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To Page Top- 1.1 Quick Start
- 2.1 File menu
- 2.1.1 File menu
- File: New, Open, Save, Save As, Recent Files
- 2.1.2 Creating Media Items by Drag and Drop
- 2.1.3 About Playlist files (M3U or WPL)
- 2.1.4 File toolbar
- 2.2 Edit Media Item menu
- 2.2.1 Video Mill Clipboard
- 2.2.2 Edit Media Item menu
- UnDo Cut, Delete, Cut, Copy, Paste, Add New, Move Up or Down, Refresh Selected
- Delete a Selected Set of Media Item, UnDo Delete of Selected Set, Move Media Item Up, Move Media Item Down
- Create and Edit Marquees, Marquee Favorites, Create Play Position Readout
- 2.2.3 Edit Media Item toolbar
- Media Information
- 2.2.4 List Item Selection toolbar
- 2.3 Edit Media List menu
- 2.4 Media Groups menu
- 2.4.1 Media Groups Overview
- 2.4.2 Media Groups menu
- 2.4.3 Media Group Editor
- 2.4.4 Example: Creating and Using a Media Group
- 2.5 Media Screens menu
- 2.5.1 Full Screen Toggle
- 2.5.2 Restore Window to Normal Size
- 2.5.3 Title Bars Toggle
- Show, Hide
- 2.5.4 Move Screen to Display(x)
- 2.5.5 Align Screen on Display
- 2.5.6 Resize Screen by Size Mode
- 2.5.7 Auto-Locate
- Tile, Cascade, Stack, Move to Top-Left, Auto-Locate toolbar
- 2.5.8 Auto-Locate toolbar
- 2.5.9 Cascade and Tile Examples
- 2.5.10 Auto-Size Screens
- Size to Reference Dimensions, Size To Natural Video Size, Screen Manager toolbar
- 2.5.11 Screen Manager toolbar
- 2.5.12 Auto-Align to Reference Dimensions
- 2.5.13 Order
- Bring to Front and Reverse Order
- 2.5.14 Visibility
- Show / Hide Screens
- 2.5.15 View Loaded Screens Dimensions
- 2.5.16 Current Reference Dimensions
- 2.5.17 Dimensions Favorites
- Editing, Saving and Viewing Favorites Dimensions
- 2.5.18 Save Screen Dimensions to Media Item
- 2.5.19 Screen Capture
- 2.6 View menu
- 2.6.1 View menu
- Open/Close All Controls Panels, Scroll To Top/Bottom, Resize Program Window
- Open Control Panels Toolbar, Show or Hide Tool Bars, Scale Toolbars Size, Reset or Arrange Toolbars
- 2.6.2 Open Control Panels Toolbar
- 2.6.3 Configuring the Program for Touch Screen Use
- 2.7 Actions menu
- 2.7.1 Actions menu
- 2.7.2 Play Actions
- 2.7.3 Volume Functions
- 2.7.4 Other Controls
- UnLoad All Screens, Halt All Running Scripts, Automator
- 2.8 Behavior menu
- 2.8.1 Behavior tool bar
- 2.8.2 Screens Mode: Single or Multi-Screen
- 2.8.3 Load Templates
- 2.8.4 Cross-Fade Mode
- 2.8.5 Auto-Fade (In/Out)
- 2.8.6 Actions Apply-To Mode
- 2.8.7 Play On Double-Click
- 2.8.8 Apply Live
- 2.8.9 Use Global Marquee
- 2.8.10 Use Video Effects
- 2.8.11 Save Volume Changes
- 2.8.12 Use Video Filters
- 2.8.13 View Behavior Summary
- 2.9 Tools menu
- 2.9.1 Tools menu
- Options, Options Import/Export/Reset , Generate Report, Repair Moved File Paths
- List Validation Check, Default Attributes
- Restore Defaults from Factory Settings, Save Selected As Favorite Media Item Attributes
