Opening Footages
Reading time ~2 minutes
Opening Media
To open a media file, press the button in the bottom left corner:
Alternatively, just drag-and-drop a file from File Explorer straight onto the player screen.
You can also right-click anywhere the player screen and choose the "Open media" command from the context menu:
The following "Open" dialog box will appear where you can select the media file to play:
When the file is opened, 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:
Important
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Refer to the Supported File Formats table to learn about Cinegy Player PRO supported video file formats. |
Opening Stream
To open a media stream from a URL, right-click anywhere within the player screen and choose the "Open stream" context menu command:
The following dialog box appears:
Enter the URL of the SRT/RTP/UDP or HTTP source stream and press "OK" or simply hit the Enter key.
The system will remember 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):
If you have entered the URL of the stream that is not available anymore, the following warning appears:
Opening 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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Currently, only the "Panasonic P2" container type is 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:
Tip
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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 may appear: