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Arles supports MPEG, AVI and WMF movies.

Play a movie

To play a movie:

·	Select it in the Image Explorer.

·	Select from the File menu > Open or right click it and select Open from the popup menu.

This will open the movie in the default Windows media player. If you view a movie in the image viewer you will only see the poster frame.

Select a poster frame

The default image of a movie that is showed in the thumbnail view is called the poster frame. Most movie applications show the first frame of the movie as poster frame. This first frame is generally a bad choice because it is often black. This is why Arles selects the frame at 10% of the full play time as poster frame. But you can also select any other frame as poster frame.

To select a movie poster frame:

·	Select the movie in the Image Explorer.

·	Select the File menu > Select Movie Poster Frame or right click the Select Movie Poster Frame item from the popup menu.

This will open the Select Movie Frame window.