- Favorite Colors and Fonts, External Programs, IPC Inter-Process Comms
- View Extended Displays, Manage Displays, Scale All Media Items Dimensions, Load Templates, Text Screen
- 2.9.2 Tools toolbar
- 2.9.3 Report
- Report Sample
- 2.9.4 Repair Moved File Paths
- 2.10 Help menu
- 2.10.1 Help menu
- Contents, Session Log, Web Site and Support, Check for Updates, Activate, De-Activate, About
- 2.11 Ids (Identifiers)
- 2.11.1 Overview
- 2.11.2 Invalid Target Id References
- 2.11.3 Fixing Invalid Target Id References
- 2.11.4 Report Sample with Ids
- 2.12 Adhoc Audio
- 2.12.1 About Adhoc Audio
- 2.12.2 Adhoc Audio toolbar
- 3.1 Play Position Controls
- 3.1.1 Overview
- 3.1.2 Using Play Position Controls
- Play Position Progress Bar, Play Position Scrubber bar, Position Quick Set Buttons (Start, Middle, End)
- Fast Forward and Rewind, Jump-To Play Position, Save Position As Start-At Marker, Loaded Indicator
- 3.1.3 Play Behavior when Changing Play Position
- 3.1.4 Play Position Synchronization of Multiple Screens
- 3.2 Play Controls
- 3.2.1 Overview
- Play Toolbar, Actions Menu
- 3.2.2 Play Control Buttons
- Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, Close / Un-Load Media Screen, Re-Load, Load
- 3.2.3 Play Controls tool bar
- 3.3 Background Video Control
- 3.3.1 Overview
- 3.3.2 Play Control Buttons
- Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, Close / Un-Load Media Screen, Re-Load, Load
- 3.4 Descriptors Attributes
- 3.4.1 Overview
- 3.4.2 Descriptors fields
- Name, Description, Media Filename, Media Duration, Date/Time Encoded
- 3.5 Play Modifiers
- 3.5.1 Overview
- 3.5.2 Play Control
- UnLoad on Media End, Hide Screen on Load, Exclude From Auto-Fades, Mute Audio on Load, Never Play Audio, Render by Software
- 3.5.3 Repeat Control
- Loop, Multi-Play
- 3.5.4 Effects Behavior
- Use Effects, Reset on Loop/Multi-Play, Continue on Loop, Freeze after First Play
- 3.6 Start-At/End-At, Delays and Fades
- 3.6.1 Overview
- 3.6.2 Start-At/End-At
- 3.6.3 Delay
- 3.6.4 Effective Time
- 3.6.5 Fades
- 3.6.6 Image or Text Screen Media Items - Time Duration and Post-Delay
- 3.7 Media Screen Dimensions
- 3.7.1 Screen Dimensions Controls
- 3.7.2 Location, Size Dialog
- 3.7.3 Alignment Selection Dialog
- 3.7.4 Media Screen Dimensions Tool
- 3.7.5 About Display PPI/DPI
- 3.8 Screen Layout Attributes
- 3.8.1 Overview
- 3.8.2 Screen Background
- Colors - C1/C2, Background Style, Image File, Image Layouts, Gradient Style
- 3.8.3 Opacity and Border
- Opacity, Border Width and Color
- 3.8.4 Image Transparency
- 3.8.5 Text Screen
- 3.9 Fader Bar
- 3.9.1 Overview
- 3.9.2 Fader Bar Controls
- 3.10 Volume Control
- 3.10.1 About Volume
- 3.10.2 Volume Slider
- 3.10.3 Actions Menu Volume Functions
- Volume Up and Down, Mute/Un-Mute, Save Volume Changes
- 3.10.4 Volume tool bar
- 3.11 Audio Balance
- 3.11.1 Audio Output Device Selection
- 3.11.2 Balance Slider
- 3.12 Speed Control
- 3.12.1 Overview
- 3.12.2 Adjusting Playback Speed
- 3.13 Video Filters
- 3.13.1 Overview
- 3.13.2 Filter Controls
- 3.14 Video Filter Edit Tool
- 3.14.1 Overview
- 3.14.2 Edit Controls
- 3.14.3 Toolbar Buttons
- 3.15 Stretch - Video Geometry
- 3.15.1 Video Geometry Controls
- 3.15.2 Video Stretch
- 3.15.3 Video Alignment
- 3.16 Video Dimensions - Video Geometry
- 3.16.1 Video Geometry Controls
- 3.16.2 About Video Dimensions
- Fit to Media Screen, Natural Size
- 3.16.3 Video Zoom
- 3.16.4 Video Dimensions Tool
- 3.17 Crop - Video Geometry
- 3.17.1 Video Geometry Controls
- 3.17.2 About Video Cropping
- Apply Crop, Apply Live, Refresh
- 3.17.3 Crop Shapes
- 3.17.4 Video Crop Area Tool
- 3.17.5 Crop Examples
- 3.18 Resize / Relocation Tool
- 3.18.1 Tool Bar Functions
- 4.1 Displays Management
- 4.2 Virtual Displays
- 4.2.1 Overview
- 4.2.2 Virtual Display Editor
- 4.3 Actions Apply-To Mode
- 4.3.1 Overview
- 4.3.2 Apply-To Modes
- Apply To Selected, Apply To Loaded, Apply To Group
- 4.3.3 Actions Apply-To Mode menu items
- 4.3.4 Actions Apply-To Mode tool bar
- 4.4 Load Templates
- 4.4.1 Overview
- 4.4.2 Load Template - Quick Start
- 4.4.3 Template Source Mode: Global vs Media Item
- 4.4.4 Load Templates Menu Items
- 4.4.5 Load Template Basic Settings Editor
- 4.4.6 Creating Standard Basic Templates
- 4.4.7 Creating Custom Templates by Rows and Columns
- 4.4.8 Themed Background with Load Template - Example
- 4.5 Cross Fade
- 4.5.1 Overview
- 4.5.2 Steps to Enable Cross Fade
- 4.5.3 Limitations
- 4.6 Display Mirror Tool
- 4.6.1 Overview
- 4.6.2 Mirror Tool Actions
- 4.7 Chroma Key Filter (Green Screen / Blue Screen)
- 4.7.1 Overview
- 4.7.2 Recording the Green Screen
- 4.7.3 Behavior Settings
- 4.7.4 How to Use the Green Screen Filter
- 4.7.5 Limitations
- 4.7.6 Green Screen Tips
- 4.8 Text Screens
- 4.8.1 Overview
- 4.8.2 Creation Steps
- 4.8.3 Text Screen Themes menu items
- 4.8.4 Formatting Tips
- 4.8.5 Slide Show with Text Screens and Images
- Timed Screen Transitions, Manually Advancing Screens, Adding a Music Track
- 4.8.6 Text Screen with Background Video or Image
- 4.8.7 Text Screen for Adhoc Messages
- 4.9 Text Screen - Theme Editor
- 4.9.1 About Themes
- 4.9.2 Preview Theme
- 4.9.3 Name/Id
- 4.9.4 Text Screen Background - Size and Formatting
- 4.9.5 Text Font and Render Attributes
- 4.9.6 Text Samples
- 4.9.7 Theme Examples
- 4.10 Gradient Image Creator
- 4.10.1 Editor functions
- 4.11 Render Attributes Editor
- 4.11.1 Render Attributes Editor
- 4.11.2 Gradient Style Samples
- 4.11.3 Gradient Origin Point
- 4.11.4 Image Layout
- 4.11.5 Padding vs Margin
- 4.11.6 Creating Extra Large Fonts
- 4.11.7 Free Fonts
- 4.12 Go-To Play Position Markers
- 4.12.1 Overview
- 4.12.2 Go-To Play Position toolbar
- 4.12.3 Go-To Menu Items
- 4.13 Screen Swap
- 4.13.1 Screen Swap Behavior
- 4.13.2 Screen Swap tool bar
- 4.14 Media Screen Coordinates
- 4.14.1 Overview
- 4.14.2 My Media Screen Disappeared!
- 4.15 Managing Media Screens
- 4.15.1 Screen Context Menu
- Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, Restart, Save Screen, Restart, Use as Reference Dimensions
- 4.15.2 Screen Borders and Background
- 4.16 Stretch Across Displays
- 4.16.1 Overview
- 4.16.2 Stretch Across Displays Editor
- 4.16.3 Stretch Type Examples
- 4.16.4 Considerations for Extend Displays
- 5.1 Automation Overview
- 5.1.1 How automation works
- 5.1.2 Automation Scripts
- 5.1.3 Step Types
- Step Types: Load, Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, Unload, Screen Visible, Full Screen, Delay, Run Script, Stop Script, Pause Script, Resume Script, Start External Program, Unload All Screens, Halt All Scripts
- 5.1.4 Script Dos and Don'ts
- 5.1.5 Sequential vs Offset Timed Steps
- Sequential order, Offset Time
- 5.1.6 Using time controls and time behavior
- 5.1.7 Rules of Script Execution
- 5.1.8 Script Single Instance Rule
- 5.1.9 Script Self Reference
- 5.1.10 Runaway Script Error Condition
- 5.1.11 Script Recursion Error Condition
- 5.2 Automator - Automation Manager
- 5.2.1 Automator main window
- 5.2.2 Automator Control Panels
- 5.2.3 File menu
- 5.2.4 Edit Script menu
- Edit Script, Change Id, Undo Cut, Delete, Cut, Copy, Paste, New Script, New Play All Script, Move Up/Down, Favorite Script Attributes, Set Time Overlap on All Play Steps
- 5.2.5 Edit Script tool bar
- 5.2.6 Script List Item Selection tool bar
- 5.2.7 Script Groups menu
- 5.2.8 View menu
- 5.2.9 Actions menu
- Run Script, Stop, Pause and Resume, Play Next, Refresh List, Stop All Scripts, Run Script on Click
- 5.2.10 Actions Warnings
- 5.2.11 Steps List Selector
- 5.2.12 Run Script tool bar
- 5.2.13 Step Actions tool bar
- 5.2.14 Volume tool bar
- 5.2.15 Tools menu
- View Automator Log, Reset Automator Log, Generate Report
- 5.2.16 Tools tool bar
- 5.2.17 Behavior menu
- EoM2N - Play on Move to Next Step, AM2NS - Auto-Move to Next Step When Play Ends, Input Device - Remote Controller, Run button performs Run/Pause/Resume
- 5.2.18 Slide Show Setup
- 5.3 Script Editor
- 5.3.1 General section
- Name, Description
- 5.3.2 Add Automation Steps
- Add Selected Step Type
- 5.3.3 Edit Automation Steps
- Edit Steps
- 5.3.4 Special Processing
- Loop, Repeat, UnLoad Media Screens On Completion
- 5.4 Step Editor
- 5.4.1 Command
- 5.4.2 Offset Time Control
- 5.4.3 Step to Send IPC Command
- 5.5 Action Apply-To Mode - Automator
- 5.5.1 Overview
- 5.5.2 Apply-To Modes
- Apply-To Selected Script, Apply-To Running Scripts, Apply-To Group
- 5.5.3 Action Apply-To tool bar
- 5.5.4 Special Behaviors when using Apply-To
- 5.6 Script Groups
- 5.6.1 Script Groups Overview
- 5.6.2 Script Groups menu
- 5.6.3 Script Group Editor
- 5.6.4 Script Group Example
- 5.7 Script Samples
- 5.7.1 Three Video Playlist that Includes a Static Image Media Item
- 5.7.2 Play 3 Videos Simultaneously
- 5.7.3 Play 3 Videos - Stagger Screen Visibilty
- 5.7.4 Using Scripts for Modular Tasks
- 5.7.5 Start an Exteral Program from a Script
- 5.7.6 Pause and Resume a Video Every 5 Seconds
