Item Player Settings

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Use this tab to define the output parameters of the built-in Clip Viewer.

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Item Player

Note
 Item player settings are shared between Cinegy Air and Cinegy Studio and are stored in XML files located in the following directory: C:\ProgramData\Cinegy\CinegyAir\Config.

Video Accelerator

Use the "Video Accelerator" drop-down list to select whether the default CPU or an external graphics card will be used for rendering media files and Cinegy Title templates.

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Note
 The drop-down list options depend on the graphics card(s) installed on your machine.

External Audio Output

In the "Audio output" drop-down list, you can select an external audio device for playback, use the default setting, or choose to have no audio output.

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External Video Output

For video output, define the corresponding external device from the "External output" drop-down list.

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Having selected the output device, the "Settings" button becomes available.

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Important
 The external output devices settings description is available in the Output Devices article of the Cinegy Playout Manual.

Video System

In the "Video system" drop-down list, define the format for the video output through the selected external output device:

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Video Settings

  • Deinterlace – use the drop-down list to select the deinterlace type:

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    deinterlace_always

    deinterlace_still

    deinterlace_never

    "Always"

    "Still"

    "Never"
    Note
    		 In "Still" mode, the video is deinterlaced during playback and not deinterlaced on pause.

  • Show start/end hints – enable/disable start and end hints in the clip viewer.

    Show_start_hint

    Show_end_hint

    "Start" hint

    "End" hint

  • Show media offline hint – enable/disable the "Media offline" message for the item when its media is offline.