Opening Footages
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Opening a Video File
To open a video file, press the button in the bottom left corner, or just drag-and-drop a file from Explorer straight into the player screen:
You can also right-click anywhere the player screen and choose the "Open file" command from the context menu:
Select the video file to be played from the common "Open" dialog:
When the file is open, the window automatically adjusts to its aspect. If you open a file, the format of which is not supported by Cinegy Player PRO, the following error message appears:
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Refer to the Supported File Formats table to learn about Cinegy Player PRO supported video file formats. |
Opening a URL
To open a video stream from a URL, right-click anywhere within the player screen and choose the "Open URL" context menu command:
The following dialog box appears:
Enter the URL of the RTP / UDP or choose the HTTP source using the integrated stream browser; then press "OK" or simply hit the Enter key.
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The HTTP protocol is only available for Cinegy Route virtual destinations. |
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The integrated stream browser is only available with Cinegy Route Browser installed and available on the machine running Cinegy Player PRO. |
The system will remember the URL addresses you have opened. So when you start typing a new one, the system checks the previous data and if the URL is recognized, it suggests the available address(es):
Opening a Container
Cinegy Player PRO can play Panasonic P2 media files from physical or virtual P2 cards. To open a Panasonic P2 memory card, right-click anywhere within the player screen and choose the "Open container" context menu command:
The following dialog box appears:
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Only the "Panasonic P2" container type is currently supported. |
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Press this button to browse for the P2 card; the following "Browse for Folder" dialog box appears: |
Navigate to the local or network folder storing the P2 card content and press "OK". The content of the selected P2 source will be loaded:
The path to the P2 source can also be entered manually via the keyboard.
The "Video" and "Audio" columns display the icons informing user about availability of the audio and video content for each P2 clip. The number in a gray circle corresponds to the number of video and audio tracks respectively. A red circle with "0" means that audio and/or video is not available:
Unavailable Footage
In rare cases of missing codecs or incorrect decoding as well as the absence of both audio and video P2 clip content, the "Media Offline" message can appear: