Playback Settings

Playback Settings

Selecting one of the sub menu items allows you to change the global playback settings of The Display Window . The settings will always be used when the display window is invoked by MainActor. MainView will use them if no command line options are defined. If you need more detailed information of the settings, please use the online help of the display window.
Autostart
If this item is enabled, the project will directly start to play. Otherwise it will wait for a play command from the toolbar or the menu.
Control Toolbar
Specifies the position of the control toolbar relative to the display window.
Titlebar
Specifies the text to be displayed in the title bar. Either the project title, the current frame number or the current frames per second.
Repeats
Specifies how many times projects without sound shall be repeated while playing. Projects with sound will always only be repeated once.
Volume
Specifies the volume of the sound contained in projects.
The next items are ony available in the Windows version of MainActor and define the full screen mode characteristics of DirectX .
Full Screen
This item enables the full screen playback mode.
Scale To Screen
This item is only available in full screen mode. If this item is enabled, the DirectX system will always scale the image to fit the entire size of the screen.
Use Best Mode
This item is only available in full screen mode. If this item is enabled, MainActor tries to find the best possible screen mode for the project which is available on your system. Otherwise, full screen playback will always use the screen mode of the Windows user interface.