- 5.7.7 Pause All and Resume All Every 5 Seconds
- 5.7.8 Playing Multiple Playlist Scripts In Sequential Order
- 5.7.9 Close Of Business Clean Up
- 5.8 Script Sample - Playlist with Cross Fade
- 5.8.1 Create a Playlist
- 5.8.2 Apply a Full Screen Template
- 5.8.3 Cross-Fade Setup
- 5.8.4 Test the Playlist
- 5.9 Scheduler
- 5.9.1 Overview
- 5.9.2 Scheduler Run Modes
- 5.9.3 Schedule Plans
- 5.9.4 Scheduler menu items
- 5.9.5 Scheduler tool bar
- Scheduler Start/Pause/Resume/Stop, Run Status, Scheduler Plan Report, Manage (Edit/Add/Delete a Scheduler Plan, Select Current Plan
- 5.9.6 Scheduler Plan Editor
- Schedule Item - Add, Delete, Set Time, Add Time, Subtract Time, Apply to Multiple
- 5.9.7 Date/Time Editor
- 5.10 External Programs
- 5.10.1 Overview
- 5.10.2 External Programs Editor
- External Program Name, Description, Id, Run (filename), Restore Active Window, Use Standard Wait Time, Custom Wait Time
- 5.10.3 How to Run an External Program
- 5.10.4 External Programs and Active Window Focus
- 5.11 PowerKeys
- 5.11.1 About PowerKeys
- 5.11.2 Basic Steps
- 5.11.3 PowerKey - menu items
- 5.11.4 PowerKey Editor
- 5.11.5 'Select Item' PowerKeys
- 5.11.6 Reserved PowerKeys with Parameters
- 5.11.7 PowerKeys Examples
- 5.12 Automator - Touch Screen and Tablet Operation
- 5.12.1 Overview
- 5.12.2 Automator UI Controls and Panels
- 5.12.3 Automator View menu
- 5.12.4 UI Favorites
- 5.12.5 Useful Touchscreen Controls
- 6.1 IPC: Inter-Process Communications
- 6.1.1 IPC Overview
- 6.1.2 Remote Media Manager (RMM)
- 6.1.3 Set-up Basics
- 6.1.4 IPC Controls - Menu Items
- IPC: Start, Stop, Status, Send Adhoc IPC Command, IPC Send External Program
- 6.1.5 IPC toolbar
- 6.1.6 IPC Commands and Syntax
- 6.1.7 Methods for Sending IPC Commands
- 6.1.8 How IPC Works
- 6.1.9 IPC Client Profile Editor
- 6.1.10 Testing IPC Configuration
- 6.1.11 IPC - Error Messages and Solutions
- 6.1.12 Useful Windows Network Commands
- 6.1.13 IPV4 vs IPV6 Considerations
- 6.1.14 Tech Notes
- 6.2 IPC Commands
- 6.2.1 IPC Commands for Show Designers
- 6.2.2 IPC Commands for System Integrators
- 6.2.3 Methods for Sending IPC Commands
- 6.2.4 Send using a Script IPC_Send Step
- 6.2.5 Send Adhoc IPC Command Tool
- 6.2.6 SendTo_UDP Tool (ONE-Way Comms)
- 6.2.7 IPC Connect Tool (TWO-Way Comms)
- 6.2.8 Sending IPC Commands from a UDP Capable Device
- 6.3 IPC Example - Quick Start
- 6.3.1 Brief Description
- 6.3.2 Create a Script to Send an IPC Command
- 6.3.3 Setup IPC on Videomill
- 6.3.4 Setup IPC on SoundMill
- 6.3.5 Start IPC on Both Apps
- 6.3.6 Test the Setup
- 6.4 Remote Tools
- 6.4.1 About Remote Tools
- 6.4.2 Menu items
- 6.4.3 Remote Tools toolbar
- 7.1 Operating with a Wireless Remote Control Device
- 7.1.1 The Videos Solution for Solo Performers
- 7.1.2 How It Works
- 7.1.3 Choices for Remotes
- Application Presenter Remotes, Cell Phones and PDAs, Wireless Number Keypad
- 7.2 Using Elgato Stream Deck with Video Mill
- 7.3 Automator - Actions Shortcuts
- 7.3.1 What Are Shortcuts?
