The player is made to control a very comfortable feature of TVTool : the context menu function. This makes it possible to start movie playback on TV with a single mouse click on the movie file.

Enable TVTool context menu : This feature is a pretty comfortable way to launch movie playback on the TV. It creates an entry in the context menu of the Windows Explorer. If you click with the right mouse button on any AVI or MPEG file you will see the entry 'TVTool - Play on TV' in the context menu. All you have to do now to enjoy your movie is to click on this entry. The rest is done by the tool. First it will start Entertainment mode, then the player application is launched and the playback of the movie file will begin. Finally TVTool switches back to Work Mode when the user has quit the player application (or it quits itself after the playback has finished).

• Note : In desktop extension mode TVTool also moves the player window to that part of the desktop which is covered by the TV screen. This is very comfortable and makes it easy to start movie playback on TV while working in front of the monitor.

Player for AVI files : Here you can select which one of the 5 player presets shall be used in conjunction with AVI files.

Player for MPEG files : This is same as before, this time the player preset is selected for MPEG file.

Enable TV mode when player is started : When this option is enabled TVTool will enter the Entertainment mode before the player is started.

Disable TV mode when player is quit : TVTool checks if the player application is still active permanently. If it has been closed TVTool switches back to Work Mode if this option is enabled. If you want to play several AVI or MPEG files, disable this option. Then the Entertainment mode will stay active.

Player Presets : The player presets allow to configure 5 applications like Mediaplayer or Zoomplayer for movie playback. By default the first 3 presets are configured for :

1. Windows Mediaplayer

2. ZoomPlayer

3. BSPlayer

Of course these presets can be overwritten. Each preset contains the executable file of the player application, an optinal command line and an optinal delay time.

Player selection : Just press the button next to the player selection field. In the dialog window you can select the location and the filename of the executable file of the movie player you want to use for this preset.

Command line : The command line can consist of several commands which are interpreted by the movie player. As a placeholder for the filnemae of the movie file player use the symbol %.

Delay : If this option is enabled TVTool waits for an adjustable period of time until the playback is started. This is useful if your TV is in another room than the PC.