AVI Screen Saver Infomation

 

There are two sections to this document:

Click on an area of a picture to link to the help on that item. For instance, if you want help with the "Add" button, click on the "Add" button in the picture.


The Main Dialog

Add

When you click this button, a standard Open dialog box opens. Browse to the location of your video or videos, select them, and click OK. The new movies will appear in the playlist window.

Remove

After selecting a movie or movies, you can click the Remove button to remove them from the playlist.

Up

After selecting a movie or movies, click the Up button to move them up the playlist.

Down

After selecting a movie or movies, click the Down button to move them down the playlist.

Select All

Click Select All to select all the movies in the playlist window.

Properties

Click the Properties button to open the Properties dialog box for the selected movie or movies.

Playlist Window

The playlist window lists all of the movies in your playlist.

Global Options

In this area, you can adjust settings that apply to all of the movies in the playlist.

Scaling

You can choose a scaling option from the drop-down list.

Mute

Click this option to mute all of the movies.

Random Order

Click this option to play the movies in a random order.

Show Titles

Click this option to enable the titles.

Letterbox

When Letterbox is enabled, the entire movie will be displayed within the screen. If Letterbox is not enabled, the movie will be scaled to fill the entire screen. Letterbox only applies when scaling is set to Full Screen.

Menu

In the File menu, you can save and restore playlists. The Playlist menu is basically a copy of the buttons that appear on the main dialog window. The Options menu allows you to adjust power settings and the bounce speed.


The Properties Dialog

Mute

Click Mute to mute the selected movie.

Scaling

You can choose a scaling option from the drop-down list.

Looping

Type in a number for the number of times to loop the selected movie. You can also choose to click Loop Indefinitely to keep looking without stopping. When this option is selected, the screen saver will not proceed to the next movie.

Media Player

You can select a specific media player to play the selected movie. For example, you can choose "QuickTime 3" to play QuickTime movies or "Video for Windows" to play AVI movies.

Alignment

Choose an alignment button to align the selected movie to either the center or one of the edges or corners.

Bounce

Choose this option to make this movie bounce around the screen.

Title

Type a title in the box or click the "Use Filename as Title" option to use the name of the movie as its title. Click Remove to remove the title. Finally, select the "Show Title Before Movie" and "Show Title During Movie" options to display titles before and/or during the movie. Note that you need to check the Show Titles option in the Main Dialog Window.


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