- Remote control device, Key Mapper Tool
- 7.3.2 Automator Actions
- 7.3.3 Setup Checklist for Remote Operation
- 7.3.4 How to Create an Actions Shortcuts Defintion
- 7.3.5 Shortcut Key Editor
- 7.3.6 Reserved Keystokes
- 7.4 Automator - Ad Hoc Shortcuts
- 7.4.1 About Ad Hoc Shortcuts
- 7.4.2 Ad Hoc Shortcuts - menu items
- 7.4.3 Ad Hoc Shortcuts Editor
- 8.1 Marquee Overview
- 8.1.1 What is a Marquee?
- 8.1.2 Key Features
- 8.1.3 Simple Marquees
- 8.1.4 Custom Marquees for Digital Signage (Full Screen)
- 8.1.5 Scheduler Considerations for Marquees as Digital Signage
- 8.1.6 Locating a Marquee on the Media Screen
- 8.1.7 Docking a Marquee to a Side of the Media Screen
- 8.1.8 Marquee Fonts Sizes on HD-1080 Displays
- 8.1.9 Marquee as Full Screen Clock or Timer
- 8.1.10 Marquee as Numeric Counter
- 8.1.11 Logo Marquees
- 8.2 Managing Marquees and Marquee Styles
- 8.2.1 Overview
- 8.2.2 Manage Marquees
- Marquees Add New, Duplicate, Edit, and Remove Standard Marquees and Timed Messages
- 8.2.3 Manage Marquee Styles
- Marquees Styles Add New, Duplicate, Edit, and Remove Marquees Styles.
- 8.2.4 Global Marquee
- 8.2.5 Default Style
- 8.2.6 Marquees and Load Templates
- 8.3 Marquee Editor
- 8.3.1 Marquee Attributes
- 8.3.2 Line Content
- 8.3.3 Active Element (Clock-Timer-Counter)
- Include a Clock/Timer/Counter, Time Interval, Line Placement, Start On Screen Load
- Time Format
- 8.3.4 Clock
- 8.3.5 Timer
- 8.3.6 Numeric Counter
- 8.4 Marquee Style Editor
- 8.4.1 Preview Marquee Style
- 8.4.2 Marquee Location
- 8.4.3 Border
- 8.4.4 Box Render Attributes
- 8.4.5 Multiple Text Line Styles
- 8.4.6 Text Font and Render Attributes
- 8.4.7 Text Outline
- 8.4.8 Text Background Mask
- 8.4.9 Text Drop Shadow
- 8.4.10 Image Adjacent to Text
- 8.4.11 Marquee Size
- 8.5 Marquee Quick Start and Toolbars
- 8.5.1 Quick Start Instructions
- 8.5.2 Marquee Edit Toolbar
- Set Marquee, Edit Marquee, Edit Marquee Style, Set Marquee, Remove Marquee
- 8.5.3 Marquee Runtime Toolbar
- Marquee Refresh, Toggle Visibility, Timer Start / Pause/ Resume , Timer Reset
- 8.6 Timed Messages Editor
- 8.6.1 Overview
- 8.6.2 Creating a Timed Messages Marquee
- 8.6.3 General Settings
- 8.6.4 Timed Operation
- 8.6.5 Manual Operation
- 8.7 Subtitles
- 8.7.1 Overview
- 8.7.2 How to Apply Subtitles
- 8.7.3 Subtitles menu items
- 8.7.4 Subtitles Style
- 8.7.5 Considerations
- 8.7.6 Subtitles with Image based Slideshows
- 8.7.7 Subtitles Tools
- 9.1 Recording Video Mill Media Screens With Xbox Game Bar (free)
- 9.1.1 Overview
- 9.1.2 How to - Recording Steps
- 9.1.3 Xbox Game Bar settings
- 9.2 File Entry Dialog
- 9.3 Time Set Dialog
- 9.3.1 Setting a Time
- 9.4 Visual Attributes Editor
