@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ To manage your audio settings use the :guilabel:`Audio tab`. To disable audio en
To change settings with how vlc deals with video use the :guilabel:`Video` tab. To disable video and thus save some processing power uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable Video` checkbox. To have window decorations on a seperate video window check the :guilabel:`Window decorations` checkbox. To automatically have fullscreen video check the :guilabel:`Fullscreen` checkbox. The menu :guilabel:`Fullscreen Video Device` menu lets you select which monitor to play the full screen video. To change the backend for vlc to play videos change the :guilabel:`Output` menu. To turn deinterlacing on or off change :guilabel:`Deinterlacing` menu. The mode :guilabel:`Mode` changes the mode to deinterlace the frames of video. The guilabel:`Directory` is what directory to save snapshots of videos in and to choose one in a pop up window press the :guilabel:`Browse` button. The :guilabel:`Prefix` field lets you have a preshot to the snapshot file name. You can choose the format of the snapshot in the :guilabel:`Format` menu.
To change settings with how vlc deals with video use the :guilabel:`Video` tab. To disable video and thus save some processing power uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable Video` checkbox. To have window decorations on a seperate video window check the :guilabel:`Window decorations` checkbox. To automatically have fullscreen video check the :guilabel:`Fullscreen` checkbox. The menu :guilabel:`Fullscreen Video Device` menu lets you select which monitor to play the full screen video. To change the backend for vlc to play videos change the :guilabel:`Output` menu. To turn deinterlacing on or off change :guilabel:`Deinterlacing` menu. The mode :guilabel:`Mode` changes the mode to deinterlace the frames of video. The guilabel:`Directory` is what directory to save snapshots of videos in and to choose one in a pop up window press the :guilabel:`Browse` button. The :guilabel:`Prefix` field lets you have a preshot to the snapshot file name. You can choose the format of the snapshot in the :guilabel:`Format` menu.
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To change settings with codecs choose the :guilabel:`Input/codecs` tab. To change your settings for hardware-accelerated decoding use the :guilabel:`Hardware-accelerated decoding` which you can choose a specific kind of decoding. To change your default optical device the drop down menu next to :guilabel:`Default optical device` to change your default optical device.
To change settings with codecs choose the :guilabel:`Input/codecs` tab. To change your settings for hardware-accelerated decoding use the :guilabel:`Hardware-accelerated decoding` which you can choose a specific kind of decoding. To change your default optical device the drop down menu next to :guilabel:`Default optical device` to change your default optical device.
To view your settings for subtitles and on screen display choose the :guilabel:`Subtitles/OSD` tab. To disable the On screen display uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable On Screen Display` checkbok. The checkbox :guilabel:`Show media title on video start` shows the video title at the start of a video. The :guilabel:`Position` menu lets you choose where to show the media title. To toggle showing subtitles check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable subtitles` checkbox. The :guilabel:`default encoding` Lets you change how the subtitles are stored and resented as characters on this. To change the font of your subtitles type in the name of your font in the :guilabel:`Font` field. To change the font size of your subtitles change the :guilabel:`Font size` menu. The button :guilabel:`Text default color` lets you change your subtitles.To change the outline thickness of subtitles change the :guilabel:`Outline thickness` menu. To change the color of the outline press the :guilabel:`Outline Color` button to bring up a popup to select a color. To add a shadow to subtitles check the :guilabel:`Add a shadow` checkbox. To add a background check the :guilabel:`Add a background` checkbox.
To view your settings for subtitles and on screen display choose the :guilabel:`Subtitles/OSD` tab. To disable the On screen display uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable On Screen Display` checkbok. The checkbox :guilabel:`Show media title on video start` shows the video title at the start of a video. The :guilabel:`Position` menu lets you choose where to show the media title. To toggle showing subtitles check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable subtitles` checkbox. The :guilabel:`default encoding` Lets you change how the subtitles are stored and resented as characters on this. To change the font of your subtitles type in the name of your font in the :guilabel:`Font` field. To change the font size of your subtitles change the :guilabel:`Font size` menu. The button :guilabel:`Text default color` lets you change your subtitles.To change the outline thickness of subtitles change the :guilabel:`Outline thickness` menu. To change the color of the outline press the :guilabel:`Outline Color` button to bring up a popup to select a color. To add a shadow to subtitles check the :guilabel:`Add a shadow` checkbox. To add a background check the :guilabel:`Add a background` checkbox.
