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Overview
Menu bar
File menu
View menu
Play menu
Tools menu
Help menu
Command line

Play Menu Options

The following are the options on the Play menu.


Play/Pause

When stopped or paused the content is played. When playing the content is paused.

Note: some content, such as live multicast, cannot be paused.

Stop

When content is playing or paused this stops the playback.


At Duration

Use this option to set how the player behaves when it reaches the duration specified by the content. The duration is indicated on the control panel in the right hand one of the two time displays. If the duration is unknown then the display will show --:--:-- and playback will continue indefinitely.

  • Continue will continue playing beyond any duration specified. For content that has a definitive length this is not very useful. For some animated MPEG-4 Systems content, whose animation is indefinite (or authored with a short duration), this allows the content to be played as long as the user wants to see it.


  • Stop will stop the content playback once the duration specified by the content is reached.


  • Restart will replay the content over again from the beginning each time the specified duration is reached.

Frame rate

This is more of an advanced option and allows the rendering frame rate to be altered. By default it is set to Auto which attempts to manage the frame rate automatically and targets 30fps (frames per second) but backs off if the content is process intensive. The other rates are fixed targets that may be useful on occasions.


Mute

Mutes any audio playback.


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