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The Configuration is where all the settings are made and really bring into the open the capabilities of the software. Player tab deals with choosing the default CD/DVD-ROM drive and further there are the Player Options and Auto-Resume Setting. These are but superficial options, as the core is in the Advanced Settings. Here you can enable or disable the On Screen Display, the position and font, as well as the colors.
As the application is able to take snapshots from the movie picture, you can specify the settings for that. The Default Capture mode offers four options (capture to clipboard, to wallpaper – center, to wallpaper – tile and to file). The last option in here lets the user set the default folder, as well as the file format. These are not the only aspects to be taken into consideration and the aspect ratio is also an issue which can be solved by selecting Original video source size, Current video size or Custom size (you can keep the aspect ratio).
In order to demonstrate its universality of use, the software can play a myriad of different formats, from .wav, .vob or MPEG4AVC files to .ac3, .avi, .dts, .mid or .mp3.
The interface supports customizing with skins, although by default, the software comes equipped only with Mercury skin. Video settings include the screen control and the video enhancing options (CyberLink Eagle Vision-2 or Use Color profile). The Advanced in this section includes Smart De-Interlacing Mode, Dual Display Mode, Color, Aspect ratio and Display Device.
The Audio's general
option window is not too rich as it allows you to choose the speaker environment and the output mode. But going Advanced lets you set the mode for Dolby Virtual Speaker (reference, wide 1 and wide 2) and CyberLink Virtual Speaker (living room, theater or stadium). In Miscellaneous, things are a little more complicated than that, as you get to select the Dynamic Range Compression (manipulates the dynamic range of an audio signal) and enable/disable the Low Frequency Effect (LFE).
After all the video, audio and software settings have been made, the Player Panel at the bottom of the movie window will suffice for everything you need from the application. From here, you can switch between subtitles, audio streams and even change the audio/video configuration. When I first saw the buttons aligned I thought that it would be pretty difficult for me to remember what each of them does.
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