- 9.4.1 Overview
- 9.4.2 Visual Attributes
- Name, Text, Anchor, Auto Size, Border, Background Image, Background Image Layout
- Colors, Dock, Font, Image, Image Alignment, Image Size Mode, Location, Margin, Padding
- Size, Style, Text Alignment, Transparent Background
- 9.4.3 Creating Extra Large Fonts
- 9.4.4 Free Fonts
- 9.5 Color Group Editor
- 9.5.1 Overview
- 9.5.2 Editing Color Groups
- Name, Set Color, Opacity, Hex Value
- 9.5.3 Notes on Opacity
- 9.6 Tri-Colors Editor
- 9.6.1 Tri-Colors Editor
- 11.1 Effects Overview
- 11.1.1 Overview
- 11.1.2 Edit Effects tool bar
- Edit Effects, Copy Effect, Paste Effect, New Effect, Show Effects Details
- 11.2 Opacity Effect
- 11.2.1 Overview
- 11.2.2 Target Values
- 11.2.3 Favorite Values
- 11.2.4 Opacity Example
- 11.3 Translate Effect
- 11.3.1 Overview
- 11.3.2 Target Values
- 11.3.3 Favorite Values
- 11.3.4 Translate Example
- 11.4 Scale Effect
- 11.4.1 Overview
- 11.4.2 Target Values
- 11.4.3 Origin Point
- 11.4.4 Favorite Values
- 11.4.5 Scale Example
- 11.5 Rotate Effect
- 11.5.1 Overview
- 11.5.2 Target Values
- 11.5.3 Origin Point
- 11.5.4 Favorite Values
- 11.5.5 Rotate Example
- 11.6 Skew Effect
- 11.6.1 Overview
- 11.6.2 Target Values
- 11.6.3 Origin Point
- 11.6.4 Favorite Values
- 11.6.5 Skew Example
- 11.7 Effect Origin Point
- 11.7.1 Overview
- 11.7.2 Origin Point Values
- 11.8 Effect - Timing Values
- 11.8.1 Overview
- Effect Start At time, Duration
- 11.8.2 Initial Play Values
- 11.9 Effect - Motion Behavior
- 11.9.1 Motion Method
- Stop at value, Continuous value change, Auto-reverse at values
- 11.9.2 Motion Method Usage Examples
- 11.9.3 Initial Direction
- 11.9.4 Cycle Speed
- 12.1 General Options
- 12.1.1 Prompts and Messages
- Prompt to Save Changes on Exit, Show Tooltips, Show Clock, Log File Maximum Size
- 12.1.2 Miscellaneous
- 12.1.3 Media File Tasker Program
- 12.1.4 Playlists (M3U/WPL)
- 12.2 Media Item Options
- 12.2.1 Edit Settings
- Media Item Default Name, Default Media File
- 12.2.2 Action Behavior
- Volume Bump Amount, Fast Forward/Rewind Bump Amount
- 12.2.3 Text Screen Default Values
- 12.2.4 Fades
- 12.3 Screens(1) Options
- 12.3.1 Visibility Behavior
- Mute/Unmute Sound with Screen Visibility, Pause/Resume Video on Screen Visibility Change
- Persist Image and Text Screen After Play Duration Ends, Make First Video Frame Visible On Pre-Load
- 12.3.2 Auto-Locate - Tile
- Horizontal Padding, Vertical Padding, Number of Screens per Row
- 12.3.3 Auto-Locate - Cascade
- X - Horizontal Offset, Y - Vertical Offset
- 12.3.4 Direction of Placement
- Horizontal To Right / To Left, Vertical Downward / Upward
- 12.3.5 Screen Swap Behavior
