previously stored bookmark, simply highlight and select it through the Videos OSD. You can clear all the saved bookmarks by selecting Clear Bookmarks.