Video Player Settings

The Player Settings page allows modification of playback behavior in the ViewScape interface.


Preferred MPEG-2 Video/Audio Decoder
The decoders that will be used for MPEG-2 video. This adjustment is provided in order that the user may achieve the best playback quality. The selections presented correspond to the MPEG-2 decoders that the software has detected on the system.
Note: Not all MPEG-2 decoders detected by will work properly. Change this value if playback quality suffers.

De-Interlacing Mode
The method the ViewScape employs to deinterlace video playback. Enable this feature if during video playback, the edges of moving objects appear "jagged" or like the teeth of a comb. There are three settings for deinterlacing:

·	None: The software will not deinterlace the video output.

·	Hardware: The software will use the video graphics adapter's ability to deinterlace video output. This setting will not result in an increase in CPU usage during playback

·	Software: The software will deinterlace the video output itself. This selection will result in an increase in CPU usage during playback, but often produces better playback quality versus Hardware deinterlacing.

Video Renderer
Selects how the ViewScape plays back recordings. "3d accelerated" will use the video card's 3d acceleration to display the video. This enables transparent menus on top of video playback, like the transparent guide and the recording information. "Overlay" disables transparent menu and guide displays, but usually looks better than 3d-accelerated playback and is also inherently deinterlaced.

Channel Change Latency
The amount of time, in Live TV, that the ViewScape will wait before automatically changing to a channel the user has scrolled to with a Channel Up or Channel Down command. The user may also force a change to this channel by pressing OK or ENTER, or clicking on the "Jump" button. The setting "Wait for user enter" will ensure that the ViewScape never automatically changes to a channel scrolled to in this fashion.

Skip forward length
The amount of seconds the "Skip forward" command moves forth in a recording or Live TV.

Skip backward length
The amount of seconds the "Skip backward" command moves back in a recording or Live TV.

Reaction Delay Compensation
A user fast-forwarding or rewinding is apt to miss the desired stop point due simply to human reflex. This value specifies the amount of time used to adjust for this reflex, or "Reaction Delay" when resuming playback immediately after fast-forwarding or rewinding. For example, a user fast-forwarding through commercials wishes to replay at 3:00 into the recording, but due to the speed of fast-forwarding actually starts replaying at 3:07. A "Reaction Delay Compensation" value of 7 seconds here would actually place the user at 3:00. The same applies (in reverse) for rewinding.

Header Timeout
This feature is nonfunctional. SnapStream Media strongly recomments against changing this option.

Beyond TV Link Integration Mode
When enabled, playback links in the Web Admin will launch Enterprise TV or a Link client and start playing the file. When disabled, playback links will launch in Windows Media or the DivX Web Player.
This setting does not apply to playback links in search results.