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2\subsection{MPEG Player}
3The Mpeg Player is a video player plugin capable of playing back MPEG-1 and
4MPEG-2 video streams with MPEG audio multiplexed into \fname{.mpg} files.
5
6To play a video file, you just select it in the Rockbox \setting{File Browser}.
7If your file does not have the \fname{.mpg} extension but is encoded in the
8supported format, you will need to use the \setting{Open With...} context menu
9option and choose \setting{mpegplayer}.
10
11\begin{btnmap}
12 \opt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD}{\ButtonSelect{} or \ButtonPlay}
13 \opt{GIGABEAT_PAD}{\ButtonSelect{} or \ButtonA}
14 \nopt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD}{\ActionWpsPlay}
15 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
16 & Pause / Resume\\
17 \ActionWpsStop
18 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
19 & Stop\\
20 \nopt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD}{\ActionWpsVolUp{} / \ActionWpsVolDown}
21 \opt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD}{\ButtonLeft{} or \ButtonVolDown{} /
22 \ButtonRight{} or \ButtonVolUp}
23 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
24 & Adjust volume up / down\\
25 \nopt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD,SAMSUNG_YH92X_PAD,SAMSUNG_YH820_PAD}{%
26 \ActionWpsSkipPrev{} / \ActionWpsSkipNext}
27 \opt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD}{\ButtonUp{} / \ButtonDown}
28 \opt{SAMSUNG_YH92X_PAD,SAMSUNG_YH820_PAD}{\ButtonLeft{} / \ButtonRight}
29 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
30 & Rewind / Fast Forward\\
31 \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonMode}
32 \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD,GIGABEAT_S_PAD,MROBE100_PAD,PBELL_VIBE500_PAD}
33 {\ButtonMenu}
34 \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD}{\ButtonRec}
35 \opt{IRIVER_H10_PAD}{\ButtonRew}
36 \opt{SAMSUNG_YH92X_PAD,SAMSUNG_YH820_PAD}{\ButtonRew}
37 \opt{SANSA_E200_PAD,SANSA_FUZE_PAD,SANSA_C200_PAD,SANSA_CLIP_PAD}{\ButtonSelect}
38 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
39 \opt{RG_NANO_PAD}{\ButtonStart}
40 & Open the MPEG Player menu\\
41\end{btnmap}
42
43When a video file is selected, the Start Menu will be displayed, unless it is
44disabled via the \setting{Resume Options} (see below). In the latter case the video
45will start playing immediately.
46
47Start Menu
48
49\begin{description}
50\item[Play from beginning] Resume information is discarded and the video plays
51 from the start.
52\item[Resume at: mm:ss] Resume video playback at stored resume time mm:ss
53 (start of the video if no resume time is found).
54\item[Set start time] A preview screen is presented consisting of a
55 thumbnail preview and a progress bar where the user can select a start time
56 by `seeking' through the video. The video playback is started by pressing
57 the select button.
58\item[Settings] Open \setting{Settings} submenu -- see below.
59\item[Quit mpegplayer] Exit the plugin.
60\end{description}
61
62Main Menu
63
64\begin{description}
65\item[Settings] Open \setting{Settings} submenu -- see below.
66\item[Resume playback] Return to playback screen.
67\item[Quit mpegplayer] Exit the plugin.
68\end{description}
69
70Settings Menu
71
72\begin{description}
73\item[Display Options] Open \setting{Display Options} submenu -- see below.
74\item[Audio Options] Open \setting{Audio Options} submenu -- see below.
75\item[Resume Options] (default: Start menu) Enable/disable the start menu.
76\item[Play Mode] (default: Single) Set to \setting{All} to play multiple
77 \fname{.mpg} files in the directory continuously.
78\item[Clear all resumes: x] Discard all x resume points.
79\end{description}
80
81Display Options Menu
82
83\begin{description}
84\item[Dithering] (default: off) Prevent banding effects in gradients by blending
85 of colours. (only available on Sansa e200, Sansa c200 and Gigabeat F/X)
86\item[Display FPS] (default: off) This option displays (once a second -- if your
87 video is full-screen this means it will get overwritten by the video and
88 appear to flash once per second) the average number of frames decoded per
89 second, the total number of frames skipped (see the Skip Frames option),
90 the current time (in 100~Hz ticks) and the time the current frame is due to
91 be displayed.
92\item[Limit FPS] (default: on) With this option disabled, mpegplayer will
93 display the video as fast as it can. Useful for benchmarking.
94\item[Skip frames] (default: on) This option causes mpegplayer to attempt to
95 maintain realtime playback by skipping the display of frames -- but these
96 frames are still decoded. Disabling this option can cause loss of A/V sync.
97\opt{backlight_brightness}{
98 \item[Backlight Brightness] (default: Use setting) Choose brightness to use
99 during video playback. Set to \setting{Use setting} to use the Brightness
100 setting.
101}
102\end{description}
103
104Audio Options Menu
105
106\begin{description}
107\item[Tone Controls] (default: force off) Use the bass and treble control
108 settings or force them off.
109\item[Channel Modes] (default: force off) Use the channel configuration setting
110 or force Stereo mode.
111\item[Crossfeed] (default: force off) Use the Crossfeed setting or force
112 crossfeed off.
113\item[Equalizer] (default: force off) Use the Equalizer setting or force the
114 equalizer off.
115\item[Dithering] (default: force off) Use the Dithering setting or force
116 audio dithering off.
117\end{description}
118
119See this page in the Rockbox wiki for information on how to encode your videos
120to the supported format. \wikilink{PluginMpegplayer}