- Swap Toggles Screen Visibility, Visibility of Other Screens on Swap (No Action, Hide, Opposite)
- 12.4 Screens(2) Options
- 12.4.1 Miscellaneous
- Skip Rendering of Layout Attributes, Use Title bar Toggle with Action Apply Mode
- 12.4.2 Media Screen Load
- 12.4.3 Background Video
- 12.4.4 Fader Bar
- 12.5 Screens(3) Options
- 12.6 Automation Options
- Prompt to Save Changes on Exit, Show Tooltips, Show Clock, Log File Maximum Size
- 12.6.1 Scripts - Default Values
- Default Script Name, UnLoad Media Screens On Completion
- 12.6.2 General
- Automator Log Maximum Size
- 12.6.3 External Programs
- Standard Wait Time for Restore Window Focus
- 12.6.4 IPC: Inter-Process Communications
- 12.6.5 Scheduler
- Start At Program Startup, Restart Daily
- 12.6.6 Automator Remote Controller Operation
- 12.7 Reports Options
- 12.7.1 Report Contents
- 12.7.2 Validation
- Check remote files existence
- 12.8 Program Options
- 12.8.1 Fonts
- Menu Font, List Font
- 12.8.2 Colors
- Controls Section Headers
- 12.8.3 'Action Apply Mode' Color Highlighting
- 12.8.4 Screen Image Save Options
- Image Format, Filename, Append to Filename, Date Stamp, Time Stamp
- 13.1 Troubleshooting
- 13.1.1 Troubleshooting checklist
- 13.1.2 Media Encoding Issues
- 13.1.3 My Video Freezes On Secondary Display
- 13.1.4 Video Load Error Or Time-Out
- 13.1.5 Issues with MP4 Files and Solution
- 13.1.6 Windows Media Player Legacy (WMP) Required
- 13.1.7 USB Wired Displays Disconnecting
- 13.1.8 Codec Errors and Exceptions
- 13.2 Program Start-Up by Batch File
- 13.2.1 Overview
- 13.2.2 How to Start the Program when Computer Boots Up
- 13.2.3 Passing Parameters
- 13.2.4 Syntax
- 13.3 Performance and Limitations
- 13.3.1 Performance Tips
- 13.3.2 Benchmarking Performance
- Performance Considerations, Program Warm-up, Computer Speed
- 13.3.3 Image Sizes
- 13.3.4 Streaming Media
- 13.3.5 Limitations
- Video file size
- 13.4 Supported Media File Formats
- 13.4.1 MP4(AVC H.264) - Recommended Video Format
- 13.4.2 Video Codecs
- Recommended Video Format
- 13.4.3 Video Formats
- 13.4.4 Audio Formats
- 13.4.5 Image Formats
- 13.4.6 Text Files
- 13.4.7 Playing DVDs
- 13.4.8 Streaming Video
- 13.4.9 YouTube and Other Web Videos (HTTP)
- 13.5 K-Lite Codecs
- 13.5.1 K-Lite Information
- 13.5.2 VOB DVD Format Tweak
- 13.6 Windows How Tos
- 13.7 Installation, Setup and Activation
- 13.7.1 Try before you buy
- 13.7.2 Before you install
- 13.7.3 Step 1. Download/install the program
- 13.7.4 Step 2. Activation
- 13.7.5 How to activate
- 13.7.6 What if the program will not start or there are problems after installation?
- 14.1 Appendix A.
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