Video Playback Options
Tools > Options > Video
Player > Playback Options
See also: Playback Options
General Video Settings
Video mode
This allows selection of video mode options including:
- Red October Standard
- Red October HQ
with custom options for each including configuring the playback method, decoders and more for each file type.
This topic has several related help topics:
- Red October (DirectShow in MC16 & MC17
- DirectShow Playback Guide: Advanced DirectShow Configuration in MC12
- DirectShow Playback Guide: DVD and MPEG-2
- DVD Playback Fails
Hardware accelerate video decoding when possible
This option allows certain video processing operations to be offloaded to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), reducing demand on the CPU.
Bitstreaming
This option allows setup to send the encoded audio data stream directly to the sound device. Selecting this option will exclude use of many of Media Center's audio processing capabilities.
VideoClock
This option enables VideoClock which is a key part of Media Centre's solution to smooth video playback.
For more information see VideoClock
Normalise volume
Subtitles & Language
Subtitle mode
Allows configuring subtitle behavior for video playback.
Default subtitle language
Selects the subtitle language or none, if preferred.
Default audio language
Allows setting the language used for video playback when a video has more than one language.
Subtitle size
Subtitle font
Display Settings
Allows selecting automatic changing of display refresh rate and resolution settings dependent on the fps (frames per second) setting for the video file.
Select an appropriate value for each of Film, NTSC and PAL.
Crop Edges
Advanced
Non-DVD Video
Aspect ratio
Allows controlling the aspect ratio of playback (16x9, etc.).
Crop edges
Trims a little from the edge of the picture. Useful for HDTV broadcasts that sometimes have junk in the overscan area of the picture.
Use WMV acceleration if available
Turn this off to disable WMV hardware acceleration. This is only needed for WMV files with DRM played on problematic hardware.
DVD
- further information: DVD Playback Fails
Swap fast play and jump commands
If you like to fast forward and rewind instead of jump when pushing left / right during playback, enable this option.
Use bitrate monitor
Enables J. River bitrate monitor filters, which shows the playback bitrate in the player display area of the program.
Use FFDShow video decoder for post processing
Allows performing advanced video processing using FFDShow.
Notes
Many settings on this page only take effect when playback is stopped and restarted.