Theater View: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:31, 15 April 2010

This section references options available within Tools -> Options -> Theater View. [updated for MC15]

Appearance

Skin: Select the skin to be used in Theater View.
Theme: Select theme and theme settings
Size: Select the size of the Theater View lists and icons. The default is "100%".
Border Size: Default is 0%
Drawing Quality: Default is "Medium Quality"
Customize file info panel
Select Font

Behavior

Disable Screen Saver in Theater View
Disable Windows Media Center
Enter key action
Jump on play: None, Playing Now or Full Screen: This determines what Theater View displays when you play something. If you tend to watch video or images, you may want to set it to Full Screen.
Pause video playback when entering Theater View
Play sound: When enabled, Media Center plays a sound when Theater View menu items are selected.

Advanced

Allow special handling on media insertion
File Caption: Insert the rule you want to use to display captions under the thumbnail. By default, this is set to [Name]. For information about rules, see Smartlist and Search - Rules and Modifiers
Framerate: default is 60 fps
Show home button
Show page up and page down buttons
Show scrollbars
Switch to zone on load
Tag menu fields
Use alternate navigation model

Items to Show

There are the menu items throughout the Theater View interface. You can Add, Edit, Remove, Nest, and Sort them using the tree and commands found in the lower half of the Theater View Options.

Click on "Click to see Instructions..." button in the options section for more info.

Background Images and Videos

Starting with MC14, you can display custom backgrounds and images. You can move files to the appropriate directories located here: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center xx\Skins\Theater View\Themes\Default

Keyboard Shortcuts

In order to create a more usable theater setup on a Home Theater PC (HTPC), it is important to understand the keyboard shortcuts that are available. This allows infrared or RF remotes to be programmed to control a variety of features in Media Center's theater view.

Arrows. The four arrows are used for navigating the elements presented by theater view.
Enter. Selects an item which is highlighted to expand its properties.
Ctrl + p. Plays and pauses video.
Ctrl + n. Next track or chapter in DVD.
Ctrl + l. Previous track or chatper in DVD.
i. Zooms in on video at about a percent each button press.
o. Zooms out on video at about a percent each button press.
a. Cycles between various aspect ratios to help stretch or zoom a picture to better fit the display.
Backspace. Travels back one page and can eventually return users to the home page.
Page up / Page down. Travels one full page up or down to help expedite scrolling.
Ctrl + -> / Ctrl + <-. Fast forwards or rewinds video at 5x, 20x, and 100x with incredibly good quality on DVD video content.
Home / End. Jumps to the top or bottom of a list.
Esc. Starts the exit process from theater view. Users must then select Yes to confirm exiting.

More

Making Theater View Skins

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-Tools > Options > Theater View
+This section references options available within Tools -> Options -> Theater View. [updated for MC15]
-Or see [http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=50164.msg343486#msg343486 this thread] on Interact.
-'''The following description is not uptodate for MC14!'''
 ==Appearance==
 * '''Skin''': Select the skin to be used in Theater View.
-* '''Size''': Select the size of the Theater View lists and icons. The default is "Normal".
+*'''Theme''': Select theme and theme settings
+* '''Size''': Select the size of the Theater View lists and icons. The default is "100%".
-* '''Show Thumbnail Captions''': This is on by default. Disable it if you do not want any text appearing under the thumbnails.
+*'''Border Size''': Default is 0%
+*'''Drawing Quality''': Default is "Medium Quality"
+*'''Customize file info panel'''
+*'''Select Font'''
 ==Behavior==
+*'''Disable Screen Saver in Theater View'''
-* '''Allow navigation with left and right arrows''': This is disabled by default. This refers to the ability to move between screens using the arrow keys. The arrow keys can always be used to navigate within a page; but no navigate to other pages, this option must be enabled.
+*'''Disable Windows Media Center'''
+*'''Enter key action'''
 * '''Jump on play: None, Playing Now or Full Screen''': This determines what Theater View displays when you play something. If you tend to watch video or images, you may want to set it to Full Screen.
+* '''Pause video playback when entering Theater View'''
-* '''Show when playback stops. Disabled by default''': Enable this if you always want to display Theater View when playback stops while in Full Screen Mode.
-* '''Keep focus (recommended)''': This keeps the Theater Mode window on top at all times. To go to Standard View, right-click and select Standard View.
 * '''Play sound''': When enabled, Media Center plays a sound when Theater View menu items are selected.
 ==Advanced==
+*'''Allow special handling on media insertion'''
 * '''File Caption''': Insert the rule you want to use to display captions under the thumbnail. By default, this is set to [Name]. For information about rules, see Smartlist and Search - Rules and Modifiers
+*'''Framerate''': default is 60 fps
+*'''Show home button'''
+*'''Show page up and page down buttons'''
+*'''Show scrollbars'''
+*'''Switch to zone on load'''
+*'''Tag menu fields'''
+*'''Use alternate navigation model'''
+==Items to Show==
+There are the menu items throughout the Theater View interface. You can Add, Edit, Remove, Nest, and Sort them using the tree and commands found in the lower half of the Theater View Options.
+Click on "Click to see Instructions..." button in the options section for more info.
+==Background Images and Videos==
+Starting with MC14, you can display custom backgrounds and images.  You can move files to the appropriate directories located here:
+C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center xx\Skins\Theater View\Themes\Default
 ==Keyboard Shortcuts==
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 * Esc.  Starts the exit process from theater view.  Users must then select Yes to confirm exiting.
-==Items in Main Page==
-There are the menu items displayed in the Theater View Home Page. You can Edit, Remove and Sort them, or you can Add custom items (other programs or webpages).
-To add a program or webpage:
-# Click Add, and select Custom Item.
-# Enter the name that will appear in the Theater View menu
-# Enter the type of menu item (program or webpage)
-# Enter the path to the program or the URL of the webpage. If you are entering the path to a program, you must surround the path with quotation marks if the path includes spaces. For example:
-"c:\program files\Textpad\Textpad.exe"
-* If you want a webpage to open in a separate browser, select program mode instead of webpage, and enter the path to your browser, then the URL. For example:
-"c:\program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.google.com
-==Display View Schemes==
-All View Schemes appear in Theater View by default. To remove a View Scheme from displaying:
-# Right-click on the View Scheme and select Edit View Scheme.
-# Uncheck Show in Theater View.
-==Background Images and Videos==
-MC14 added the ability to display custom backgrounds and images.  You can move files to the appropriate directories located here:
-C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 14\Skins\Theater View\Themes\Default
 ==More==